It has to be said that since the 2007/8 Financial Crisis from which several of the “too-big-to-fail” banks had to… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Update on the business rates and appeals fiasco
In August it was announced that HMRC had sent in approximately 25 staff to the Valuation Office to fix the… Read more »
The fourth Industrial Revolution will need a fundamental change in business thinking
A day after my last blog, on skills shortages and Brexit, the Migration Advisory Committee published its analysis on migrant… Read more »
Skills shortages and recruitment problems for SMEs amid ongoing Brexit uncertainty
I try to avoid the dreaded “B” word in my blogs but on this occasion, I can’t avoid it as… Read more »
Predatory investors behaving like unscrupulous bankers
Ten years after the lending culture that resulted in the 2008 Great Depression it seems that the behaviour of some… Read more »
The current state of the UK commercial property sector
The UK’s commercial property sector covers everything from retail units to warehousing, office blocks to industrial units and it is… Read more »
September Key Indicator – energy and fuel costs
While the biggest overheads for industrial and manufacturing businesses are generally staff, equipment and premises costs, energy and fuel costs… Read more »
I welcome new insolvency proposals – albeit with a few observations
The Government has at last published its proposals for changes to the insolvency regime after launching a consultation in March… Read more »
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