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  • 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
  • Burnham signals more energy bills support in budget as price cap rises 4 per cent

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UK entrepreneur brings disruptive mattress business home

21 August 201523 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Leesa, a disruptive online luxury mattress company, has launched in the UK having secured overnight success in the USA.

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Discover international markets with UKTI’s export insight visit to Latvia

21 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

This November UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is leading a visit to Riga, Latvia, a unique opportunity specifically for novice exporters to explore a new market and make business contacts.

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Uniqlo to trial four-day week in stores

21 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Fast retailing, the group that owns Japanese store Uniqlo, is set to introduce a plan which will see 10,000 workers operate under a four day week.

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Google data centre loses power after lightning strikes

21 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Four consecutive lightning strikes on Googles data centre in Belgium have caused the company to lose a small proportion of data.

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Prime Minister unveils plans to boost apprenticeships & transform training

21 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Prime Minister David Cameron will today outline a package of radical plans to increase the number of quality apprenticeships across England – from nuclear engineers to tailors and butchers- and give businesses a say on how they are run and what they offer.

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Falling number of GCSE & A-Level language students is ‘bad news for business’

21 August 201521 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Falling numbers of GCSE and A-Level language students are bad news for recruitment and a serious concern for big business, according to language training experts.

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Baubax travel jacket becomes best funded Kickstarter project

20 August 2015 Get Funded, News Business Matters 0 Comments

A multi-purpose travel jacket designed by San Fransisco based company Baubax has become Kickstarters most funded project by raising over €4million.

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Two thirds of UK businesses admit to losing important data

20 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The extent of data breaches in the UK has been unravelled by a survey that reveals two thirds of all businesses have lost important data – and a quarter have been hacked.

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Entrepreneurs back talent with launch of unique apprenticeships

20 August 201516 October 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A pioneering apprenticeship scheme designed to give ambitious young people opportunities to build careers at dynamic small businesses has been launched across England.

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Northern office workers hate their bosses more than southern employees

20 August 2015 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Nearly one in four office workers in the North East of England say their bosses have bad people skills, according to a survey carried out on behalf of office space search engine, Office Genie.

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Pass rate for GCSE’s up but top grades fall

20 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Improvements across the board have seen the pass rate of GCSE’s this year increase to 69 per cent, but the number of pupils that achieved top grades fell slightly.

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Our future depends on recruiting millennials, say SMEs

19 August 2015 News Business Matters 1 Comment

believe future success relies on their ability to recruit so-called millennials but SMEs recognise that they need to do more to attract them, according to new research by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

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Homeowners in 97% of UK’s biggest cities to benefit from tax-free rental income

19 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Letting to lodgers will become even more appealing with a bigger tax break under the Rent A Room Scheme coming next April, according to SpareRoom.co.uk.

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Andy Murray serves up three startup investments

19 August 201519 August 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Tennis champion and world number two Andy Murray announced today that he has made multiple investments on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs.

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Current employment law is hurting small business

18 August 201519 August 2015 News Business Matters 1 Comment

The current state of employment law is wasting small businesses time and putting them at unnecessary risk of financial and reputational damage, according to new research.

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Andy Burnham's new business rates adviser has previously called for up to £9bn of tax cuts for businesses, arguing the levy had become an "increasingly excessive burden" on firms.

Burnham’s business rates adviser called for £9bn tax cut for high streets

The man appointed by Andy Burnham to lead the business rates review for pubs and hotels has previously called for the tax to be cut by up to £9bn a year, giving a strong hint of the scale of reform he may put in front of the Prime Minister next March.

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

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