Searches for business innovation have climbed 69% across Europe in the last quarter, showing just how vital creativity, technology, and fresh thinking have become. While hubs like London and Paris are often seen as innovation frontrunners fostering cutting-edge tech, sustainable solutions, and dynamic startup scenes they’re not the only cities making bold moves. With this in mind, Adobe […]
New research reveals overwhelming dissatisfaction with UK business support as firms call for urgent, coordinated, digital-first reform UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are losing faith in the government’s ability to support them—and it’s threatening the country’s economic future. That’s the warning from new research by Umazi, a digital identity platform for business verification, which reveals […]
To fill the black hole in the UK’s finances, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, might need to break Labour’s manifesto promises in the Autumn Budget, say leading audit, tax and business advisory firm, Blick Rothenberg. Robert Salter, a director at the firm, said: “If the fiscal ‘black hole’ is as big as the £50bn some economists […]
Anti-money laundering (AML) company Strise (www.strise.ai) announces a strategic partnership with Nordic technology and consulting company PSA Solutions (www.psasolutions.com) to help Nordic and UK firms handle increasingly complex AML requirements more effectively. The partnership integrates PSA Solutions’ Custodian Client Onboarding system, widely used by leading law firms, with Strise’s advanced AML automation platform. This enables […]
Responding to the latest CPI inflation figures, which show headline inflation rising to 3.8% and food inflation rising to 4.9%, Kris Hamer, director of insight at the British Retail Consortium, said: “Households are once again seeing the cost of their weekly shop climb, with food inflation now up by 1.9 percentage points in just four months. This surge […]
The international delivery expert Parcelhero says that the UK may need to follow the US in scrapping its de minimis limit following a 53% increase in low-value imports. It says that £5.9bn of low-value products are now flooding into the UK annually, further endangering Britain’s High Streets. Following President Trump’s long-planned ending of duty-free de […]
Ten UK regions have recorded a rise in startup activity in the first half of 2025, signalling renewed confidence in the UK’s entrepreneurial landscape. According to the latest New Startup Index from NatWest and Beauhurst, the North East saw the fastest relative growth, with 10,400 new companies launched – a 19% increase compared to the […]
Landbay has announced it is launching free valuation remortgage and product transfer (PT) products. The BTL lender is adding four new 5-year fixed Summer Special products with free valuations. These are available up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV) on standard remortgage and on PT variants. The four products also feature free administration with no application fees. […]
The engineering market is expected to grow to $3.5tn in 2025 and grow to $5.8tn by 2034. With the need for skilled engineers growing, opportunities for jobseekers within the engineering field are set to follow – but which companies are the hardest to land a job with? To find out, precision components supplier Accu collated data from […]
Craft + Common, a unique all-in-one craft studio and bar, has opened its third studio in Lancaster, following the continued success of its Lytham St Annes and Lymm sites. Long-time friends Lauren Rowland and Hannah Muir set up Craft + Common in 2023 in Lytham St Annes, with a mission to create a vibrant community […]
