Investment in the UK tech sector reached £10.1bn ($13.2 billion) in 2019 – a 44% increase, the highest in the history of the UK, on 2018. Compare this to Germany which received £5.4bn and France which received £3.4bn. In fact, UK companies accounted for a third of all the money raised by tech firms in … Read more
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Consumer spending reached just 1.0 per cent year-on-year growth in December, representing a decline in real terms when accounting for inflation. Data from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, reveals that spending on essentials declined 0.9 per cent in December, with supermarkets contracting by 0.9 per cent compared … Read more
Chancellor Sajid Javid has today launched the beginning of the Budget process and announced that his first budget will take place on Wednesday 11 March 2020. Setting the date during a visit to Trafford Park Metrolink in Manchester, the Chancellor said: “With this budget we will unleash Britain’s potential – uniting our great country, opening … Read more
A young entrepreneur from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich is set to launch a range of spectacles made from recycled fishing nets.
Now that the Conservative Party has won a clear majority, business leaders want to make sure the new government sticks to its pledges. During the election campaign, the Tories committed to helping small businesses by: Ending the late payment crisis by introducing a reform package put on pause by the election. Helping small firms with … Read more
Newly released data shows that the total number of businesses in the UK has almost doubled this century. In the past year alone 200,000 new private sector businesses have started trading.
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