Benefit claims surge as first three months see 1.35m unemployed
Unemployment rose by 50,000 to 1.35 million in the first three months of the year as the current pandemic hit UK…
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Lockdown loyalty ‘will pay dividends for small traders’
Consumers have been shifting their spending habits to support local community businesses during the pandemic – and the goodwill will continue…
Getting paid and why it’s vital to know your customer
We asked the CEOs of two of the country’s leading credit organisations for advice on maintaining cash flow in a crisis….
Covid-19 loan schemes give businesses £15bn boost
Figures announced by the Chancellor today show the banking and finance industry has provided almost £15 billion to over 304,000 businesses so…
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…
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…