Category: News

Budget must focus on investment, exports & energy says CBI chief

Working parents will be given up to £2,000 per child under Budget plans to ease the cost of child care.

As shadow childcare minister Lucy Powell says that mothers working part-time are often more productive than other employees, mumpreneurs working with GrowthAccelerator have extolled the virtues of employing other mums.

Wm Morrison wiped more than £1.3bn off the value of London’s listed supermarkets after the grocer kicked-off a price war with its rivals.

New figures show that over half of the UKs video, video games and music sales are now purchased from the internet

John Longworth, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has commented on Labour Leader Ed Miliband’s speech on the UK’s membership of the European Union today on behalf of his members

The government has approved a rise in the National Minimum Wage to £6.50 per hour later this year, with more than one million people set to see their pay rise by as much as £355 a year.

The CBI is today calling for action to make careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) more attractive and easier to access.

A survey by the chartered accountancy firm, HW Fisher & Company, has found “worrying” levels of confusion and complacency among company finance departments about imminent changes to rules on financial reporting.

A unique collaboration between the UK’s main alternative business funders aims to make borrowing easier for the country’s SMEs – whilst aiding the main banks to support rejected applicants.

Cutting-edge science projects to drive innovation, growth and create jobs in the UK’s high performing science sector, will benefit from a £300 million boost as part the government’s long term economic plan, Science Minister David Willetts will announce today.

The main people who currently inspire British workers are either dead or approaching retirement, from foreign shores and almost exclusively male according to a new study into role models.

Anita Roddick, Karen Brady and Holly Tucker also recognised on eve of International Women’s Day by British freelancers

Experian reveals the best places across the UK to start a business

James Caan’s Private Equity company Hamilton Bradshaw has announced a brand new venture in the nursing sector, with the launch of Flex Staffing.