Business rates continue to cause suffering 24th September 2019. Bailiff figures prompt business rates call Business rates continue to cause suffering for Britain’s small businesses and the Chancellor is being urged to ease the burden of business rates after research

Card spending overtakes cash payments 19th September 2019. New figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reveal that credit card spending overtook cash payments in 2018 in terms of value of sales made.   Total sales rose by 4% to

Inflation slows to lowest in three years 19th September 2019. UK inflation fell to its lowest point in three years in August, the Office for National Statistics has said, after prices rose by an annualised rate of 1.7% – well

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

Britons are worse off than in 2008 19th September 2019. A report from the New Economics Foundation has questioned official statistics and suggests that Britons are £128 a year worse off on average than they were in 2008. The research