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Crisis in Retail with 6,000 Insolvent Over the Past Five Years

by Sinead Haycox

It’s a tough time to be in retail. Ongoing financial pressures such as the cost-of-living crisis mean that shoppers are tightening their ...

UK Business News

Can an Organisation Grow During a Recession?

by Erin Fogarty

There is growth all around us, even as the country stands on the precipice of an economic downturn. Whilst some companies, particularly ...

Risk

Wilko: What Went Wrong And What Will Happen?

by Rory Traynor

On 10th August 2023, the beloved high street discount store Wilko entered into administration after years of failing fortunes and financial ...

UK Business News

UK Insolvencies Hit Highest Level Since 2009

by Erin Fogarty

Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 and 2008, the UK economy has suffered from stagnation. Austerity and the fall of real wages ...

UK Business News

A Guide To The New FCA Consumer Duty Regulations

by Rory Traynor

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is introducing major changes to its Consumer Duty regulations that aim to ‘make the consumer duty an ...

UK Business News

A Sign of Things to Come? Major Banks Reduce Lending to SMEs

by Rory Traynor

The UK is home to 5.5 million SMEs, which form an important part of our economy. After a difficult few years and the current slew of ...

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Pre-Spring Budget with Dr Headlam BBC 5 Live Pt.2

by Red Flag Alert

This morning our Chief Economist, Dr Nicola Headlam, appeared on the BBC to play fantasy chancellor in the run up to Wednesday’s Spring ...

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