Category: News

New research from a leading apprenticeships provider has revealed that more than 1 in 5 young adults believe taking the route of an apprenticeship means you’ll have to work in that industry for life.

Access to the European Union’s Single Market is the single greatest strength of the United Kingdom’s capital, according to the overwhelming majority of the city’s business leaders responding to the latest CBI/CBRE London Business Survey.

As the incoming dividend tax increase draws ever closer, over a quarter of UK small business owners plan to pay themselves a special dividend – according to a new survey conducted by Moore Stephens.

The manufacturing sector stabilised somewhat in February, reporting little change on January’s muted performance, according to the CBI Industrial Trends Survey.

Luxury Italian car manufacturer, Maserati, and the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE) have announced the second ‘Maserati 100’ index; a definitive list of Britain’s most successful philanthropists, investors, mentors and advisors, and ascending entrepreneurs, who are today supporting the next generation of up and coming business talent.

Sterling slumped to its lowest level against the dollar in seven years after currency markets were jolted by the unexpected scale of Tory support for leaving Europe and Boris Johnson’s decision to join the “out” campaign. 

Small and micro business owners want to be more productive but severely lack the awareness of how technology can help them achieve this goal a new survey finds.

Businesses in London will see their corporation tax bill rise by an estimated 64 per cent over the next 10 years to £18 billion with small and medium enterprises contributing the lion’s share.

UK production grew 3 per cent to £364 billion as at the end of 2014 – the equivalent of £9.2 billion – according to analysis of the latest official PRODCOM Report from the ONS.

The days when someone wanting to buy a car had to traipse around a succession of forecourts manned by silver-tongued salesmen wearing sharp suits or even camel coats and pork pie hats are being consigned to history.

Three in four businesses in Ireland have a positive outlook for the next 12 months reflecting greater confidence in economic recovery, according to the second annual Regional Business Barometer Study.

The Government is calling on businesses to join a steering group and work to improve the system of product safety recalls in order to protect consumers.

A new £136m fund to support the expansion and job creation of SMEs in Wales has been announced.