
Retreat into a second lockdown deflated Britain’s summer bounce
The latest GDP figures showing the country’s record recovery after the first lockdown highlight what a catastrophic decision it was to impose an unnecessary second shutdown.
Charlie Mullins is the archetypal entrepreneur having started Pimlico Plumbers from scratch and building it into a multi-million pound enterprise. Always opinionated and often controversial, Charlie’s common sense attitude has earned him a reputation as one of the UK's most outspoken entrepreneurs.

The latest GDP figures showing the country’s record recovery after the first lockdown highlight what a catastrophic decision it was to impose an unnecessary second shutdown.

It has never been clearer to me that the way out of this Covid crisis is by properly supporting apprenticeships, but the Government is failing in…

October 2020 was the biggest billing month for Pimlico in the 41-year history of the company with sales in excess of £4.6 million, and the phones…

Today the chancellor put back the date when the UK will recover from the coronavirus crisis.

Rishi Sunak’s desperate pleading with company bosses not to lay off their furloughed employees once the scheme ends next month will cut no ice with those…

There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about the rights and wrongs of the government's furlough scheme, as well as, in some people's…

Another day, another Brexit disaster for the UK and it looks like we’re closer to remaining than the day after the 2016 referendum.

I’m not claiming to be Mystic Meg, but I knew I would be spot on with my prediction when the Supreme Court deemed employment tribunal fees…

In her maiden speech as a member of the new Independent Grouping in parliament, the extremely impressive former Tory MP, Heidi Allen, nailed it for me…

Sorting out employment law in the UK is something I’ve been calling on for years.

I’ve been keeping a close eye on how our automotive sector is doing, because anyone with an understanding of business and the economy would appreciate how…

I'm supposed to say I'm disappointed that the Supreme Court has ruled against Pimlico Plumbers, by ruling that plumber, Gary Smith, was a worker, rather than…

If the UK is to overcome its skills problem, the Government has to do something about the ‘square peg, round hole’ solution it is persisting with.

The workplace is meant to be a place where people learn, a pathway to bettering themselves you could say; So someone please tell me why companies…

Yesterday Theresa May once again proved it is she, not various members of her cabinet, who needs to be in another job.