It was Benjamin Franklin who once said “…nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Business owners know only too well the importance of dealing with taxes, but rarely think about or plan for how they will deal with the death of a business partner or shareholder. As a nation, we’re not […]
Nigel Farage branded Dame Alison Rose’s NatWest exit an “absolute disgrace”, after it emerged she could be set to receive a pay package worth more than £2.4million. The bank revealed on Wednesday that Rose was seeing out her 12-month notice period on her contract, one month after she resigned as chief executive. She is due […]
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Wykes Engineering are teaming up to develop what they claim will be one of the UK’s largest energy storage systems made from old electric car batteries. The two firms have announced today JLR is set to supply second-life batteries originally used for its Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles (EVs) to renewables […]
Workers at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay. Members of the Prospect union backed strikes by 2-1 and by almost 9-1 for other forms of industrial action. The union said the CAA had refused to provide a “fair” pay rise for this year. […]
Twitter owner Elon Musk is among top business leaders expected to be invited to Rishi Sunak’s global investment summit this autumn. Tesla boss Musk – who recently bought and renamed Twitter as X – is among figures including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who officials are keen to see attend the summit, according to Sky News. […]
The UK’s private sector recorded its worst month since the start of 2021 in August after a surprise downturn hit the services sector, increasing concerns about the risk of recession. A closely watched survey of UK business output showed a contraction in August, defying economists’ expectation of modest growth after six consecutive months of expansion. […]