FSB launch new resources to support LGBT+ entrepreneurs
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The UK’s biggest business membership organisation, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), has launched a flagship new digital resources hub to support…
Screwfix to open 80 stores in expansion as pandemic DIY boom continues
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Home improvement business Screwfix is to create 800 retail jobs by January as part of plans to open 80 new shops across…
Greggs opens 49 new shops with sales of chicken goujons soaring
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Greggs has said it has a “good” start to 2022 after launching 49 new shops in the first 19 weeks of the…
Made.com slashes 2022 outlook amid ‘tough trading environment’
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Lifestyle brand Made.com lowered its expectations for the rest of 2022, with both gross sales and revenue expected to drop 15 per…
Trade war fears grow as Boris Johnson issues final Brexit warning to EU
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As Boris Johnson prepares for a visit to Northern Ireland later today, the Prime Minister has warned the EU the UK will…
Scammers will hope to exploit cost of living crisis, say UK police
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The cost of living could be the next frontline for scammers, the head of the UK’s specialist police unit for fraud has…
UK employers reluctant to increase pay
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Barely a quarter of employers will offer pay rises to their workers despite difficulties in hiring talent, adding to the cost-of-living pressures…
Covid and Brexit break just-in-time manufacturing supply chains
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Just-in-time global manufacturing supply chains have been replaced in British factories with “just-in-case” arrangements and more local suppliers after the pandemic and…
Ofgem to review energy price cap quarterly
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The energy price cap will be updated every three months from October under Ofgem proposals to pass on changes in wholesale prices…
Startups attitude to work costing them investment in the UK
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Too many entrepreneurs fail due to lack of research and attitude to hard graft, an investor in UK startups has warned. “We’ve…