The self-styled “voice of British business” and the manufacturers’ group Make UK have confirmed they are in talks about areas of potential collaboration that could lead to a full-blown merger. “Make UK and the CBI are in early-stage discussions to explore how the two parties might work closer together,” Make UK, which speaks for 20,000 […]
It is one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the British motor industry. Yesterday morning the first Vauxhall Combo Electric van rolled off the assembly line of the sprawling Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire, the plant that 60 years ago gave the nation the best-selling Vauxhall Viva and for four decades from the […]
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a warning about the risks posed by smart devices harvesting personal data. The ICO also announced a crackdown on connected devices, announcing plans for new rules and action to be taken against manufacturers who fail in their data security obligations. The warning comes in response to a new […]
Over half of job seekers in the UK said they had noticed AI being used during the recruitment process, with a further 46% of job seekers revealing that they are using AI when searching and applying for jobs, according to a new research The new research, which surveyed over 2,500 employees across the UK for […]
Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, has made a significant reshuffle of his shadow cabinet. While some faces have been removed from the inner circle, others have been given new roles. The reshuffle has sparked a wave of discussions across the UK, because on current polling data Keir Starmer could have the keys […]
Tastily, the leading provider of healthy, home delivered, chef-made meals, is thrilled to announce the addition of David Gandy, an internationally acclaimed supermodel as a brand ambassador and investor. David, who is one of the most famous faces in the world of global fashion and the Founder and Creative Director of David Gandy Wellwear, has […]
73% of businesses in the UK do not have a measurement framework for diversity and inclusion, new research has found. The survey of UK business leaders from organisational transformation consultancy Watch This Sp_ce found that 44% are assessing the impact of their inclusion efforts informally, and 56% are not measuring impact at all. 19% of […]
Offering a four-day working week could help to encourage staff into the office more, according to leading global workplace design experts, Unispace. Returning for Good, a Unispace Global Workplace Insights report – which combined the results of a survey of 9,500 employees and 6,650 employers from 17 countries worldwide – revealed that 88% of professionals […]
Giving written evidence to the UK Parliamentary Treasury Committee inquiry into SME finance, ACCA set out a gloomy picture of SMEs struggling to access finance. Drawing on its Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS), ACCA says that the proportion of SMEs having problems accessing finance remains below the long-term average. ACCA data shows that firms are […]
In recent years, HMRC has faced a barrage of criticism over its customer service, specifically the high volume of unanswered phone calls. The scale of the problem is considerable. Last year, an astounding ten million calls to HMRC went unanswered. To put this into perspective, that’s almost a quarter of all the calls made to […]