During the coming year, UK small and medium enterprises have expressed an intention to increase investment to more than (more…)

As banks appear low on the list of potential sources for business funding, recent research supports the (more…)

A report by the Federation of Small Businesses has demonstrated the importance of small businesses to the (more…)

According to recent research, most of the UK SMEs surveyed do not intend to make any redundancies during 2012. The research carried out by (more…)

According to a survey conducted by accountants BDO, retail sales for July had dropped by 2.9 per cent in comparison to 2011. The slump in (more…)

The Confederation of British Industry has forecast an improvement of the economy for the last six months of 2012. The growth forecast for 2012 by the CBI was reduced from 0.9 percent to 0.6 percent as the first quarter of 2012 saw the economy fall back into recession. However, the business group, which is a representative of more than 240,000 companies in the UK, believe that (more…)

According to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, bank holidays cost the UK economy £19 billion a year, with each individual bank holiday costing the economy £2.3 billion. The CEBR believe that the close proximity of some bank holidays reduces momentum of businesses and ultimately a reduction in output. (more…)

Retailers with an online presence are outperforming high street stores which rely on footfall, according to a recent survey by BDO, an accountancy and business advisory company. The new BDO report uses data from the published accounts of the largest companies in the Top 150 for Yorkshire to produce a report of the region’s economic health. The Yorkshire Report 2012 is based on revenue of companies. (more…)

A recent announcement by the Business Secretary states that the National Minimum Wage for adults aged 21 years and over is to increase by 11p per hour from 1st October 2012. The increase will push the adult minimum wage to £6.19 per hour. However, rates for youths aged between 16 and 20 years old will remain at their current rate. Apprentices will be given 5p per hour, raising the hourly rate to £2.65. (more…)

According to recently released research, the cost of anti-social behaviour and criminal damage to UK businesses amounts to an overwhelming £9.8 billion per annum. The issue continues to cost businesses huge amounts of money every year as the problem escalates. (more…)