Businesses are less confident in the first month of 2025, the latest Lloyds Business Barometer has found. Overall confidence slipped two points to 37%, falling for the fifth consecutive month to reach the lowest level for more than a year. Despite the dip, confidence is still above the long-term average of 29%. In previous years, […]
A single annual payment of £389m was today (Thursday January 30) confirmed for the region as part of an unprecedented shift in power, funding and responsibility from Westminster to the West Midlands. Alongside the region’s existing £211m transport funding, today’s Integrated Settlement – the first to be awarded to any English region – will amount […]
Retail crime is at its highest level on record, according to new figures released today from the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Annual Crime Survey. The survey reveals incidents of violence and abuse in 2023/24 climbed to over 2,000 per day, up from 1,300 the year before. This is more than three times what it was in […]
Baker Tilly International has today announced record global revenues of US$5.62bn for the year ended 31 December 2024, up 9% on the previous year or 9.5% at constant exchange rates. This continues a journey of consistent expansion for the global accounting and advisory network, which has grown by nearly 40% since 2020 despite significant volatility in international […]
Geopolitical uncertainty is the biggest driver of emerging threats for banks and insurers according to the 2025 ORX Horizon and Cyber Horizon reports, based on input from 47 leading global financial services firms. The benchmark studies ranked cybercrime in the top spot for the 4th consecutive year, ahead of other risk categories by a significant margin. Published […]
Garry White, chief investment commentator at Charles Stanley In the last two months, investors have started buying UK shares again after years of net selling. UK equity funds ended a 41-month streak of outflows in November as investors eventually reversed the flow of money back onto UK equities. This is a result of a combination […]
Savills has been appointed to bring a prestigious Strategic Land Portfolio to the market in the highly desirable locales of Bearsden, Lenzie, and Milngavie totalling 80.37 hectares. Comprising three prime land sites, each presents an opportunity for significant future residential development subject to planning consents. Bearsden Site: Spanning 29.6 hectares and situated at Langfaulds Farm, […]
Small business numbers in Croydon are growing at a faster rate than anywhere else in London, new GoDaddy research shows. The constituency of Croydon Central (incorporated into Croydon East during the 2024 change in boundaries) saw a spike of 24% in its microbusiness numbers during the past 12 months, making it the fastest growing area […]
Morgan McKinley and Vacancysoft report highlights key UK finance sector trends for 2025. The combination of increased investment in AI, political shifts in the UK and falling interest rates has made 2024 a pivotal year for the finance sector according to the 2024 Year in Review UK finance market trends report by leading professional recruiter Morgan […]
The Department for Business and Trade has today announced a series of exclusive events designed to open doors for UK business in the Indo-Pacific markets. The event series, titled ‘Made in the UK Sold to the Indo-Pacific: Meet the Experts’, will take place between 4 and 13 March in various cities across the UK, including Edinburgh, […]
