HMRC’s monthly figures show a drop of £822m for December and January
Self-assessment receipts are down by approximately £822m for January and December in comparison to the same time last year, say London chartered…
Corporate Insolvency
2013 repossession rate lowest since 2007, says CML
The number and proportion of mortgages ending in repossession was lower in 2013 than in any year since 2007, according to the latest data from the…
Strongest online January since 2009
Online sales of non-food products in the UK grew 19.2 percent in January versus a year earlier, in January 2013, they had increased by 13.5…
January sales bounce for pub and restaurant operators
Pub and restaurant groups enjoyed an upbeat start to 2014 thanks to the weather with collective like-for-like sales up by 7.2 percent on January…
Online fashion has grown 258 percent in four years
For the first time ever, IMRG has produced a report outlining the performance of the fashion industry as a standalone e-retail sector – supported…
Business owners rely on plastic
Business owners are putting their fund-raising plans on their personal credit cards for 2014, according to new research from rebuildingsociety.com.…
Ingenious Britain urges UK’s small business innovators to take advantage of EU funding opportunity
One of the UK’s leading small business advice hubs is urging entrepreneurs and small business owners with innovative ideas for new products to…
UK’s protected food names boost EU economy and increase jobs
More than 60 unique British foods have now achieved protected status to help safeguard these iconic products and deliver a major boost to the…
House sales hit highest point in almost six years
The number of homes sold per chartered surveyor reached its highest point since March 2008 last month as the recovery in the nation’s property…
£91 billion spent online in 2013
Online retail sales exceeded expectations in December, with the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index recording 18 per cent year-on-year growth as a…
