The number of growing UK sectors held steady in November, according to the latest Lloyds UK Sector Tracker. Six of the 14 UK sectors monitored reported output growth, the same number as October, albeit four of the six sectors grew at a slower rate than the month before. Four sectors – food and drink manufacturing […]
According to new research from TheyDo, business leaders are increasingly dependent on dashboards but drowning in uncertainty due to lack of time to scrutinise data and false confidence in the insights used to inform decision-making. Overwhelmed by the volume of information they receive daily, 77% of executives admit they only sometimes or rarely question the data they rely on daily, despite […]
Should the Federal Reserve cut rates in December, it’ll be based on market pressure – not sound economic reasoning – and there will be no rate cuts in the first half of 2025. This is the prediction – and warning – from one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and asset management organizations. The […]
Digital wallets or mobile wallets are an increasingly popular tool with benefits for both consumers and businesses – they speed up transactions both online and in person. Cross-border retailer Ubuy has put together new research on digital wallet usage around the world, to investigate which platforms are the most popular and which countries use them the most. They also provide some tips for consumers on how […]
Payhawk, a global spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout the UK, US, and Europe, today announced new research into how well the technology needs of CFOs are being met. The survey of CFOs and other finance leaders finds that only 35% of CFOs believe that their tech stack has kept pace with […]
Following publication by the FCA of its follow-up work in respect of the FSB’s Super-Complaint on personal guarantees for business loans, Todd Davison, MD of Purbeck Insurance Services, the provider of personal guarantee insurance to the owners and directors of small businesses responds: Todd Davison says: “This investigation could only go so far given the FCA’s […]
ECI Partners, the leading mid-market private equity firm, which recently announced its fifth investment of the year, gives its 2025 predictions for mid-market private equity: ECI in 2025 Tom Wrenn, managing partner at ECI, comments: “We’ve had a very busy year, including exchanging four platform deals in the space of six weeks. It has been […]
Business research and development (R&D) investment in the UK has fallen, according to new data released today. In real terms, investment dropped by 3% to £50bn in 2023 compared to 2022, continuing a downward trend that has seen a decline of over 6% since 2021 – a drop of £3.4bn in real terms. This decline comes […]
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Inflation looks likely to have bubbled up again in November, dashing hopes that more heat will be taken out of borrowing costs. The CPI reading looks set to veer further away from the Bank of England’s target and come in around 2.6%, up from 2.3% in […]
Confession is good for the soul they say so I fess up, I have been bought! Now aged 79 and beset for the past year with polymyalgia, I was planning new ways of journeying with my laptop. I use the train as often as possible and when in London, the tube, bus and Shank’s pony […]
