CEOs’ lack of engagement may be harmful to British business
A lack of engagement among the country’s bosses may be having a harmful effect on British business. This is the key finding of a new research…
UK Export Finance support to British exporters at 12-year high
British businesses received £4.3 billion worth of support from the Government through UK Export Finance (UKEF) in 2012-13, up from £2.3 billion in…
Manufacturing: Norwich
Despite recent press reports that car manufacturing is one of the bright spots on an otherwise gloomy economic picture, not every part of the supply…
OFT calls for greater transparency for online businesses
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is writing to over 60 leading online businesses to ensure they are transparent with consumers about how they…
Lack of finance crippling UK innovation
Financial constraints are crippling new product development among the UK’s SME base, with engineering and technology companies particularly badly…
Spending review must stimulate investment in small businesses
The Government’s spending review must stimulate investment in small firms to strengthen the economic environment, leading to the creation of jobs…
Print: Basingstoke
The UK printing industry now comprises fewer than 10,000 operating businesses – some would even put that figure as low as 5,000. This is a big…
Business confidence on the rise, BDO figures show
UK business confidence is improving, according to the latest monthly business trend indices from accountancy network BDO. After the optimism index…
UK’s smaller firms turning to asset-based finance
Figures from the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) show increasing numbers of smaller businesses turning to invoice finance, against a backdrop…
Encouraging news for businesses as insolvencies stay low in April
The latest Business Insolvency Index from Experian shows that the business insolvency rate has stayed at the relatively low level of 0.08 percent…
