The final quarter insolvency figures for 2019 make grim reading, as does the regular Red Flag update from insolvency and… Read more »
Posts Tagged: economic recovery
Retail start-ups – opportunity or lack of opportunity?
An estimated record 10,000 new retail businesses were launched in 2014 compared to 2013 according to Creditsafe, a company providing… Read more »
Growth? – make hay while the sun shines
With all the uncertainty and market volatility in recent weeks should SMEs still focus on cash so that new opportunities… Read more »
“The King is in the all together”
John Lewis boss Andy Street’s comments on France may have offended French sensibilities, provoked the ire of its Prime Minister… Read more »
Glass half full?
In an ideal world every small business is planning ahead but needs some clarity and certainty about the future economic… Read more »
Business rates reform – there is a prospect of SMEs being exempt
It is three months since the BIS (Business, Innovation and Skills) select committee of MPs published its findings on the… Read more »
From little acorns……..
Our regular readers will know that we continue to liberally apply a pinch of salt to reports on the solidity… Read more »
What help was the budget to SMEs?
A post-budget vote in Kent by 100 business people revealed that 80% of them were more confident about the… Read more »
Should Private Equity be involved in High Street retail?
2014 started with much media speculation that a variety of well-known retailers – or more correctly, their Private Equity(PE)… Read more »
Unbalanced recovery – surprise, surprise
Over the past few weeks there have been a number of profit warnings from high profile companies, including Serco,… Read more »
Recent Comments