The Women of the Year Luncheon and Awards 2019 was officially launched at a high-profile event honouring the UK’s most inspirational female role models.
Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Bonmarché bought by Edinburgh Woollen Mill billionaire Philip Day
Fashion chain Bonmarché has been bought by UK billionaire Philip Day, owner of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group.
Sturgeon says Scotland prefers ‘no Brexit’ over a ‘soft Brexit’
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said ahead of votes on Monday in Westminster, that her party’s reference to for a no Brexit rather than a soft Brexit.
MPs call for full breakup of audit’s Big Four in wake of scandals
MPs have triggered a war of words in the City after calling for a radical breakup of accountancy’s Big Four firms.
Automatic compensation for broadband users goes live
Five UK broadband and landline providers will now automatically compensate customers when services do not work.
Former Barclays traders jailed over Euribor rate-rigging
Two traders have been jailed after being convicted of conspiring to rig the Euribor global interest rate.
UK SMEs face a series of new costs from today
Small firms have been hit with “blue Monday” as new costs and tax reporting requirements kick in.
Labour plans national bank using Post Office network
Thousands of Post Offices could become bank branches under Labour Party plans to reform the financial system.
Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green fashion chain calls in administrators
The fashion retailer founded by the former Oasis front man Liam Gallagher has been placed into administration.
Factories rush to stockpile for Brexit pushes manufacturing to record levels
UK factories stockpiled goods for Brexit at an unexpectedly high rate last month, boosting manufacturing growth to a 13-month high, according to a closely watched survey.
Will future business leaders need university degrees?
Worrying new research shows that students and school leavers remain unaware of the increasingly varied and highly paid career paths they can choose to follow without a degree.
Brexit copyright owner exercises legal rights to charge Government & media £224m
A copyright claim launched against UK media owners and the Government may end up with a multi-million pound bill for the illegal use of the proprietary phrase “Brexit’©’
Half of job hunters feel pressure to lie on their CV
New research from The University of Law has explored attitudes to exaggerating on CVs to secure a role, revealing that over half of working Brits have felt the pressure to lie
CYBG beats target in second year of SME lending commitment
CYBG PLC, owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank, announces that in 2018 it provided over £2 billion in lending support to UK’s SMEs.
Wren Kitchens named UKs number one retail employer
Wren Kitchens, the UK’s number one kitchen retailer, has been named the country’s best retail employer in a new survey.
