When it comes to getting a credit card, managing debt is the consumers’ top priority, a new report from MoneySuperMarket reveals. MoneySuperMarket analysed two million enquiries from its Smart Search eligibility tool to reveal what Brits look for most when searching for a credit card. More than 100 credit cards were grouped into four categories
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Consumers predict short-term success for big brands LinkedIn and Snapchat
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New research conducted by email service provider, Mailjet, reveals consumers’ pain points with new communication channels and how they would rather brands use emerging technologies and features to communicate with them. The findings show that email is the platform most people think we will definitely still be using in ten years’ time (41 per cent), followed
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UK business confidence boost as Article 50 is triggered
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UK business confidence rebounded in the quarter ahead of the triggering of Article 50, according to the Global Economic Conditions Survey released today. The quarterly survey of global CFOs and finance professionals, conducted by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (the Institute of Management Accountants) finds that consumer spending has driven UK
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UK SMEs are confident about future financial performance
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Business valuation expert, Company Valuation Services (CVS), is educating businesses on how they can increase their potential value and make the transition between owners as stress-free as possible. This comes after the recent American Express Global SME Pulse survey – published by Oxford Economics – which shows overall optimism for 2017 and beyond. With 50 per
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Business leaders back industrial strategy that supports emerging businesses
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Nearly nine out of ten (88 per cent) business leaders believe that the UK needs a comprehensive industrial strategy according to BGF’s Growth Climate Index – a survey of over 280 business leaders and entrepreneurs measuring confidence in the UK’s business growth environment reveals. However, more than three quarters (77 per cent) want the government’s proposed industrial
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Tradespeople hit with 30 per cent rise in tool thefts in 2016
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Tradespeople across Britain have been struck with a rise in tool theft as campaigners battle the rise in van break-ins and ‘peel and steal’ thefts. 2016 saw a 30.5 per cent rise in the number of tool thefts compared to 2015, up on the previous year-on-year increase of 28.5 per cent at the end of
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UK productivity crisis deepens
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The UK’s productivity crisis is deepening, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP. The latest report shows that while firms are continuing to hire more staff, business output is struggling to pick up. The amount of output produced for each hour worked is therefore likely to slow further,
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SMEs and mid-market businesses more ambitious than ever
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A new report reveals that Article 50, Brexit and a weak pound isn’t having a negative impact on the UK’s SMEs and mid-market businesses, as almost half (45 per cent) admit that they are more ambitious in today’s uncertain times than they were a year ago. The findings are part of the Ambition Index Report, produced
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2017 to be a good year for SMEs that trade internationally
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BDRC Continental publishes an update to its half-yearly SME Finance Monitor. The largest and most frequent study of its kind in the UK, research findings date back to the start of 2011 and are based on more than 100,000 interviews with SMEs, showing that 2017 will be a strong year for SMEs. The full report
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A quarter of Brits left secondary school without any career advice
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More than a quarter of Brits (27 per cent) left secondary school without any career advice, according to a new poll commissioned by Oxford Open Learning Trust. The YouGov survey of over 2,000 adults, commissioned by Oxford Open Learning Trust alongside launching career change advice tool The Profession Picker, looked into the advice Brits received at
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