Mike Ashley urges Government to reform business rates system

Mike Ashley urges Government to reform business rates system and ease turmoil on the High Street By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:37 BST, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 14 January 2020 Mike Ashley’s retail group has urged the Government to reform the business rates system Mike Ashley’s retail group has … Read more

Chancellor’s business loans scheme was launched to great fanfare – but reality has been a letdown

Leigh Bryant is trying his utmost to remain positive, but it is not easy.  As the owner and manager of Bristol-based motor home accessory fitters LNB Towbars, this should be a peak time of year for him as his customers get ready for their summer holidays.  But with his company closed due to the coronavirus … Read more

Pip Edwards reveals the toll COVID-19 has taken on her business

‘Managing it is quite a headache’: P.E. Nation co-founder Pip Edwards reveals the toll that COVID-19 has taken on her business following ‘split’ with rumoured fling Michael Clarke By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 03:57 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 05:25 BST, 18 April 2020 P.E. Nation co-founder Pip Edwards has opened up about … Read more

Millionaires offer to pay for a van and provide £10,000 for a skint mother-of-two’s business

On this week’s episode of Channel 5’s Rich House, Poor House, two millionaires are so touched by the story of a skint mother-of-two that they decide to help finance her business.  Best friends Matt Haycocks and Dan Buck, who live in the same luxury building in Leeds, decided to provide £10,000 and a van for … Read more

What went wrong for a £425m fund designed to fund a new wave of business banks

Attempts to use taxpayer money to fund a new wave of business challenger banks were dealt another blow a fortnight ago as Nationwide Building Society announced it was scrapping a move into SME lending. Britain’s largest mutual is the latest to hand back money it was given to expand its business proposition after Metro Bank … Read more

Diary of a business on the brink: Mother fights to save her company 

 It is nearly a month since the Government turned the key on a nationwide lockdown — changing the world, almost overnight, for businesses across the UK. Despite being promised support packages, many small businesses fear they will not survive.  Figures this week revealed that banks have given vital loans to only 5,000 British firms — … Read more

Lord Mervyn King gives stark warning over coronavirus business loans

‘Something has gone wrong, I am worried’: Ex-Bank of England governor Lord Mervyn King gives stark warning as just 4,200 UK firms get crisis loans compared to 725,000 in America Lord King is ‘worried’ about the Government’s emergency bailout loans system  It has seen just 4,200 firms in Britain get the payment out of 300,000 … Read more

Aviva axes 1,800 jobs as it aims to cut costs ahead of the business being broken up

Aviva axes 1,800 jobs as it aims to cut costs ahead of the business being broken up By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 June 2019 Aviva’s boss has unveiled plans to axe 1,800 jobs and pave the way for a break-up of the … Read more

Climate risks put at top of Davos agenda – but business leaders still fly in

Climate risks put at top of Davos agenda… as the global elite fly in on their private jets! By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 BST, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 15 January 2020 The World Economic Forum has urged business leaders to step into the void left by governments in … Read more

Government’s business support help not enough to bring steel industry back from brink of collapse

Government’s business support help not enough to bring steel industry back from brink of collapse By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 8 April 2020 The Government’s business support help will still not be enough to bring the steel industry back from the brink of … Read more