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Challenges ahead for consumers as financial services changes, warns BSA Chairman

09-05-2012 at 11:39
Consumers will face increasing challenges as the fall-out from the financial crisis and economic pressures continue, warns out-going ...

UK corporates batten down the hatches rather than splash cash on M&A

09-05-2012 at 11:16
Volatility across the eurozone and negative GDP growth has forced UK companies to refocus their corporate lens on cost reduction and ...

Growth and fairness at heart of business legislation

09-05-2012 at 11:02
Creating the right conditions for businesses to grow and succeed is at the centre of new business legislation announced today in the ...

'Digitally excluded' small businesses and self-employed losing out as Government moves online

09-05-2012 at 10:57
A report published today (Wednesday 9 May) by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) highlights the growing problem of ‘digital ...

FLA figures show signs of a gradual improvement in consumer credit markets

09-05-2012 at 10:43
New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association, the trade body for the consumer credit industry, indicate a gradual improvement ...

Mayor must now get a grip of London’s housing crisis

09-05-2012 at 9:44
London’s Mayor must make housing a policy priority, according to a new report, published today by the think tank IPPR. The report ...

Retail sales dampened by dismal April

09-05-2012 at 9:37
UK retail sales values were down 3.3% on a like-for-like basis from April 2011, when they were up 5.2% on a year ago. On a total basis, ...

Transmission Capital Partners appointed as preferred bidder for high voltage link to Lincs offshore wind farm

09-05-2012 at 9:33
Ofgem have appointed the preferred bidder for the first project in the second round of tenders (known as Transitional Round 2) to own ...

£50 million Business Angel CoFund invests first £7.2 million

09-05-2012 at 9:29
The Angel CoFund has today announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to ...

Changes in the job market predicted to make UK poverty worse by 2020

09-05-2012 at 9:11
New research published today (9 May) by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds that changes in the labour market, combined with changes ...