Wages surge amid rising employment. 14th August 2019. Wages surged amid rising employment according figures released by the Office for National Statistics. Pay is rising at the fastest rate in 11 years with a record number of workers in employment. 

Calls for rates reform as shop vacancies peak 14th August 2019. Shop vacancy rate worst since 2015 The number of empty shops in town centres is at its highest for four years, according to a British Retail Consortium and Springboard

Income and wellbeing up, but consumers fear for the economy 13th August 2019. Despite household income rising and scores for wellbeing increasing, British consumers fear for the economy in general, with worries over rising unemployment at a six-year high and

Forty one percent of the UK’s freelancers are consistently paid late. 9th August 2019. Four in 10 (41 per cent) of clients hiring freelancers consistently pay late in the UK , according to freelancer platform YunoJuno. A study by the

High street suffers while online sales soar 9th August 2019. BDO’s latest high street sales tracker reveals that like-for-like sales in the UK’s high street stores were subdued last month, rising by 0.1%, and putting increased pressure on embattled retailers.