This week is the last week when paper £20 and £50 banknotes will be legal tender, with the notes being withdrawn from circulation from 30th September. Businesses will no longer accept this banknotes, featuring economist Adam Smith and engineers Boulton and Watt from Friday 30th September, with … [Read more...]
News for: General Business News
Chancellor unveils Growth Plan with raft of tax cuts
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced a new Growth Plan for the UK economy, unveiling a series of major tax cuts for individuals and businesses. Following the Bank of England's reveal yesterday that it believes the country's economy is now in recession, the Chancellor's 'mini-budget' sets out … [Read more...]
Homes England announces new development finance fund for SME housebuilders
Homes England has partnered with Newstead Capital to support SME housebuilders with a new long-term development finance fund. Homes England, alongside Greater Manchester Pension Fund, clients of listed wealth manager Mattioli Woods and other private institutional investors, have committed £80m to … [Read more...]
Interest rates rise to 2.25%
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted to raise base interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to 2.25%. Interest rates now stand at their highest level since the November 2008 during the global financial crisis, although remain well below the double figure rates seen throughout … [Read more...]
Government outlines plans to cut business energy bills
Following an announcement earlier this month by Prime Minister Liz Truss, the government has revealed further details of its plans to protect businesses from rising energy bills. Under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which will come into effect from October 1st, electricity and gas unit prices … [Read more...]
Corporate insolvencies rose 5.5% in August amid cost-of-living crisis
Corporate insolvencies rose 5.5% in August on the previous month's figures, according to the government's latest statistics published on 16th September. 1,933 registered company insolvencies were recorded last month by the Insolvency Service, a rise of over 40% on both last August's figures, and … [Read more...]
£750k competition launched for technologies and concepts to disrupt defence sector
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new competition offering £750,000 funding for concepts, technologies, or ideas that may disrupt the future of defence. The themed competition, Disruptive Science and Technology Impacting the Future of Defence, is being run on behalf of … [Read more...]
Greater Manchester begins Autumn Covid-19 booster vaccination programme
From Monday 12 September onwards, GPs, pharmacists and hospital hubs have begun giving booster jabs to those in Greater Manchester at greatest risk from the Covid-19 virus. Everyone aged 50 and over, people with certain health conditions that put them at risk and frontline health and care staff … [Read more...]
August inflation dips slightly to 9.9%
The August Consumer Price Index (CPI) has recorded a 0.2 percentage point dip in the annual rate of inflation on the previous month's record high. The latest ONS data reveals inflation remains high, but dipped slightly to 9.9% year-on-year price growth. The downward pressure on prices was largely … [Read more...]
Bank holiday announced for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral
Monday, 19th September 2022 has been confirmed as the date set for the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the government has announced it will be a national Bank Holiday. The State Funeral will mark the end of the official mourning period following Her Majesty's death. The … [Read more...]
Stockport marks accession of His Majesty The King Charles III
On Sunday, 11 September, the Mayor of Stockport proclaimed the accession of His Majesty The King Charles III to Monarch of the United Kingdom. The proclamation followed the Principal proclamation of His Majesty The King Charles III at St James’s Palace, London, on 10th September; the Accession … [Read more...]
Liz Truss announces plans to cap household and business energy bills
Prime Minister Liz Truss has unveiled new proposals to curb both domestic and commercial energy bills. In an address to Parliament this morning (8th September), the newly appointed Prime Minister announced proposals to cap domestic energy bills from 1st October at £2,500 for a typical household … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- …
- 237
- Next Page »