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Overcoming automation assumptions can help influence business strategy
Can automation benefit your company in lieu of the Great Skills Shortage and higher costs of living?
Art marketplace Artfinder raises £443,000 through crowdfunding
Online art marketplace Artfinder successfully raised £443,000 through its second Crowdcube campaign, from 590 investors, including new investment from lead investor, venture capital firm, Wellington Partners.
Three-quarters of UK business owners call for better start-up support
Three quarters of business owners wish they had a core business checklist before launching their business to boost their early success, according to new research.
Cost of living crisis ‘a bigger threat to firms than pandemic’
A fifth of companies expect that the cost of living crisis will be worse for their business than the pandemic, a new survey has found.
Russia sanctions force British fish and chip shops to find alternatives to cod
Traditional fish and chip shops are looking to Norway to help them survive the threats to their business caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Tenth of UK homes are sold in secret
Secret property sales used to be confined to super-rich homeowners in central London who did not want their house viewings or financial information made public.
Improve facilities for HGV drivers or face new tax, MPs tell freight sector
The road haulage industry should be given a two-year deadline to upgrade facilities for lorry drivers, with clean showers, healthy food and spaces for female drivers, or face a new tax, ministers have been told.
Elon Musk tells employees to return to office or ‘pretend to work’ elsewhere
Elon Musk, the Tesla chief executive, has asked employees to return to the office or “pretend to work somewhere else”, according to a memo sent to staff.
Cost-of-living crisis is biggest threat to survival of Britain’s small businesses in next 12 months
Cost-of-living crisis is biggest threat to survival of Britain’s small businesses in next 12 months
Employees can lose around two business days per year sorting out spam emails
Employees who receive 30-60 external emails per day could be wasting 11 hours every year looking through and identifying spam messages.
London’s unused office space the equivalent of 17 Houses of Parliament
London Has the Equivalent of Almost 17 Houses of Parliament in Unused Office Space
Time to get serious about reducing, reusing and recycling
In line with the current focus on sustainability, the Government introduced a new tax on plastic packaging (“PPT”) from 1 April 2022.
Small businesses to see short-term boom during Queen’s Jubilee weekend
It’s been a challenging few years for UK businesses. Small, independent enterprises in particular have had to endure one setback after another, often with stretched resources and limited access to finance.
Lawyers warning over workplace unrest as Britain gears up for Jubilee Bank Holidays
Jubilee celebrations could be marred by workplace unrest if employers fail to deal correctly with holiday and pay issues involving their staff, a leading employment lawyer has warned.