Manufacturing downturn deepens. 1st July 2019. The UK manufacturing PMI has fallen to its lowest level since February 2013 as the manufacturing downturn deepens. The June IHS Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed a reading of 48, down

Late-payers to be frozen out of public sector contracts 25th June 2019. Updated 27/06/19. Late-paying businesses look set to be frozen out of public sector contracts from the autumn. Last week we wrote about how the government has announced a

UK retail endures biggest storm in a decade. 26th June 2019. On 19th June we wrote a blog looking at all the woes hitting the retail sector today more news has come out to highlight how UK retail is suffering

Consumer Spending growth set to slow 25th June 2019. Analysis by EY Item Club suggests consumer spending growth will slow from 1.8% in 2018 to 1.6% in 2019 and 1.7% in 2020. The report also suggests employment growth will slow

UK Fraud rises 6% – And 20 ways to avoid identity theft 21st June 2019. Cifas, the UK’s fraud prevention service released this week its annual publication Fraudscape and it paints an alarming picture of fraud in the UK. They