
60 per cent increase in energy costs harming business profitability
With business energy costs now representing 0.51 per cent of businesses’ total annual profits, what can UK businesses do to overcome this latest financial setback?
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With business energy costs now representing 0.51 per cent of businesses’ total annual profits, what can UK businesses do to overcome this latest financial setback?

Olympians Sally Gunnell and Chris Boardman share their tips on how employees can get around London quicker and easier during Games time

Good management to support employees and maintain employee engagement is more important than ever

Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden is backing a Government campaign to tackle outdated perceptions of manufacturing and seek out new, innovative ideas it has been announced today.

L&D practitioners must develop their strategic and commercial acumen if they are to convince senior leaders to engage with L&D and to champion learning

Cohabiting couples who run a business together need to cut out complacency and take appropriate measures to protect themselves and their business should the relationship break…

The Prime Minister’s enterprise advisor Lord Young is urging Government to facilitate a fast expansion of flexible business space, to foster the same levels of entrepreneurship…

Workers who ‘borrow’ things from their offices are racking up costs of £2 billion a year and unwittingly leaving their employers open to security breaches with…

The Angel CoFund has announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to SMEs.

Plans to allow councils to keep a share of the business rates they raise will add £10bn to the economy over the next seven years, the…

A new Government led initiative to boost enterprise will see up to 4,000 entrepreneurial university students and graduates in England connecting with small and medium sized…

Vodafone UK is offering one small to medium size business customer the chance to win its own piece of F1 glory and the chance to put…

In a speech to senior business leaders and politicians at the CBI Annual Dinner in London this evening, the organisation’s President, Sir Roger Carr, made clear…

The retail expert Mary Portas is joining forces with the celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to focus on the hotel industry taking on the challenge of running…

Exporters across the UK are being urged to take part in producing the most accurate picture yet of the health of Britain's export industry.