La Barca is an established Italian restaurant that has operated from the same premises in central London for over 40 years. The restaurant has an impressive list of regular diners ranging from high profile politicians, actors and TV and film directors as well as visitors, residents, and businesses. The restaurant closed in March in line […]
Data published today by Andrews, the property group with 48 offices throughout the south of England, shows instructions in April and May 2020 were down 90% and 73% respectively on the equivalent months in 2019 as the property market felt the full impact of lockdown and Covid-19. But June 2020 saw a significant rebound, with […]
Leading audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has successfully helped Creative Support with a new £25m re-financing deal, providing the national not-for-profit organisation with a sustainable funding structure for long-term security and growth. Creative Support is recognised as a significant national provider of supported living, prevention and care services in the UK. Its mission is […]
Wiserfunding is a market-leading credit risk assessment solution which adopts the use of AI and cloud technology to source the most up to date structured and unstructured data and generate the Altman SME Z-score, used to predict a company’s viability. With a strong focus on small to medium enterprises (SMEs), Wiserfunding has 90% prediction accuracy […]
Two thirds of Britain’s SME business leaders say they are now more environmentally conscious in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research released today. The survey, jointly commissioned by B2B energy suppliers Opus Energy and Haven Power, part of Drax Group, found that small and medium business bosses are having to make […]
A survey of more than 60 Yorkshire-based finance directors has gathered new data highlighting the extent of the impact of the global pandemic on the region’s businesses. The first Yorkshire FD Survey, conducted by specialist finance recruiter Woodrow Mercer Finance, polled finance heads about how the recent lockdown had impacted their firms. Of the 61 […]
Viva Wallet, the European cloud-based digital payments provider, has selected ClearBank as its banking provider in the UK. Viva Wallet is the first European entirely cloud-based payment services provider. Created to change the way businesses pay and get paid, Viva Wallet offers businesses of all sizes acceptance of 24 payment methods through innovative Smart Android […]
Enterprise businesses could lose almost £1m annually in failed payments, with mid-market businesses making losses of £200k+ and small businesses £6k+, according to a new study by GoCardless, the leading fintech for recurring payments. The GoCardless Payment Success Index launched today, analyses payment data from over 55,000 customers and 900 external businesses as a way […]
The volume of cyber attacks on UK businesses increased after the country went into lockdown and reached unprecedented levels in the second quarter of 2020, according to analysis from Beaming, a specialist business ISP. UK businesses experienced almost 177,000 separate attempts to breach their systems each, on average, between April and June 2020, the equivalent […]
Company pensions are becoming increasingly unsustainable due to the plunge in government bond yields and low interest rates, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest financial advisory and fintech organisations. The warning from Nigel Green comes as the yields of government securities – in which pension funds heavily invest – have fallen dramatically […]
