More than 367 companies have so far responded to the call for medical grade Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), which only went out from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) last week. And it emerged today (Friday April 17) that 13 firms, including plastics and aerospace companies who have never made PPE gear before, have now […]
Posted on 17th April 2020 .
The Treasury has announced it will extend the UK’s coronavirus job retention scheme by one month until the end of June in a sign that an economic recovery may be some way off. The scheme was originally open for three months and backdated from the 1 March to the end of May, but it will now […]
Posted on 17th April 2020 .
Mission Ventures is on the hunt for brand owners passionate about addressing this growing challenge. In return we will be providing a package of business support as well as access to a share of £1.8m of working capital from The Good Food Fund. They are recruiting UK-based SME and start-up brands that are challenging incumbent […]
Posted on 17th April 2020 .
By Francesca James, Founder, Fresh Business Thinking Over the past few weeks, many of us have seen our worlds turned upside down. As entrepreneurs, while we’re already used to dealing with set-backs and having to masterfully pivot, this set of challenges is unique in that people are collaborating more than ever. Fresh Business Thinking, an […]
Posted on 17th April 2020 .
Support from Government and the road ahead, with Lord Bilimoria The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a raft of measures to help ease the burden on the UK’s small businesses dealing with the outbreak of Coronavirus. As the weeks pass, more business owners say further government support is vital to ensure their business doesn’t collapse. In […]
Posted on 17th April 2020 .
By Diane Yarrow, Partner in the corporate and commercial team at Gardner Leader The biggest challenge companies currently face is the financial impact that the coronavirus pandemic will have upon their business. A key consideration of this is the understanding of the various commercial contracts held within the business and to what extent the outbreak could excuse […]
Posted on 17th April 2020 .
By Michael Baxter, Fresh Business Thinking The UK government has announced a three-week extension of the UK lockdown, has outlined the five criteria that must be met to relax the social distancing measures, but has also revealed that the infection rate has fallen below one. The infection rate of a virus, known as R, or […]
Posted on 17th April 2020 .
By Michael Chambers, partner and head of dispute resolution at Forbes Solicitors. The widespread disruption of COVID-19 is causing many companies to question whether they can claim ‘force majeure’ in respect of their contractual obligations. Businesses are generally considering such action in the belief it will relieve them of delivering against the contract, which may […]
Posted on 16th April 2020 .
Ecommerce sales in the UK saw are seeing their highest levels of growth since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, driven in part by sales in the fashion industry, tech firm Emarsys confirms today.
Posted on 16th April 2020 .
Research commissioned by people analytics provider Visier reveals the vast majority of UK workers (77 percent) forced to work remotely due to Covid-19 feel their employers have done a good job of handling the urgent transition to remote working, but fear a return to the status quo.
Posted on 16th April 2020 .
by Donna Torres, director of small business at Xero UK If you run your own business, are self-employed or are a freelancer, then you will likely have heard of IR35. It is a piece of legislation that allows HMRC to collect additional payment where a contractor is an employee in all but name. The […]
Posted on 16th April 2020 .
Latona’s, a U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions broker has analysed and combined Google search volume data with net worth statistics, to find out whose net worth is searched for the most, and the actual wealth of these multimillionaires.
Posted on 16th April 2020 .
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