Consumer Confidence High 30th April 2018. Consumer confidence reached its highest since January 2017 for April according to data to be published today, with economists pointing to rising real wages behind the improvement. There has been a multitude of disappointing

Owners Should Rethink Exit Strategy As Company Closures Increase 11th April 2018. Sixteen shops are closing on the high street every day. The rate has doubled in a year, with the retailers blaming a perfect storm of rising prices, online

Self Employed Task Force Championed By Credit Managers 10th April 2018.  Groups representing up to two million small companies and self-employed people have joined forces to demand a series of reforms that they say are necessary to maintain Britain’s status

UK “World’s Slowest Economy”: Firms Must Look to Cash Flow 4th April 2018. The UK remained the world’s slowest-growing major economy at the end of last year, according to new figures which leave GDP growth in the fourth quarter of

Government to Launch Consultation on Late Payment 21st March 2018. Small business minister Andrew Griffiths has announced a consultation will be launched to identify how late payments can be reduced. Since the collapse of Carillion, and the long list of