Insolvencies Rise 30th April 2018. Personal insolvencies have hit a near six-year high while corporate failures are at their highest level since the first quarter of 2014, official figures show. Months of slow wage growth and high inflation have left

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

Is Technology a Help or Hindrance to Credit Control? 27th April 2018. These days you can barely get through the day without a belittled employees complaining how automation “stole” their job. Our business world has already been transformed by the adoption

Small Business in Losing Battle With Late Payment 27th April 2018. New analysis from Xero, the global leader in online accounting software, shows that despite continued pledges and policies to reduce late payments for the nation’s small businesses, over half

Poundworld* and Carpetright Plan Closures 27th April 2018. Hundreds of jobs are under threat on the British high street as Carpetright embarks on a sweeping overhaul and Poundworld lays the groundwork for store closures. The retail apocalypse has taken another victim,