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Latest News:

  • M&S chair attacks ‘pointless’ post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland
  • Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog
  • Ministers insist retailers must pass on petrol tax cut in full
  • Rishi Sunak plans heating bill discounts and tax cuts
  • UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9%
  • UK unemployment drops to 50-year low of 3.7%
  • Average UK price of diesel hits record of more than £1.80 a litre
  • Tesco to pay out more to pig farmers as industry warns of ‘critical’ situation
  • Musk could seek lower price for Twitter as he focuses on fake accounts
  • Retailers demand changes to apprenticeship levy
Alex Hattingh, Chief People Officer of Employment Hero

The Rise of the Boomerang Employee: Why hiring a returning employee can be good for business

For many, the Great Resignation has been a time of new roles, new opportunities, and career changes. Some have called it the Great Reset.

M&S chair attacks ‘pointless’ post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland

The chairman of Marks & Spencer has backed government plans to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, saying that some food exported south of the border now requires 700 pages of customs documents, partly written in Latin.

Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog

The business department’s handling of Covid support schemes left an “open goal” to fraudsters and embezzlers that has added “billions to taxpayer woes”, parliament’s spending watchdog has found.

1 in 4 SMEs under-resourced amid ongoing labour crisis

Employee retention challenges have left many SMEs under-staffed, new analysis by WorkLife by OpenMoney has found.

Bike Club gears up for national and European expansion with £16.75M investment round

Racing to disrupt both access and sustainability within the cycling industry, kid’s bike subscription service, Bike Club, gears up for national and European expansion after closing £16.75M in new investment.

Ministers insist retailers must pass on petrol tax cut in full

Fuel giants will be told to pass on tax cuts in full to motorists as diesel prices once again hit new highs.

Rishi Sunak plans heating bill discounts and tax cuts

Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans to increase the warm home discount by hundreds of pounds before cutting taxes to help with the cost-of-living crisis.

UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9%

Inflation hit a 40-year high last month, driven by the jump in electricity and gas prices as the higher energy price cap came into effect.

The journey to B-Corp

This is the first in a three-part editorial series where Will Brookes, CEO at Raconteur, will document the company’s quest to certify as a B-Corp, hoping to inspire more SME organisations to also take the plunge.

  1. The Rise of the Boomerang Employee: Why hiring a returning employee can be good for business
  2. M&S chair attacks ‘pointless’ post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland
  3. Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog
  4. 1 in 4 SMEs under-resourced amid ongoing labour crisis
  5. Bike Club gears up for national and European expansion with £16.75M investment round
  6. Ministers insist retailers must pass on petrol tax cut in full
  7. Rishi Sunak plans heating bill discounts and tax cuts
  8. UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9%
  9. The journey to B-Corp

Latest News…

M&S chair attacks ‘pointless’ post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland

The chairman of Marks & Spencer has backed government plans to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, saying that some food exported south of the border now requires 700 pages of customs documents, partly written in Latin.

Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog

The business department’s handling of Covid support schemes left an “open goal” to fraudsters and embezzlers that has added “billions to taxpayer woes”, parliament’s spending watchdog has found.

Ministers insist retailers must pass on petrol tax cut in full

Fuel giants will be told to pass on tax cuts in full to motorists as diesel prices once again hit new highs.

Rishi Sunak plans heating bill discounts and tax cuts

Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans to increase the warm home discount by hundreds of pounds before cutting taxes to help with the cost-of-living crisis.

UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9%

Inflation hit a 40-year high last month, driven by the jump in electricity and gas prices as the higher energy price cap came into effect.

UK unemployment drops to 50-year low of 3.7%

The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest in nearly fifty years but workers are still suffering sharp falls in real income as wage growth lags behind soaring inflation.

Average UK price of diesel hits record of more than £1.80 a litre

The average price of a litre of diesel has hit a high of just over £1.80 a litre – and could rise even further if the EU ban on Russian oil goes ahead.

Tesco to pay out more to pig farmers as industry warns of ‘critical’ situation

Tesco is to hand pig farmers £6.6m in additional support, taking the total to £10m, after warnings that a slew of producers could go out of business.

Musk could seek lower price for Twitter as he focuses on fake accounts

Elon Musk has suggested that he could seek to pay a lower price for Twitter, as the social media company’s would-be owner expressed further concerns about the presence of fake accounts on the platform.

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Business

Alex Hattingh, Chief People Officer of Employment Hero

The Rise of the Boomerang Employee: Why hiring a returning employee can be good for business

For many, the Great Resignation has been a time of new roles, new opportunities, and career changes. Some have called it the Great Reset.

1 in 4 SMEs under-resourced amid ongoing labour crisis

Employee retention challenges have left many SMEs under-staffed, new analysis by WorkLife by OpenMoney has found.

The journey to B-Corp

This is the first in a three-part editorial series where Will Brookes, CEO at Raconteur, will document the company’s quest to certify as a B-Corp, hoping to inspire more SME organisations to also take the plunge.

Greggs sales lag in cities amid shift to working from home

Greggs has revealed that its sales in large cities and locations near offices are lagging behind those elsewhere in the UK as a result of the shift to home working.

Apologies Ma’am, but we’ll be working – 41% workers not off on Jubilee bank holiday

A right royal knees-up might be occurring at the palace, but four in ten of Britain’s workers won’t be off work on the Queen’s platinum jubilee bank holiday.

FSB launch new resources to support LGBT+ entrepreneurs

The UK’s biggest business membership organisation, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), has launched a flagship new digital resources hub to support and encourage LGBT+ entrepreneurship, and promote inclusivity in workplaces.

5 Reasons every company needs a travel policy

It’s a drum I’ll continue to beat, but every company, no matter how small or big their travel spend, should have a straightforward, easy-to-follow travel policy in place.

Profiled…

Getting To Know You: Brendan Garvey, COO, Global Procurement Group

Brendan Garvey the Chief Operating Officer of Business Champion Awards finalist the Global Procurement Group talks about the inspiration behind the business.

Getting To Know You: Abdul Shiil, Co-Founder, Sahan Cares

Abdul Shiil Co-Founder of  Business Champion Awards finalist Sahan Cares tells Business Matters what led him to start the family-run social enterprise.

Marketing & Social Media

Tesco Mobile advertising campaign offensive, watchdog rules

Elon Musk pledges to overturn Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump

Elon Musk considers ‘slight’ Twitter fee for commercial users

Newswire

TikTok ousts Google to become favourite online destination

Business Matters
  • Customs Crunch – How this startup plans to take the friction out of brexit
  • EU stimulus package announced offers new confidence for investors
  • Struggling TSB set to close 100 branches and axe staff
  • FTSE 100 outperforms European counterparts as oil and tobacco stocks gain

Get Funded

Bike Club gears up for national and European expansion with £16.75M investment round

Racing to disrupt both access and sustainability within the cycling industry, kid’s bike subscription service, Bike Club, gears up for national and European expansion after closing £16.75M in new investment.

Startups attitude to work costing them investment in the UK

Jeb Buckler, CEO of Startup Giants chats to Business Matters about the errors that cost startups investment.

MyMynd secures £650,000 for workplace mental health intervention platform

MyMynd, the mental health platform for employees, has received £650,000 in pre-seed funding.

HSBC launches $1BN lending fund for female entrepreneurs

HSBC today announces the launch of a Female Entrepreneur Fund, which will provide US$1bn in lending to female-owned businesses over the next 12 months.

US oil giant Chevron backs London cleantech firm in $150m funding round

US oil giant Chevron has thrown its weight behind London cleantech firm Carbon Clean today in a $150m funding injection – the largest ever equity round for a ‘point of emission’ carbon capture company.

Former Monzo COO raises £5m for Lollipop, a grocery shopping assistant

Lollipop, an online food shopping assistant, has raised £5m in a seed round led by Octopus Ventures.

Payments firm Paddle becomes UK’s latest unicorn with £162m raise

Payments provider Paddle has raised $200m (£162.2m) in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $1.4bn, making it the UK’s latest fintech unicorn.

Gay dating app Grindr to float in $2.1bn deal

Grindr plans to float through a merger with a so-called Spac investment company in a deal that values the gay dating app at $2.1bn (£1.7bn).

Twitter nears sale deal with Musk

Twitter is in the final stretch of negotiations about a $43 billion sale to Elon Musk that could rank as one of the biggest-ever leveraged buyouts of a listed company.

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Legal

Calling a man ‘bald’ is sexual harassment tribunal rules

An electrician called a ‘bald c***’ by supervisor is set to win compensation for having ‘dignity violated’

GMB and Deliveroo sign historic union deal covering 90,000 riders

Agreement for riders in the self-employed delivery sector provides an innovative blueprint for the future of work, says the GMB and Deliveroo

Held to ransom: protecting your business from cyber attack

In March this year, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined Tuckers Solicitors LLP £98,000.

The power (and risks) of ‘invisible’ trade marks

The recent trade mark infringement case between US dating site conglomerate Match Group, owner of Tinder and OkCupid, and smaller UK dating site Muzmatch has highlighted the risks that come with using trade marked words and phrases in a company’s SEO (search engine optimisation) strategy and metadata.

Dating app Muzmatch may have to change name after trademark row

The US dating giant behind Tinder and OkCupid has won a court battle with a British dating app for Muslims after accusing it of copying its product and services.

£2.2bn damages claim filed against Facebook owner Meta on behalf of 45m Brits

A multi-billion pound damages claim was filed late last night against Meta, formerly Facebook Inc., on behalf of UK Facebook users, for abusing its dominant market position by imposing unfair terms, prices and/or other trading conditions on users.

Mark Zuckerberg and team consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if Meta can not process Europeans’ data on US servers

If Meta is not given the option to transfer, store and process data from its European users on US-based servers, Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, the social media giants’ owner reportedly warned in its annual report.

Plumber wins landmark case against Pimlico Plumbers over back-dated holiday pay

A London plumber has won a key lawsuit in the Supreme Court over his workers’ rights as appeal judges ruled late yesterday afternoon he is entitled to back-dated holiday pay.

An end to cookie banners?

“This website uses cookies. Please click here to accept.” We’ve all seen these sorts of pop-up messages, known as cookie banners, which appear whenever we visit a website we haven’t been to before.

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Made in Britain

Made in Britain: The Small Business Handbook

Olivia Crabtree talks to us about how her comprehensive guide is supporting small businesses all around the country.

Made in Britain: Shaving subscription box, The Personal Barber

Bradley St John Jones talks to us about his company, The Personal Barber, a shaving subscription box service.

Made in Britain: Equity management firm, Capdesk

Christian Gabriel, founder of equity management company Capdesk, discusses the journey of his company and his secrets to success.

Made in Britain: Digital community platform, Rest Less

We sat down with Sara, CTO of digital community platform Rest Less, to learn about her experience of building a business from scratch.  

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Opinion

IOD calls on government to introduce lower corporation tax rate for net zero firms

Why Apple CEO is right to call staff back to the office

Absence of Employment Bill suggests skills agenda slipping down Government’s priority list

Technology

Reviewed: Trust Iris 4K Conferencing Camera

Apple to discontinue the iPod after 21 years

5 Trends currently booming in fintech space

Business

Why do investors like property bridging loans, what are they and where can I get one?

Short-term property bridging loans can help investors, developers, and individuals achieve their objectives in a variety of situations.

Business Champion Awards

DPD named Sustainable Business of the Year in the UK’s Business Champion Awards

The company was recognized for its electrification of 1,500 vehicles in its UK fleet as well as its pledge to ‘deliver green’ to 30 large UK cities by 2023 and its Eco Fund designed to support community-based sustainable projects.

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