A report from PriceWaterHouseCoopers L.L.P estimates that the cost of the floods in Cumbria and Lancashire will reach £325 million.
Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
50% of financial services organisations are struggling to innovate
Almost Half of Financial Services Organisations are Struggling to Innovate Thanks to Complex IT
Christmas cancelled for nearly half of SMEs
Despite being a national holiday, nearly one in five SME decision makers have had to go into work on Christmas Day, and nearly a third have sacrificed the festivities to check and send work emails.
2015 NatWest everywoman Awards winners announced
The 13th annual NatWest everywoman Awards is the defining programme celebrating female business success across the UK and its 2015 winners are unveiled.
A record 4.8 million people are looking to their employers for advice on retirement planning
Record numbers of non-retired people – the equivalent of 4.8 million people – are looking to their employers for advice on retirement planning, according to the latest research
Cybercrime overlooked by many SME’s
The SME sector is leaving itself wide open to serious crime risks according to new research
‘Small army’ of insurers rush to Cumbria to help deal with Storm Desmond floods
Insurance firms setting up in town halls and mobile offices to begin claims for water damage
Midlands engine fired up to drive £34b worth of productivity and growth
An ambitious plan to make the Midlands an engine of growth will be unveiled today at a special event at Birmingham University.
Millions of Britain’s self employed are turning their back on pensions
Many members of Britain’s growing self-employed sector are putting a comfortable life in retirement at risk, according to new analysis from Prudential which highlights that the number of self-employed workers making personal pension contributions is at its lowest since 2001.
40% of Britons believe they could win The Apprentice
New research by a money saving website in the UK has revealed that more than two fifths of Britons believe that they could win a season of the BBC1 show ‘The Apprentice’ if they entered the competition
Government announces new red tape review of construction sector
Housebuilders will have their say on ineffective rules and heavy-handed enforcement that stop them building the homes that Britain needs, in a new Cutting Red Tape review launched today.
ITV commissions TV series based on saucy undies sellers Ann Summers parties
Inspired by chapters from Jacqueline Gold’s memoir Good Vibrations, about the early days of the Ann Summers Party Plan business, Brief Encounters will be set in the early 1980s and following four characters who sell exotic lingerie to both the dismay and delight of their loved ones.
New report highlights Asian business owners redefine definition of entrepreneur
A fresh generation of business owners in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China is challenging Western ideas of entrepreneurialism, according to new research from HSBC Private Bank.
Don’t be complacent – businesses must tackle cyber security in 2016, say experts
The Cyber Streetwise Forum says that proactivity in tackling cyber crime must be a key business strategy for the year ahead
Nearly 50% of employees do their Christmas shopping whilst at work spending on average 72 minutes of company time
As the Christmas shopping rush starts an online voucher code website looked into when and where people do their Christmas shopping, they were particularly interested in looking at shopping during working hours. 48% of employees in the UK admitted to Christmas shopping on work time, spending on average 72 minutes doing so.
