High street sales growth slowed markedly in the year to June, although the pace is expected to pick up next month. That’s according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Finalists announced for Duke of York new entrepreneur of the year award
Ten National Business Awards semi finalists pitched their business to a live audience and a panel of judges at Liverpool’s St George’s Hall yesterday.
Vince Cable Meets ‘Brains’ Behind New, Great British Inventions
Business Secretary, Vince Cable, came face-to-face with bionic limbs, an airship and a model of a hypersonic aircraft today when he launched a new report – Pioneering Great British Products – at Liverpool’s Life Sciences University Technical College.
Living wage commission rejects calls for legislation
Government puts onus on employers in response to report by business leaders calling for increased minimum wage
The Kids Are Alright
The saying goes ‘you don’t choose your family’, but it seems some Brits do – as their business partners.
Vince Cable hits out at Bank of England
Business secretary angered by blocking of regulatory reforms that favour mortgages rather than lending to private companies
Zoopla sets IPO at 220p
Zoopla, the online property website, has shrugged off market jitters over IPOs to price its flotation at 220p a share.
UK businesses lost an estimated £28m in unclaimed tax relief in April
Figures from the largest capital allowances company in the UK, Catax Solutions, estimates that only 5 per cent of commercial properties sold since the implementation of the 2012 Finance Bill on 1 April 2014 – that qualified for tax relief – had claimed any of the allowances available to them.
£1m competition kicks off London Technology Week
A £1m Launchpad competition seeking world-leading innovation in Internet of Things technologies opens for entries today, Monday 16 June 2014.
£30 million fund to secure supply of engineers and boost number of women
Matthew Hancock has today announced a £30 million fund to increase the supply of engineers.
Santander teams up with the British Chamber to support UK exporters
Santander is partnering with the British Chambers of Commerce on their online export platform, Export Britain, designed to showcase opportunities in key international markets, and link UK exporters to the support available from British Chambers and their partners around the world.
Obese employees set to fight for same rights as gay or disabled
In a landmark case which could have significant implications for UK businesses the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will consider whether obesity should for the first time be deemed to be a disability for the purposes of discrimination legislation.
GDP surpasses pre-recession peak
The level of UK GDP is approximately 0.2pc above where it was in January 2008, according to The National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Recovery must benefit all of Britain
The Prime Minister was at the launch of the International Festival for Business
IMF head apologises for incorrect warnings on UK economy
Head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, accepts her organisation’s low growth forecasts for the UK economy were wrong
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