How Dr Nik grew a £65m business from a desk in the garage
Dr Nik Kotecha is chief executive of Loughborough-based Morningside Pharmaceuticals, a business he started almost 30 years ago to fulfill his…
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IT trainers take on 182 staff in lockdown hiring spree
FDM Group, a global leader in the recruitment, training and deployment sector, has bucked the trend by announcing that it has…
Cash flow concerns for our ‘dynamic entrepreneurs’
Initial results from a nationwide survey show that 68 per cent of the UK’s most dynamic entrepreneurs have cashflow concerns –…
Drinks brands defy the odds as manufacturing exports fall
UK manufacturing exports fell for the fourth quarter in a row between January and March, at 46.8 for new exports, down…
New lenders approved for CBILS
The British Business Bank has announced that it has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme…
Small business sector ‘weeks from collapse’, say tax experts
The Chancellor has just days to act to support struggling small businesses and prevent many of the UKs three million self-employed…
Lockdown engineers lock-in funding pledges
A leading-edge compressor manufacturer in Edinburgh has secured nearly three quarters of a million pounds in new funding. A clutch of…
Startups to benefit from £250m future fund
Venture-backed start-ups struggling for funds during the pandemic will get a helping hand from the government. The Treasury has announced a…
Insurance actions likely as firms denied payouts
A leading disputes lawyer believes a “growing insurance war” could last longer than the Covid-19 crisis which has sparked it. Several…
The ups and down of lockdown – in figures
Consumer spending dropped by six per cent year-on-year in March as lockdown was introduced, according to newly-released data. But a more…