The Institute of Directors (IoD) said it was not surprised by today's decision by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee’s to leave interest rates unchanged.
The vital importance of small and medium-sized enterprises to the UK's economy has been underlined by official data showing that 99 per cent of businesses in the country last year were SMEs.
Despite recent power shortages in London and a spate of computer viruses, many firms still fail to protect themselves against data loss, insurers have warned.
Northern Ireland businesses who should be registered for VAT but aren't, and whose taxable turnover is more than Ј56,000, have just four weeks left to voluntarily register to avoid having to pay a penalty.
GMAC Commercial Finance plc (GMAC CF), the UK's largest independent invoice finance and asset-based lending specialist, has appointed David Arthur as director of sales, (Invoice Finance), Iain Dangerfield as South Western business development mana
August’s seasonally-adjusted CIPS/Reuters Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) – a composite indicator designed to provide an overall view of conditions in the manufacturing economy – posted its highest level since May 2002, coming in at 51.9 in Augus
Cattles Invoice Finance has appointed Paul Brady as regional manager working out of the company№s Manchester office and covering North Manchester and Lancashire.
Castleford-based chemicals company Hickson & Welch has been acquired from its US parent Arch Chemicals Inc in a Ј21m deal financed by leading business finance specialist NMB-Heller and Dunedin Capital Partners.
British consumers are increasingly gloomy about the state of the UK economy, despite the end of the Iraq war and the recent hot weather enjoyed across the country, according to the latest figures.
