Managing Cash Flow Issues In Your Business
By Gary Hemming CeMAP CeFA CeRGI CSP of ABC Finance Ltd (www.abcfinance.co.uk) As we move toward the end of the pandemic and into a cost…
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Top Ten Business Insolvency Prevention Tips
Dealing with financial distress is often very challenging. The impact can be minimised if early planning and advice is sought. Simon Underwood, Business Recovery Partner…
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How The Industry Can Cater For New Types of Travellers In 2022
By Giles Fuchs, owner of Burgh Island Hotel (www.burghisland.com) Hospitality businesses are beginning to welcome the spring and summer months that usually yield robust revenues,…
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The Queen’s Speech- Disappointing for Business Rates
“This week’s Queens’s Speech was disappointing in the least -particularly in terms of what was announced concerning business rates.” says John Webber, Head of Business…
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Bank of England Raises Rates with One in Seven Micro Businesses Still Not Fully Trading
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to their highest level in 13 years as it looks to tackle the cost of living crisis…
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Thousands of UK firms expected to unite against Visa and Mastercard to contest excessive corporate card payment fees
A class action lawsuit against Visa and Mastercard on behalf of a large number of claimants will be launched imminently. Harcus Parker, a UK commercial…
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Greene King Pub Partners Launches Interactive Toolkit to Help Licensees Grow their Businesses
Greene King Pub Partners has launched a new interactive toolkit to help its licensees grow their businesses. Called ‘Pub Power’, the digital interactive toolkit has…
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Online Sales Tax Early-Stage Consultation
The UK government has published an early-stage consultation to explore the arguments for and against an Online Sales Tax (OST). It follows concerns reported by businesses of a potential tax imbalance between in-store retailers and online.
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NTIA Invites the PM & Cabinet on “Freedom Day” to Visit Night Time Economy Businesses
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has invited Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to visit sector businesses battling to survive. It comes after that all remaining…
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Next Step in Keeping Business Costs Down – Digitising the Supplier Order Process with Choco
By Alex Kiely, General Manager of Choco UK (https://choco.com/uk/) The UK food industry has a real appetite for tech. It’s adventurous. Many of us know…
Read more...Prime Minister Sets Out Plan for Living with COVID
Sector leaders have responded to the government’s announcement that all Covid restrictions will end in England on Thursday and free mass testing will stop from…
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BBPA Calls for Permanent Business Rates Reform in Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has responded to the All-party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) Business Rates Inquiry, calling for long overdue reform that reduces the disproportionate burden paid by pubs and brewers.
Read more...Colliers waves a red flag over the government’s technical consultation on business rates
The latest consultation setting out how the government intends to implement measures it set out in its business rates review at the end of October is totally “underwhelming” according to business rates experts
Read more...Consumer Spending Slows in January as Restrictions and Rising Living Costs Hampers Hospitality and Travel
Consumer card spending rose 7.4 per cent in January compared to the same period in 2020 – the smallest uplift since April 2021 – as several sectors were hampered by Plan B restrictions, inflation, and rising energy costs.
Read more...Latest Business Rates Appeals Figures Reveal Record Number of Cases Resolved by the VOA
Latest CCA business rates appeals figures (to end December 2021) show the VOA has had the highest ever success rate in resolving checks and challenges since the list began on April 1st, 2017.
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