The fast pace of change in business has never been so apparent. A recent article commented there has been more change in business in the past 5 years than in the past 50 years. In business, things rarely stay the same for an extended period. Companies must be willing to change and adjust operations … [Read more...]
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Register to vote and Celebrate National Democracy Week
Celebrate and get involved with National Democracy Week (2-8 July) by being registered to vote! The inaugural National Democracy Week coincides with the 90th anniversary of the 1928 Equal Franchise Act which gave women the same voting rights as men. This is an opportunity to use all of our … [Read more...]
Hallidays’ Re-launch Popular Business Growth programme
Stockport based Hallidays are relaunching their popular Business Growth programme for 2018/20 which supports business owners and decision makers to achieve their business goals. Their Business AM - BAM - 10-step programme restarts in September and brings together like-minded professionals in a … [Read more...]
Digital Revolution Leaves One in Five Behind
As many as one in five people (20%)1 do not feel digitally confident – left behind by the digital revolution - rising to one in two when using modern digital devices, including home assistants (46%) and smart watches (50%), according to research commissioned by Post Office Broadband. Overall, a … [Read more...]
Expert Opinion: Is your business CDM compliant?
Health & Safety has to be top of any business agenda and, following many disasters both at home and overseas, it is ever more critical that property businesses are CDM compliant. CDM is widely used as shorthand for the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations which govern health, … [Read more...]
Gorvins ‘Small Businesses are Wasting Time on GDPR’
Small businesses fretting about the advent of GDPR are wasting time and resources seeking unnecessary consent from customers and potentially decimating their databases needlessly, according to a leading expert in the field. Christian Mancier, a partner in the Corporate and Commercial Law department … [Read more...]
Major changes to the MOT test are now live!
The DVSA has introduced changes to the MOT test with new rules effective as of Sunday 20th May. As the first Ministry of Transport test - MOT's - are carried out under the new legislation, Stockport based John Delany Motors have put together a summary of the changes. Although there won’t be much … [Read more...]
British Business Investments launches new £500m programme
British Business Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, has today launched a new £500m Managed Funds Programme designed to increase access to longer-term venture and growth capital for ambitious and innovative, high potential companies in the UK. Announced six months ago by … [Read more...]
Stockport born billionaire in Sunday Times Rich List
Born in Stockport in social housing on a council estate, clothing entrepreneur Philip Day has been included in the annual Sunday Times Rich List of billionaires. Mr Day, 52, whose brands include Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Austin Reed, Country Casuals and Peacock, opened the first of his Days … [Read more...]
ABI Announces Insurance Company Bankrupt
The Association of British Insures - ABI - has announced that Danish firm Lima and Alpha Insurance have been declared bankrupt. The announcement came yesterday evening and the IBA warned that all fleet insurance policies with Lima / Alpha Insurance are cancelled with immediate effect from … [Read more...]
HMRC may delay ‘some parts’ of Making Tax Digital
HMRC have announced that they are prioritising change in the department and as a result some parts of Making Tax Digital - MTD - will be delayed, according to the latest business and tax issues from Hallidays. As the GDPR and P11D deadlines are looming, check out the latest updates below. Changing … [Read more...]
Bank of England launches econoME for 11 to 16 year olds
The Bank of England has launched a free educational resource – econoME – which explains how the economy affects people’s lives and equips 11-16 year-olds with some of the skills they need to make important decisions. The econoME programme will give young people greater economic and financial … [Read more...]
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