CYBG PLC, owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks, is making a minimum of £6 billion of lending available from 2017 to 2019 to help fuel the growth of small and medium sized businesses in the UK. The Bank’s long-term commitment to lending includes significant amounts of finance available across the UK economy through 2017 £1
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Convenience and security over price for UK online shoppers
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Research by Expressly reveals that online shoppers would rather save time than money when shopping online. Almost a quarter of consumers (24 per cent) are irritated when having to register their payment and delivery details with every online purchase. The research finds that 67 per cent of UK online shopping baskets are abandoned before a sale is complete,
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UK investors will not allow Brexit to derail their investment plans
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New research carried out among over 1,000 UK investors by Market Financial Solutions has reveals how they are approaching their investment strategies as Brexit negotiations begin. The UK’s investors will not let the onset of Brexit negotiations derail their investment plans over the next two years, with many adopting a more open-minded and short-term
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Three principles to improve public services with big data
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New analysis from leading cross-party think tank, Demos, reveals the potential – and limitations – of using big data to transform public services and private sector operations. Using visualisation tools or dashboards to make huge quantities of data intelligible to the non-technically trained, provides a remarkable opportunity to build more efficient and data-driven services and
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5.5 million people are saving more as a direct result of the pension freedoms
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Thursday 6 April marks two years since the introduction of some of the most radical reforms to UK pensions in a generation, the pension freedoms. New research from Aegon finds that 14 per cent of working age people are saving more into their pension as a direct result: equating to some 5.5 million people in the UK
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The top ten locations for job growth this spring
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Job growth and vacancies increased by an impressive 14.1 per cent last month, suggesting that business confidence is remaining high across the UK. This is according to research from CV-Library, who compared its data from March 2017 with February 2017. The study analysed job market activity across the UK, revealing that job applications rose by a
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Water deregulation – business owners to miss out on savings
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This weekend, the landscape shifted for businesses across England with the launch of water deregulation across the country. The deregulation of English water means that 1.2 million businesses will have access to choice in supplier for the first time, and able to change from their incumbent. However – we’ve discovered that average savings could be
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Robots will NOT steal UK jobs… they could create more
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Despite ongoing fears and speculation that robots could steal British jobs, new data reveals that the majority of industry professionals (63.3 per cent) have never witnessed job losses as a result of the introduction of robots or automated processes. Furthermore, more than a third (36.7 per cent) state that robots have often resulted in job creation within
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London start-ups lag behind Berlin, Paris and Dublin post-Brexit vote
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In the six months following the result of the EU referendum, London saw a 13 per cent decline in the number of new start-ups, while other European cities experienced an upsurge in new enterprises, according to analysis published today by global business intelligence experts, Creditsafe. The research, which reveals Berlin is progressing towards replacing London as
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Young people back apprenticeships to boost their career prospects
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More than three quarters of young people say going on an apprenticeship improved their skills and career prospects while four in five would recommend them to others, according to new research from YMCA. Speaking as part of the youth charity’s Work in Progress report – released ahead of the government’s new Apprenticeship Levy that will
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