Category: News

The UK is returning to growth and should avoid a triple-dip recession, according to a range of indicators which point to firms’ growing confidence, a steadier housing market, and employers’ readiness to hire.

More than half of general managers consider HR’s contribution to their organisations’ corporate responsibility agenda as vital, according to research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

The collapsed High Street camera retailing brand Jessops has been bought by a group including the entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star, Peter Jones.

PopUp Moreton in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, will see 12 small businesses and start-ups take a slot in the shop in the Old Market Way shopping centre.

Forty per cent of financial advisers in the Midlands cite a lack of working capital as a major barrier to growth, reinforcing the fact that businesses need to be aware of how a cash flow plan can help to alleviate financial fears.

The largest ever recruitment of volunteer business mentors supporting businesses looking to start, grow and create jobs has hit its 15,000 target the Department of Innovation & Skills (BIS) has announced.

Examining the insolvency figures throughout 2012 highlights an increasingly stable picture amongst businesses.

Small businesses are stepping up pressure on the Government to take a tougher line with energy suppliers to limit their power to roll over contract terms without any negotiation.

One of the UK’s top accountants has joined the business backlash against attacks on corporate tax avoidance by politicians, telling the authorities to change the law if they are unhappy with the ethics.

Sixteen per cent of British SMEs consider themselves at high risk of going out of business within the next year due to financial pressure. This is according to the latest quarterly SME Risk Index from global insurer Zurich.

Small business community, Enterprise Nation, has started the year as it means to go on; with a full roster of activities and tools for anyone looking to become their own boss in the New Year.

John Longworth, Director General at the British Chambers of Commerce, has commenting on today’s speech on Europe by the Prime Minister, David Cameron. Speaking directly afterwards the head of the body which represents British business said:

An increasing number of British businesses are using regional accents to assert a stronger sense of identity, research has revealed.

UK business owners are displaying a growing skepticism about the benefits of European membership, according to a new survey.

More than 80 per cent of UK businesses have failed to adapt their approach to employee ill health in the wake of government welfare reforms, research has revealed.