HSBC Launches £15BN fund to help UK SMEs and their local economies
HSBC UK has launched its 2022 £15bn lending Fund for small and medium sized businesses, supporting local economies, employment opportunities…
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys Missguided to bring digital expertise to retail group
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has bought Missguided’s brand out of administration for £20 million in the first distressed takeover since…
TM Lewin ‘Back to Business’ following online relaunch
Iconic British menswear brand, TM Lewin, is ‘Back to Business’ following its official online relaunch. Announced just six weeks after…
Pay squeeze takes toll as mortgage approvals fall
Higher interest rates and the fall in take-home pay are driving a decline in new mortgages, with the number approved…
Lords standards watchdog investigates Tory Peer Lord Chadlington over ‘VIP’ PPE contracts
The House of Lords standards commissioner has launched an investigation into a Conservative peer for potentially breaching financial conduct rules,…
Small businesses to see short-term boom during Queen’s Jubilee weekend
It’s been a challenging few years for UK businesses. Small, independent enterprises in particular have had to endure one setback…
Time to get serious about reducing, reusing and recycling
In line with the current focus on sustainability, the Government introduced a new tax on plastic packaging (“PPT”) from 1…
London’s unused office space the equivalent of 17 Houses of Parliament
London has 20.2 million square feet of unused office space, 3.3 million more than 2020. Lasting effects of the pandemic,…
Ecolytiq raises €13,5M to empower banks and consumers in fight against climate change
Sustainability-as-a-Service solution provider ecolytiq has successfully closed their investment round, raising EUR 13,5 million from Visa, the auditing and consulting…
Employees can lose around two business days per year sorting out spam emails
Employees who receive 30-60 external emails per day could be wasting 11 hours every year looking through and identifying spam…