Mortgage plight for thousands of employees
Almost three in four employees admit to having some sort of debt. Almost one in ten – the equivalent of just…
Economy
Unseen corporate spending ‘hits £2.7bn a month’
Leading businesses are unable to identify £2.7 billion worth of expenditure every month until after it has already happened, compromising their…
Young go-getters hustle their way to thousands
Entrepreneurs are making, on average, £22,900 a year in supplemental income from side-hustles, according to a new study. And while those…
Inflation figures: what they means for business
The ONS has now confirmed that inflation dipped to 8.7 per cent in the 12 months to April, down into single…
Small firms still hammered by inflation, says FSB
Small businesses will be hoping that yesterdays interest rate rise will mark an end to an ongoing trend that saw the…
Interest rate rise: what the experts say
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to their highest level since 2008 in the wake of revelations that inflation…
Business confidence recovers – and what it means
Business confidence is being restored after a decline at the end of last year. But “dark clouds” are on the horizon…
Work in progress: analysing the first-quarter for jobs and retail
Job vacancies continued to fall in the first three months of this year as economic pressures forced bosses to hold back…
All change: 2023 may be a year of redundancies
More than a quarter of UK organisations say they are likely to make redundancies in 2023, according to new research from…
Businesses braced for minimum wage changes
Employers are facing increased bills as the month began as new national minimum wage rates came into effect. It follows Jeremy…