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Transport for Greater Manchester - TfGM - expects trams, trains, buses and roads across the region to be extremely busy between Sunday 1 October and Wednesday 4 October as The Conservative Party Conference returns to Manchester. The Conference, which is likely to attract around 10,000 … [Read more...]

Lifestyle or growth? When starting a business, the excitement of creating something from scratch, the often painful process of learning the ropes as you go and the worries about how to pay for everything, rarely leaves time for considering whether the business you just created will result in a … [Read more...]

As the latest UK house building figures show a rise, reports also show that year-on-year UK commercial property values, both invested and owner-occupied, fell by £43 billion between 2015 and 2016, a dip of 4.6 per cent. According to the latest figures from the House Price Index, average house … [Read more...]

A new Returner Programme to help people return to work after career breaks, boost skills, and close the gender pay gap have been launched by the Government's Minister of State for Apprenticeships, Skills and Women Anne Milton. The returner programme is part of the £5 million fund announced in this … [Read more...]

Fraud Awareness is an important issue for businesses to address. There is, unfortunately, an ever-present risk of fraudulent activity that targets businesses. Often the methods that are used are not particularly sophisticated, and they can affect companies of all sizes. Handelsbanken have … [Read more...]

The UK House Price Index, which shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has shown an increase of 4.9% for June 2017. The June data shows an annual price increase of 4.9% which takes the average property value in the UK to £223,257. House prices have risen by … [Read more...]

The Bank of England has announced that there will no change for the new five pound note. After careful and serious consideration and extensive public consultation there will be no change to the composition of polymer used in the new five pound note and for future banknotes. The new polymer £20 … [Read more...]

Essential service providers who fail to implement effective cyber security measures could be fined as much as £17 million or 4 per cent of global turnover. The move is part of plans to make Britain’s essential networks and infrastructure safe, secure and resilient against the risk of future cyber … [Read more...]