UK businesses facing a new credit squeeze and other business news 30th October 2019. James Salmon, Operations Director. We look at a new credit squeeze for businesses, productivity gains from MTD,  a fall in the number of low paid jobs,

What do the latest UK productivity figures reveal? 9th October 2019. James Salmon, Operations Director. Why does labour productivity  matter so much? Productivity measures the amount of output we get as a country from each worker. In the long term,

Government pledge to increase UK’s National Living Wage 1st October 2019. James Salmon, Operations Director. Government pledge to increase UK’s National Living Wage.   Chancellor Sajid Javid has pledged to raise the National Living Wage in the UK to £10.50

Consumer Confidence ‘as low as in credit crunch’ 24th September 2019. Economic consultancy Fathom Financial Consulting says business and consumer confidence is at its lowest level since the global financial crisis. Its economic sentiment indicator for the UK dropped to

Britain’s ‘Broken economy’ causing record levels of household debt 19th September 2019. Analysis from the TUC has shown that unsecured debt per household has risen to record levels. The average household debt rose to £15,880 in the first quarter of