Russian SMEs growing on stronger supply-chains to giants
Large companies are increasingly sourcing components from smaller home-grown suppliers, a SPIEF panel has heard Large Russian companies are increasingly turning to small and medium-sized...
Peers warn UK cannot afford to drag its feet on sterling stablecoin rules
The House of Lords has told the Bank of England and the FCA to keep to their timetable on stablecoin regulation, arguing that further delay...
Americans spending more because they are ‘optimistic’? Economists challenge Trump adviser’s claim
Analysts have told RT that soaring prices, not confidence, are driving higher spending Americans are spending more on everything from groceries to gasoline because they...
Seventh carbon budget: Britain bets £105bn Net Zero economy can shield SMEs from the next fossil fuel shock
Britain’s small and medium-sized businesses are being placed at the centre of the most consequential climate decision since the Climate Change Act, after the government...
“Rearranging deckchairs on a heavily taxed ship”: business owners round on Labour’s tax-and-spend mindset
Britain’s small business community has reacted with thinly veiled fury to the disclosure that Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden privately told Lord Mandelson that...
Zero-hours contract reforms risk pushing bosses towards more insecure work, warns CIPD
Britain’s flagship overhaul of zero-hours contracts could end up doing the very opposite of what ministers intend, the country’s leading HR body has warned, with...