Almost 65,000 customers have paid their Self Assessment bills, totalling nearly £67 million, via the HMRC app since April 2022, HM Revenue and Customs has revealed. In December 2022, 14,170 customers paid via the app – the highest number of app payments in one month since the facility was launched in February 2022. The Self […]
A new study from B2B sales outsourcing company, inside global, reveals data around search patterns, and what we can expect to see from technology in business in the year ahead. Technology is advancing at breakneck speed. Keeping pace with the latest trends is far from easy. As emerging technologies like blockchain evolve, our curiosity about […]
Biography-writing service StoryTerrace has announced a unique partnership with UKTV in a £1 million ‘airtime-for-equity’ deal. The deal will see StoryTerrace launch its first television advertising campaign, benefitting from access to an audience of over 26 million viewers a month, and in return, UKTV will gain an equity stake in the business. This recent partnership is […]
New research has revealed the damaging effect that strikes are having on the sector, with 14% of SME owners saying they have negatively impacted their business. Four in ten say the strikes make it hard to plan in advance, while a fifth say they’ve had less customers during strike days. A tenth have been unable […]
Exporting requires a very specific headspace to deal with the vast amount of logistics. Fortunately for the UK we have businesses who not only survive on this skill, but thrive on it. Crossing borders and creating brilliant points of trade and jobs in other countries to enable their communities to thrive too, the Business Champion […]
A mismatch in the number of workers available to take up jobs and vacancies that need filling may keep inflation higher for longer, economists have warned. Businesses are struggling to fill job openings because there are not enough workers in the right industries or locations or with the right skills, according to Sanjay Raja, chief […]
The exodus of workers from the jobs market over the pandemic has weakened prospects for Britain’s economic growth, the governor of the Bank of England has warned. About half a million workers left their jobs over the pandemic with no plans to return to work. Some of the rise was caused by the ageing of […]
Rokt, the global leader in ecommerce technology, is today announcing a new partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, the leading Formula One (F1) team and winner of last year’s Constructors and Drivers Championships. Rokt will become an official team partner and the two organisations will work together on various initiatives to foster greater diversity in […]
Rising paint prices and higher energy costs were among the reasons for a leap in the cost of motor insurance late last year, a trade body has said. The average price paid for cover rose by 8% in the final three months of the year, compared with the previous quarter, the Association of British Insurers […]
Infosys, the company founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law NR Narayana Murthy, is in a multimillion-pound dispute with the UK tax authorities. HMRC and the Indian IT services firm, in which the prime minister’s wife, Akshata Murty, holds a stake of close to 1%, disagree over a corporation tax bill of about £20m, according to the […]