After a major shakeup of the UK supermarket industry last year, new research shows that the domestic food retail sector may have finally turned a corner following a strong end to 2016. However, Begbies Traynor warns that the sector’s improved financial position has been achieved to the detriment of its supply chain, where nearly 6,000
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Commuters suffer as TfL tube strikes impact on London business
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Today’s (Monday 9th January) tube strike massively impacts businesses in the capital and many offices operate with skeleton staff as employees can’t get to their workplace. Members of the RMT and Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) unions took industrial action in protest at plans to close ticket offices on the London Underground. A total of 114
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UK SMEs report lack of confidence about 2017 prospects
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Almost three in every five (57 per cent) SME business owners say that they do not feel confident about the UK’s economic prospects for 2017, according to the Close Brothers Business Barometer. The quarterly survey questions over 900 UK SME owners and senior management across a range of sectors and regions. Firms at the smaller end
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UK business optimism for the future highest in 15 months
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UK business optimism is rising fast on the back of an upbeat outlook for the UK economy, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO LLP. BDO’s Optimism Index, which indicates how firms expect their order books to develop in the coming six months, increased from 98.0 to 102.2 in December,
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Make flood resilience for your business your new year’s resolution
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The Know Your Flood Risk campaign is today launching a new Guide to Flood Resilience for businesses, developed by two former victims, Mary Dhonau OBE and Carly Rose. With over 4,000 business premises affected by water damage in December 2015, the supplement provides highly practical guidance on steps all businesses can take to make their
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UK adults keeping secret about redundancy, survey finds
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People are still highly secretive on the topic of redundancy according to a new survey of over 1,400 UK adults undertaken by Scotcareers. Of those surveyed 49 per cent only talk about redundancy with people they are close with, and 8 per cent say they would actively keep it a secret from everyone. Some of the most
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Companies which support good causes at a recruitment advantage
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One in four people say they are more inclined to apply for jobs with firms that have a strong track record of supporting charities, new recruitment research commissioned by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) shows. According to recruitment firms, Monday 9th January is ‘Massive Monday’ and will see the number of new job applications peak
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Record number of new recruitment businesses enter market in 2016
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2016 saw the highest number of new recruitment agencies on record opening their doors for the first time, according to Clearly PR & Marketing Communications. Figures obtained by Clearly PR & Marketing Communications this week, under a Freedom of Information request from Companies House, show that 4,529 new agency businesses were registered between January and December
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Work hard play hard? Half of UK workers are too busy to exercise
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A new survey from office furniture providers DBI Furniture Solutions has reveals that 46 per cent of the working UK public say they do not have enough time for daily exercise. The survey aimed to find out when and how people are scheduling in their quota of exercise each day, and the results showed that almost
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Local government business support getting worse, report shows
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The amount of support being given to businesses by local government is getting worse across the UK – that’s the view of almost three quarters of company leaders questioned for a newly published Business Census 2017 report. The annual survey of 1,300 firms, carried out by the business data website Company Check during November and
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