The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Women are perceived as being more willing to lead if they show that they are proud of their personal performance. If, however, they give a cheerful impression, they are judged to have less willingness to leadership roles than men who display similar emotions according to new research.
The Conservative Party have launched a new initiative to help support small business with twelve Small Business Ambassadors being appointed nationwide, which it is hoped will help promote and represent small businesses across the country and government.
At an event at 10 Downing Street to celebrate the massive contribution that small businesses make to the economy, the Prime Minister announced that all the recommendations made in a recent report by his Enterprise Advisor Lord Young will be accepted.
The Government should consider a range of “radical options” for Royal Bank of Scotland, including breaking up the lender, a group of MPs and peers are likely to recommend.
The Co-operative Group has hired a finance director and chair of the Bank to lead the mutual’s financial restructuring after it was forced to deny it needed a taxpayer bail-out and was left with a £1bn-£1.8bn capital hole.
As the government’s new social mobility “tzar”, James Caan, calls on parents not to automatically help their child into a job or work experience, figures published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) show that word of mouth is now the most common recruitment method.
Business volunteers urged to “roll up their sleeves and get stuck in” to improve the employability of the future workforce
MPs have questioned whether the UK’s charity regulator is fit for purpose, after it failed to spot a charity apparently set up for tax avoidance.
Rise in new orders and output drives hopes of strengthening economic recovery
After a dismal month in April, sales in May were up 1.8% on the same period in 2012 as offers and discounts tempted shoppers
The Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group cut lending to the economy by £2.6bn in the first three months of the year, as the two state-backed lenders shunned a Government scheme to boost loans to small and medium sized businesses.
Research by pensions firm shows less than half of workers over 30 are saving enough to guarantee a comfortable income
Peninsula launches campaign weeks after David Cameron asks overseas territories to ‘get houses in order’ over tax
Last week, a report on German software firm SAP’s recruitment drive for autistic programmers hailed the company’s innovative step to attracting new talent. But for one British startup, realising the power of an autistic workforce is nothing new.
The Financial Skills Partnership has made a fresh call to businesses to offer apprenticeships as more people are applying for each position than ever.
