Most parents swear they treat their children equally, but that doesn’t seem to apply to succession planning in family businesses. According to a new analysis by specialist lender Cynergy Bank, for every family firm that refers to its daughters in the company name there are 37 which acknowledge their sons. The huge imbalance between ‘& […]
In response to new regulations on ‘Open Banking’, Edinburgh-based iDelta has launched an app to help bricks-and-mortar banks combat the rapid rise of online challengers such as Revolut and Monzo. Open Banking, which is the UK’s implementation of the European Directive PSD2, requires the UK’s 300 banks and 45 building societies to release customer data […]
Today, the British Retail Consortium has revealed the results of its annual Retail Crime Survey, highlighting the dramatic impact of violence and abuse against retail workers and the huge cost of crime to the retail industry. The survey shows that incidents of violence and abuse have risen to 424 each day, up 9% from the […]
Asset based lending has evolved into an important mainstream secured lending product in the USA and is slowly migrating into European and other global markets. The WOA ABL Seminar focuses on what is similar and what is different in ABL from traditional receivables finance. This seminar is designed to provide an introduction, overview and awareness […]
‘With World Book Day tomorrow, we will all be cheered up by thousands of children dressing up as their favourite character and trading books. ‘However, HRMC could be set lose £216m in taxes a year on the sale of e-publications after a recent Tribunal decision. This could mean cost savings are passed on by suppliers […]
A chippy owner has realised her dream of buying a leisure complex on Blackpool’s promenade as work starts on the town’s £300m leisure regeneration scheme. Gayna Sedgwick-Ruddigan, 45, has leased the chip shop and other linked businesses on the famous Golden Mile for the past seven years but always had her heart set on owning […]
Improving the digital skills and connectivity of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) could add up to £15.3bn to the UK economy, a new report – The Digital Opportunity for Small Businesses – from Intuit QuickBooks today reveals. Improving digital skills and ability to use digital tools could add £9.9bn, or 0.5% of total UK GDP. […]
Christie & Co is pleased to announce it has published a new report which analyses the hostel product, in order to offer a real and current vision of one of the types of accommodation products that are growing and attracting more interest among investors. The report looks at the hostel concept, its demand and business […]
From 6th April 2020, benefit in kind (BIK) savings on efficient plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles will increase dramatically, in a bid to increase the uptake of fully electric cars among fleets. The complex rules around BIK savings are hard to navigate so LeasingOptions, one of the UK’s leading car leasing companies, […]
The government is set to introduce new rates of vehicle excise duty (VED) – more commonly known as car or road tax – in April 2020. From April – most car owners will face an increase – especially ones who own cars with bigger engines. The table outlines the expected increases. However, for motorists that […]
