UK manufacturers are riding high on a wave of newfound confidence for 2025, as figures reveal a dramatic uplift in sales revenue and purchasing. Small and mid-sized firms saw their average sales revenue jump 88% in 2024, while the number of purchase orders (POs) placed with suppliers was also up 88%, according to a report from inventory management […]
As Brits return to work, thousands are planning to quit their jobs with companies that insist on a full-time return to the office. That could spell trouble for transport & storage sector companies, says the home delivery expert Parcelhero. Just 8.3% of firms say they are adopting increased homeworking as a permanent business model. Transport […]
Start Up Loans today announces that it has provided over a thousand founders in Hampshire with £25m in loans through its partners since the programme began in 2012. Across the South East region as a whole, over 12,200 aspiring entrepreneurs have taken out a Start Up Loan since 2012. These loans have amounted to over £130m in […]
2024 delivered record levels of EV registrations with almost 382,000 joining UK roads, new data from SMMT this week shows, a fantastic achievement which reflects industry’s unswerving commitment to zero emission mobility. Indeed, with the overall new car market up by 2.6% last year, the very greenest vehicles represented almost one in five deliveries thanks to EV […]
The latest Housing Pipeline Report from the Home Builders Federation, containing data from Glenigan, shows a continued downward trend in planning approval figures for Q3 2024 in both the number of sites and units approved for development. With just 2,260 sites approved in the months of July to September, this marks a 10% decline from the previous […]
Optimism in the FS sector fell at the quickest pace since September 2022, according to the latest CBI Financial Services Survey. That is despite business volumes growing at a faster pace in the quarter to December. The quarterly survey, conducted between 21 November and 9 December 2024, showed that FS firms expect a similarly quick […]
The UK’s new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market rose by 3.0% to surpass 350,000 registrations in 2024, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A robust December with 27,221 new LCVs registered rounded off a total of 351,834 new vans, pick-ups and 4x4s across the year […]
Savills prime central London agency and residential development teams reported one of their strongest ends to a year with a flurry of deals taking place during the last 10 days of 2024. Over £100m worth of residential property exchanged during the period from the 20th to 31 December with one completing on the night of […]
Beavis Morgan, specialists in accountancy, tax, and business advisory services, and Moorfields Advisory, leaders in restructuring, refinancing, and recovery, together with other Beavis Morgan group companies, are pleased to announce that they have joined the Kinbrook Group. This milestone follows a strategic investment from private equity firm Blixt and marks a significant opportunity for growth, […]
The UK’s economic turmoil has taken a perilous turn, with markets bracing for what could rival the 1976 IMF bailout crisis. This is the stark warning from Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations, as 10-year government yields on Wednesday climbed as much as 14 basis points to […]
