The UK tech sector has seen the number of female workers dip between the first and second quarters of 2023, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This comes despite other figures showing that the industry as a whole has grown during the same period between January and March, and April and […]
A leading restructuring expert has pleaded with the management teams of ailing businesses to react quicker to signs of financial distress, as compulsory liquidations continue at a rate of almost double. The plea comes as latest monthly insolvency statistics for England and Wales reveal there were 248 compulsory liquidations in July 2023, 81% higher than
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The Office of National Statistics has released their Labour Market Overview for August 2023 this week. The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.7% in April to June 2023, 0.1 percentage points lower than January to March 2023. The quarterly decrease in employment was driven by full-time employees and self-employed workers. The estimate of payrolled
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The RO Group has announced that it will shortly start work on a substantial refurbishment of Silbury House with the intention of making it the most sustainable office building in Milton Keynes, already the Greenest City in UK and also well on its way to becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Inspired by the many projects
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Amazing Jane, a North East based activewear brand, specialising in designing clothes to boost confidence in women through different life stages such as having children, perimenopause, and menopause, is celebrating investment success after Laura Middleton, founder of The Office Rocks and Bump, Baby and You invests in the venture. The brainchild of Debra De Luen
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Small business support platform and membership organisation Enterprise Nation has launched its own annual fund in partnership with TikTok to offer financial assistance and mentoring to the brave businesses that are relentlessly driven by their values. The platform, which supports 800,000 start-ups, early stage and small businesses every year, has pledged to deliver three £5,000
AI could have a greater impact on the UK than the Industrial Revolution and play a key role in accelerating government decisions, according to Deputy PM Oliver Dowden. Reports from earlier this year found that around the world, as many as 300 million jobs could be impacted, generating new ones or wholly automating them. The Home
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The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has catalysed economic growth in some of the county’s more isolated and underfunded areas through one of its major investment programmes. The Getting Building Fund is an £8.4 million programme of investment secured by OxLEP from the Government in 2020 to support Covid-19 recovery and features six projects. By 2025,
A new report by the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) and Lloyds Bank finds three key changes needed to help business hit Net Zero: Government should review its support and advice to SMEs on moving to Net Zero Large businesses and institutions must continue to drive behaviour change in their supply chains Government should demonstrate
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Following a long public nomination process, the finalists for the highly esteemed Food Awards England 2023 have been announced with a diverse range of contenders across a multitude of categories. These categories encompass a variety of cuisines, concepts, and establishments, allowing for recognition of all that contributes to England’s thriving culinary scene. This year’s awards
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