Small Businesses in the news 16th October 2017 Rate rises to hit 120,000 small businesses Nearly 120,000 small shops and pubs could be hit with business rate hikes of up to 15% next spring, experts have warned. The increases are

Vauxhall to cut jobs in the North West 16th October 2017. Vauxhall has announced it will cut 400 jobs at its Ellesmere Port plant amid falling sales. A spokesman said the automotive firm is “facing challenging European market conditions”. In

Hammond considers ‘age tax’ raid for older workers Most of the newspapers are reporting today that Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond is said to be planning a Budget raid on older workers to pay for tax breaks for younger

Markets Round Up on 13th October 2017 Here is our the market round up prepared this evening on Friday 13th October 2017. Stock Markets Yesterday the US Markets closed lower with the S&P 500 down 0.17% to 2550.93 and the

UK Manufacturing boost fails to lift Growth The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) today (Friday 13th October 2017 ) published its Quarterly Economic Survey – the UK’s largest and most authoritative private-sector business survey. It’s findings will be of interest