UK firms on cliff edge as crisis continues, distress tracker reveals
MORE than a half-a-million UK businesses are facing a high risk of insolvency, and 250,000 may not survive another month without a change to...
A menace by any other name: the ‘equaliser’ that just isn’t
By William Roman
COVID-19 and coronavirus are the most common names for it, but some sociologists and economists are tentatively hailing the virus as the...
Cybercrime is costing UK companies millions as hackers ramp-up attacks
Studies reveal worrying trends as platforms go out-of-date and cyber attacks increase. HAL WILLIAMS reports.
SMALL businesses in the UK are targeted by up to...
Technology to the rescue in fight to halt spread of virus
BV features a report from the World Bank on water initiatives in Africa to combat the transmission of Covid-19
LIKE many Malawians who live in...
Dream is alive, but the landscape has changed for UK second-home...
The pandemic pain in Spain falls mainly on the lower end of the property market — but, as HAL WILLIAMS discovers, international second-home owners...
Stand and deliver: CitySprint puts out a call for new drivers
UK SAME-DAY distribution company CitySprint is looking for 600 couriers with small or large vans — across the country.
They will join the 3,500 vans,...
Relief for small firms as rent moratorium runs until 2022
THE FEDERATION of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the extension to a moratorium on commercial tenant evictions in England until March 25 next year.
FSB...
Bid to ease virus impacts on cash flow ‘flawed’ — CEO
THE UK government’s proposed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CIBLS) is coming in for some criticism.
HM Treasury and the Bank of England last week...
Slackers! Back to work! And switch off that Netflix series!
EIGHT out of 10 Brits are working from home, but it has come to light that not all of them have their noses to...
King’s Business School co-ordinates study for embattled entrepreneurs
KING’S Business School in London is calling on entrepreneurs worldwide to participate in a study to help business owners survive the COVID-19 crisis.
With livelihoods...
