The Bank Referral Scheme, which has assisted over 2,000 UK businesses find funding, has helped Surrey based development trust, the Caterham Barracks Community Trust (CBCT) from possible closure, by helping it secure over £1m (£1.1m) in funding. The £1.1m funding lifeline, the second largest loan ever made through the scheme, and the largest loan via […]
With less than a month to go before the government sets out its economic predictions in its first spring budget, new research commissioned by Intuit QuickBooks reveals a 30% uptick in the number of people planning to start a business or register as self-employed this year. With 1.4 million new limited company or self-employed registrations […]
Leading small business support organisation, the Forum of Private Business, is seeking to ensure that the new chancellor has business at the centre of his forthcoming budget by laying down seven key priorities that are seen as critical to a thriving SME sector. Introducing the FPB Budget wish list, managing director of the Forum, Ian […]
HMRC taking a light touch to IR35 in the first year is not good enough, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has warned. Instead, it has said the new chancellor must halt and “fundamentally reassess” the legislation. The comments came in response to a speech the Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave over the […]
The Government wants to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business – a place where you can build on your ideas and find success. As part of a new campaign, Government is bringing all of the various support schemes together in one place on the business support website. […]
The report, ‘Business Outlook 2020: Focus on Business,’ reflects on the themes, activity and challenges of the previous year and forecasts what 2020 might bring across the regions in which Christie & Co operates, including the South East, with offices in Winchester, Maidstone and Reading. CARE In 2019, Christie & Co observed an appetite for […]
Manufacturing activity remained weak in the three months to February, with output volumes falling for a fifth rolling quarter in a row, albeit at a slower pace than in January. That’s according to the latest CBI monthly Industrial Trends Survey. The survey of 318 manufacturing firms reported that both total and export order books improved […]
The demand for sustainability is as prevalent now as it has ever been. With natural disasters such as the recent Australian bushfires, the devastation caused by global warming is becoming impossible to ignore. Now, more than a quarter (27%) of Britons cite the environment in their top three issues facing the country, and are therefore […]
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) organised its second three-day workshop on Advanced Islamic trade finance for leading financial institutions (FIs) operating in the Kyrgyz Republic. This workshop falls under the Framework Agreement signed in 2019 between the government of the Kyrgyz Republic and ITFC. The workshop witnessed the participation of 27 bankers from […]
Responding to Government’s proposed immigration system, Tom Ironside, director of business and regulation at the British Retail Consortium, said: “Retailers rely on complex supply chains and for these to function effectively must be able to access an adequate supply of workers. Although we welcome the reduction in the salary threshold, it is disappointing that the […]
