Mixed but generally positive responses to Sunak’s revised support package
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE UK government’s new package of measures to support businesses through to March 2021 has met with differing responses from the business...
SMEs head online to counter lockdown — and find surprise benefits
SMALL UK businesses are moving the bulk of their services online as the sector takes tentative steps towards recovery.
Small Business Britain and BT Skills...
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...
Pandemic policies linger on — and ‘hurt workers’
RESEARCH shows 59 percent of workers in “deskless” industries — manufacturing, care, construction, and retail — believe the negative effects of the pandemic are...
Amazon workers unlimited Covid-19 sick leave… with a few strings attached
CORONAVIRUS is causing havoc in the business world, and some novel stop-gap solutions are appearing amid the chaos.
Amazon has good and bad news for...
Covid mink stole the future of the despised fur industry
by Hal Williams
THE EUROPEAN fur industry is reeling — to the dismay of fashion victims and the relief of animal rights supporters.
Denmark's mass culling...
Corporate insolvencies as pandemic restrictions fade
By PATRICE CROSBOURNE
THE UK Government Insolvency Service has released statistics for corporate insolvencies in England and Wales for May 2022.
An increase in corporate insolvencies...
ECB launches new aid package to soothe effects of pandemic
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE EUROPEAN Central Bank has launched a €750bn emergency package to buy government and company debt across the eurozone.
The temporary purchasing scheme...
A founder’s story, and some Pott’d history
Lockdown was indisputably dull, but as FRANKIE THOROGOOD recounts, the boredom led to an exciting business idea...
THE INSPIRATION for Pott’d came during a Groundhog...
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Studies reveal worrying trends as platforms go out-of-date and cyber attacks increase.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...
