Over 10,000 SME owners, self-employed and budding entrepreneurs have applied for a single £25,000 Business Boost grant from insurer Simply Business, as the current economic climate takes a toll on small businesses. This milestone comes as the UK is facing the biggest rise in small business vacancies in at least eight years, with a loss […]
On current predictions, business rates bills look likely to rise by a total of £1.56 billion next April, giving unsustainable rises to all sectors of the economy. Rates bills rise in line with inflation and are based on the CPI figure for the previous September. With CPI announced at 6.7% for August, Colliers are expecting […]
The UK economy is far bigger than before the Covid-19 crisis than first thought, with the country’s growth outpacing Germany and France, new revisions to official data this morning revealed. Gross domestic product is now estimated to be 1.8 per cent larger compared with the final months of 2019, just before the pandemic swept through […]
Government must give pubs which serve as the beating hearts of their communities greater support with tax rebates to safeguard the nation’s locals as vital social lifelines, a report from the think-tank Localis has urged today. In a report issued today entitled ‘Inn-Valuable: unlocking the socio-economic potential of our nation’s pubs’, Localis also argued that a […]
One-in-five SME owners plan to sell part or all their business within the next two years according to a new study. An additional one in ten respondents expect to downsize their businesses over the same period. Of these, a third blame rising costs, 18% cite performance-related issues and a further one in six need to […]
In a move that has sent ripples across the business and environmental sector, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made the controversial decision to disband the energy efficient Taskforce just months after it was created. This decision is viewed as a significant shift in the government’s approach towards energy efficiency initiatives, sparking a wave of […]
The pleasure of watching streamed films with no commercial breaks is about to end for almost 13 million British households after Amazon announced it would introduce adverts to its Prime service. The “limited” content will be added to streamed movies and TV programmes early next year. UK subscribers will be able to choose an ad-free […]
Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born media mogul known for his towering influence over British media and politics, has announced his retirement, marking an end to a career that has shaped the UK’s media landscape for more than half a century. Murdoch first ventured onto UK shores in 1969, acquiring the struggling tabloid News of the World. […]
Waste is a hot topic right now as companies battle to reach their ESG commitment Enter UNTHA UK; working to supply innovative solutions to help the country’s waste operators effectively deal with some of the most complex material streams – spanning metals, plastics, and waste wood, to waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), mattresses, tyres, […]
Passionate teams are higher in team progress, regardless of whether that passion is focused on one or multiple team activities, finds new research. According to Associate Professor Ewald Kibler, Head of the Entrepreneurship Unit at Aalto, and postdoctoral researcher Bernadetta A. Ginting-Szczesny, team entrepreneurial passion (TEP) plays an important role in business ventures as it […]