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  • Call blocker firm fined £190,000 for making the nuisance calls it claimed to stop
  • Burnham’s business rates adviser called for £9bn tax cut for high streets
  • Colman’s Mustard put up for sale as Unilever clears path for £48bn McCormick merger
  • Britain’s 240 crypto millionaires revealed in first HMRC cryptoasset tax data
  • EY urges junior staff back to the office as AI puts a premium on human skills
  • Young investors trust AI more than TV, radio or influencers, FCA finds
  • UK business confidence rebounds but firms want policy certainty first
  • Balcony solar panels reach UK shelves with promise of £110 a year off bills
  • Applied Nutrition closes in on £1bn valuation after raising guidance for third time this year
  • One of Britain’s oldest family firms to save £250,000 a year as energy scheme opens to forges

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58 million Brits now subscribe to their shopping

29 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A new study shows an estimated 58 million Brits now subscribe to services – 89 per cent of the British adult population.

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Shell Springboard to award £350,000 to the most innovative low-carbon enterprises

29 September 20177 January 2020 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Shell International Limited’s enterprise support programme for UK’s innovative low-carbon businesses is now open for applications.

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Faith lost in HMRC IR35 Tool with only 10% of contractors now using it

28 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Just 10 per cent of contractors are now using HMRC’s much maligned IR35 status tool according to new research.  The figure for those using the tool is down from a height of 28 per cent since the tool and the new legislation came into effect in April 2017. What’s more, of the 1100 contractors surveyed […]

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Shoreditch is world’s most expensive tech district

28 September 201729 August 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Shoreditch is the most expensive tech district in the world, with intense demand for office space pushing rents higher than those in Mid-Market, San Francisco, and almost double those in Brooklyn, New York, according to new research from Knight Frank.

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Majority of SME businesses risk immigration sponsor licence & instant home office closure

28 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Up to 95 per cent of SME businesses risk sponsor licence revocation for migrant workers and many are also at risk of instant Home Office closure, new research has found.

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Third of British workers would be happy to have a robot boss

27 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

With the Bank Of England projecting that up to 15 million jobs might be at risk due to robots, new research reveals that nearly a third of British workers would be happy to work for a robot boss. The survey from cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent, of 1,000 working British people, also found that 11 per cent of […]

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Co-working spaces lead to better interactions and higher productivity

27 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

People who work in co-working spaces claim they are more motivated and have more positive interactions with others, according to a new report. The report details the trend in collaborative working, in addition to what attracts the millennial generation to business. Since 2010, co-working spaces worldwide have increased by 5,519 percent as the average office space […]

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Cost and red tape are the biggest struggles for new SMEs

26 September 20175 July 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Research has revealed that when first setting up their businesses, 40 per cent of SME owners said that cost was a struggle.

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Just 8% of freelancers and contractors prefer to work completely remotely

26 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Despite technology enabling anytime, anywhere working, just 8 per cent of freelancers and contractors surveyed prefer to work completely remotely, research has highlighted.

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UK employees most open to leaving current job

26 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

New research reveals that 70 per cent of UK employees would consider leaving their current job, with nearly a quarter actively looking for new opportunities and nearly half passively looking.

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Professionals still face homophobic bullying at work

26 September 201723 October 2021 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Concerning new research has revealed that over one in 10 professionals have experienced homophobic bullying at work, with a further 15 per cent having witnessed a colleague being subject to this kind of prejudice.

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Businesses continue to increase cash reserves

26 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Over a quarter of UK businesses think their cash reserves will grow next year as they put off investment decisions as a result of Brexit uncertainty according to new research.

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Two thirds of UK businesses embrace fintech, saving £4.6 billion annually

26 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

UK businesses were surveyed on their awareness and adoption of fintech products and services.

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Employment tribunal rules Addison Lee wrongly classed drivers as self-employed

26 September 201726 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Drivers for London-based minicab company Addison Lee could be owed wages and holiday pay after an employment tribunal test case found that some had been wrongly classed as self-employed.

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TV star Noel Edmonds secures litigation funding as he prepares for legal battle with Lloyds over HBOS fraud

25 September 201725 September 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

TV celebrity Noel Edmonds has revealed he has secured litigation funding for his £300m claim against Lloyds Banking Group.

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