Feb 14, 2020 | Current Affairs
Sajid Javid stunned parliament yesterday by resigning as chancellor, less than a month before the Spring Budget. Javid had been expected to continue in his role as chancellor as Prime Minister Boris Johnson conducted a cabinet reshuffle. But the former chancellor quit...
Feb 11, 2020 | Current Affairs
Chancellor Sajid Javid needs to prioritise investing in startups and scaleups in his Spring Budget next month, influential business leaders have said. The call comes from the Institute of Directors (IoD) ahead of the first fiscal announcement of the year on 11 March...
Jan 28, 2020 | Current Affairs
Philip King has been appointed as the interim small business commissioner, the Government has confirmed. The small business commissioner's office aims to ensure fair payment practices become the norm for the UK's SMEs. Since being set up in 2017, the office has helped...
Jan 23, 2020 | Current Affairs
Small businesses that hope to export goods or services over the next three years should prioritise trading with the US, a report has claimed. With the UK set to leave the EU on 31 January 2020, the US was identified as the best individual market to trade with,...
Jan 16, 2020 | Current Affairs
The prospect of interest rates being cut at the end of the month is edging closer, following a 0.2% drop in the UK's inflation rate last month. The Office for National Statistics said the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate of inflation dropped from 1.5% in November 2019...
