UK manufacturers are more confident looking ahead
Manufacturing orders were flat in the three months to January, while output was stable for the second quarter in a row, according to the…
Corporate Insolvency
Large businesses lag behind in payment technology
The Payments Council has published the findings of its research exploring the payments that UK businesses make and receive. The findings show that…
Dragon urges suppliers to take more responsibility
James Caan, the serial entrepreneur, is urging smaller businesses to take more responsibility for their own actions in getting paid, and to consider…
Steady growth in consumer lending
Consumer credit lending figures for November 2012 show continued steady growth of six percent compared with the same period last year. The breakdown…
Payments Council to put Government payments at heart of its future plans
The Payments Council’s vision of closer private and public sector collaboration to influence the future of payments has been endorsed by the…
Half of all small companies now have a female director
Larger companies are narrowing the gap with small and medium sized firms (SMEs) in terms of the number of companies that have a female director,…
Weak growth and fragile recovery to continue in 2013
While 2012 has been tough, conditions in 2013 should get better, but only marginally so. That’s the view of the Forum of Private Business’ (FPB)…
B2B payment defaults on the rise in Asia-Pacific
A survey conducted by Atradius has found that businesses in Asia-Pacific have experienced a significant rise in ‘uncollectable’ payments on…
Irish retailers fear poorly timed budget as insolvencies rise
Retail insolvencies in the Republic of Ireland have increased by 46 percent on the same period last year and for many, the debt burden has now…
The Forum of Private Business reacts to the Autumn Statement
The Forum of Private Business has welcomed much of what was in the Autumn Statement, describing it as a helpful springboard for UK economic growth…
