Business news 2 August 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Small firms on high alert for recession. Economic downturn hits factories. Households struggle to cut back. MPC faces tough call on rate rise. Inflation expectations decline.  And more business news. Small

Business news 1 August 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Half of small firms hit by late payment. UK businesses expect zero growth in the next quarter. Cost-of-living crisis leaves workers exhausted. British workers fall behind in office returns. Consumer credit

Business news 28 July 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Wholesale gas prices hit record highs as Moscow trims supply. Supply disruption and Brexit stalls growth in exports. World’s superpowers risk stumbling into nuclear war. Fed raises rates by 0.75 points

Business news 20 July 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Late payments cause ‘cashflow crunch’ for small firms. High premiums pile pressure on small firms. Inflation. Food price inflation nears highest ever level. 0.5 percentage point rate rise on the table. 

Business news 18 July 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Insolvencies jump 70% in a year. Credit card and loan rates near 20-year high. 1.3m families have no savings. Supply chain issues hit small firms. New business loan scheme.  193k firms