UK’s professional services suffer a drop in business August 29, 2011 BUSINESS in the UK’s largest sector – services – has unexpectedly fallen at its fastest rate since November 2009, a leading industry survey exposed this morning. A negative balance of 25 per cent of consumer services firms pointed towards a decline in business volumes over the previous three months. In business and professional services, meanwhile, [...]
Retailer woe compounded by poor sales July 28, 2011 RETAIL sales collapsed in June and July according to a business survey released yesterday, while a separate poll this morning shows British consumer confidence sinking again, following brief respite in May. Before this year, lower morale on the high street had only been recorded twice in the history of the GfK NOP consumer confidence index [...]
Retailer woe compounded by poor sales July 28, 2011 RETAIL sales collapsed in June and July according to a business survey released yesterday, while a separate poll this morning shows British consumer confidence sinking again, following brief respite in May. Before this year, lower morale on the high street had only been recorded twice in the history of the GfK NOP consumer confidence index [...]
A NIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE BEST OF THE CITY September 21, 2011 THE GRANGE Hotel in St Paul’s was the venue for last night’s second City A.M. awards ceremony, introduced by editor Allister Heath as “an evening of celebrating all that is good about the City”. Opening the event to the 500 City guests, Heath said: “It is vitally important that in a gloomy world where the [...]
CBI: small factory jobs growth hits 15-year peak February 6, 2011 DOMESTIC demand for British produced goods picked up in the three months to January, boosting production for small manufacturers, a Confederation for British Industry (CBI) survey showed today. And small and medium sized manufacturing companies are increasingly optimistic about export prospects for the year ahead. While the growth in domestic orders remained modest, it accelerated [...]
John Lewis continues to win market share August 26, 2011 John Lewis bucked the general gloom in the retail sector with another rise in weekly sales as it continued to win market share from rivals. The employee-owned business, which has been outperforming competitors for over a year, said on Friday sales at its department stores increased 2.6 per cent to £53.4m in the week to [...]
Banks, businesses and unions give their views on the Autumn Statement November 29, 2011 THE BRITISH BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION The BBA is the leading trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector, speaking for over 200 member banks DIRECTOR GENERAL ANGELA KNIGHT “This Autumn Statement makes a serious addition to the large sums already being lent to the business community by the banks. With the Eurozone crisis putting [...]
Banks, businesses and unions give their views on the Autumn Statement November 29, 2011 THE BRITISH BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION The BBA is the leading trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector, speaking for over 200 member banks DIRECTOR GENERAL ANGELA KNIGHT “This Autumn Statement makes a serious addition to the large sums already being lent to the business community by the banks. With the Eurozone crisis putting [...]
Private sector in jobs boost June 20, 2011 THE private sector remains on course to create more than enough jobs to offset planned government sector cuts, with highly-trained people most in demand, a leading business group will announce today. Nearly a third (31 per cent) of private sector companies expect to boost their permanent recruitment over the next six months, a survey from [...]
UK manufacturers hit by rising costs June 21, 2011 UK manufacturers have said they faced rising price pressures in June, but order books were better than expected. In the CBI’s latest industrial trends survey, 27 per cent of companies more predicted rising prices than falling ones, up from 24 per cent a month ago. Meanwhile, a slim majority said orders were better than normal, [...]