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.

10k cyber-attacks a day on small firms The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said that the UK’s small companies are collectively subject to almost 10,000 cyber-attacks a day. In a report, the FSB said that one in five small

Services growth sees recession fears recede. 7th August 2019. Britain’s strong services sector unexpectedly jumped up in July, stronger than expected services growth means the economy looks set to avoid an immediate recession (hard Brexit aside), offering a boost after

Education not immune to struggling economy. The gates have closed on one of the biggest private providers of higher education in England as they go into administration, leaving students stranded on unfinished courses and looking for alternative places to study.

One in ten firms issued summons for non-payment of business rates 6th August 2019. Research by business rates consultancy Altus estimates that almost one in 10 businesses in the UK has been issued a summons by their local council for