Category: News

They bring experience, knowledge and loyalty to a business and yet almost half of employers think that an employee’s work performance declines with age.

Prime Minister David Cameron today welcomed the announcement of an all-new Rolls-Royce model during his visit to the company’s head office and manufacturing plant at Goodwood, West Sussex.

A celebrity PR agency which represents famous names from Ultimo underwear founder Michelle Mone and Rod Stewart’s ex-wife Rachel Hunter to reality stars from The Only Way Is Essex is coming under it’s own public pressure after having advertised a three-month social media internship paying just £20 a day.

As Britons turn their backs on chains and multi-national corporations, the number of independent retailers across the UK has soared year on year, rising by 110% in the last five years.

The CBI will today urge the Government not to rush to meet arbitrary deadlines for devolution, as it risks damaging the UK’s economic growth and undermining the internal market.

The CBI has upgraded its growth prediction for 2015 in its latest economic forecast against a backdrop of lower oil prices and inflation.

The government’s expansion of Growth Deal funding for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) has been welcomed by South east businesses as an important boost to transport and business capacity.

A North East entrepreneur is hoping to be put through his paces as part of a TV show aimed at helping business people launch their own company.

Angry British chocolate-lovers have vented their anger at a lawsuit brought by Hershey’s, which effectively bars the import of chocolates made in the U.K.

Whilst employers consider the traditional 9-5 working hours to be outdated and embrace flexible working, working from home, and ‘don’t need to see them just their ouptut’ initiatives for staff many staff still feel under stress when in a traditional ‘clock watching environment’

The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) highlight the improvement in pay versus rising prices – boosting the spending power of consumers following six years of pay growth lagging behind inflation.

BTube, a new business content network, has been launched by Spirit Digital Media the team behind Jamie Oliver’s immensely successful FoodTube

Mobile payments specialist iZettle had announced the launch of the world’s first free Chip & PIN reader in a move to give more small businesses access to payments services.