Category: News

Growth in retail sales volumes picked up strongly in the year to May and expectations for next month are at their highest for 27 years, according to the CBI’s latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey.

New rules banning exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts come into effect today, stopping employers from preventing hourly staff from working for another employer.

Many small and medium-sized businesses in the UK are being held back by current levels of management and leadership skills.

SME confidence in the economy has risen significantly over the past two years with a 23 per cent drop in concern about the economic climate since April 2013.

Britain’s manufacturers are calling for a referendum on EU membership to take place at the earliest opportunity, and no later than 2016, to head off the creeping uncertainty which now exists for business and industry.

The UK is outpacing its European neighbours, and the North of England is overtaking the rest of the country in online retailing, a new report has revealed.

David Cameron has abandoned plans to make it easier for small companies to sack employees as he prepares to unveil a Queen’s Speech for workers.

Survey results announced today demonstrate that UK small businesses are extremely positive about their future business growth.

Ultimo founder Michelle Mone has announced her intention to leave Scotland in the near future, but pledged that her company’s headquarters will remain in Glasgow.

Former secretary of state for communities and local government Eric Pickles is to be knighted, 10 Downing Street announced today.

There are encouraging signs of growth for the UK pub industry which has seen a rise in turnover and injection of new owners in the last three years.

Six of the world’s largest investment banks, including Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, have been fined about $5.7 billion by US regulators in the second and final major settlement with the industry over the foreign exchange markets manipulation scandal.

Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula One auto racing, faces a 1 billion-pound bill from HMRC in a long-running dispute over a family trust.