Sterling fell back to $1.06 after IMF raised concerns about UK economic policy. Bank of England signals super-size rate hike but not until November. Government bond yields hover at highs not seen since the financial crisis. Stocks in Asia drop sharply after falls on Wall Street amid worries about global recession. Oil dips back below […]
Global retail e-commerce sales are predicted to grow by 50% over the next four years – but with so much competition, where should investors and entrepreneurs start? To further understand the state of the rapidly expanding global e-commerce market and the opportunities that are available, Merchant Machine has researched the most and least saturated sectors […]
On Friday, 23 September 2022, FCI, in partnership with the EBRD, held the latest conference on the resilience and development of factoring in CEE and SEE regions. The event was hosted at The Ritz-Carlton in Istanbul, Turkey, the day after the 2022 EBRD TFP Trade Finance Forum. This event offered EBRD TFP members, local FCI […]
The economic outlook has dramatically weakened in the last few weeks according to the findings of the latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) conducted by Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. The Greater Manchester Index, a composite indicator made of key QES measures, declined by 18 points from the previous quarter and now stands at 13.5. After […]
A new study from Juniper Research has found the number of virtual card transactions will exceed 121 billion globally by 2027; increasing from 28 billion in 2022. This represents growth of 340%. It predicts rising integration of virtual cards to existing digital wallets services, such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, will drive this growth […]
Business Gateway, Scotland’s national business advisory service, is launching a series of free virtual events to support businesses in their continued recovery post-pandemic amid the current challenging climate. Hosted between 3 October to 7 October, Scottish Business Week 2022 – in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise, Skills Development […]
Research by Warwick Estates reveals that Scotland is set to continue its domination over Britain’s new-build market with the total number of annual sales once again dwarfing those of any other region in 2022. In 2021, there were 54,788 new-build sales transactions in Great Britain. Scotland was, by far, home to the largest proportion of […]
Rise, created by Barclays – a global community of the world’s top innovators working together to create the future of financial services – has opened applications for the next cohort of the Rise Start-Up Academy. The theme for this cohort is specifically focused on supporting budding founders who find themselves out of their fintech jobs […]
In its latest recruitment trends survey, XpertHR® reveals two thirds of organisations intend to increase the number of permanent employees in 2022. This expansion comes despite fears of a forthcoming recession predicted by the British Chambers of Commerce , with inflation forecast to reach a peak of 14% later this year. The Great Resignation isn’t […]
The latest Global Entrepreneurship Team (GEM) UK report, based on a sample of just over 10,000 individuals, has found that almost one in three working age individuals were either engaged in entrepreneurial activity or intended to start a business within the next three years. GEM is the world’s largest survey of entrepreneurship and is the […]
