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  • Six Scottish startups showcased at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh
  • Google searches for solar panels increase by 300 per cent as cost of living and energy crises hit
  • UK launches post-Brexit trade scheme for 65 developing countries extending tariff cuts
  • Hospitality firms plead for energy bill support to survive ‘dire’ situation worse than pandemic
  • Economists forecast another 0.5-point rate rise next month
  • Nearly 100 new businesses are being created every hour, new data shows
  • Workers going into office 1.5 days a week, survey suggests
  • Rail fares in England to rise below inflation rate, ministers say
  • Amazon could avoid UK tax for two more years thanks to new tax break
  • UK house prices fall by £5,000 in August

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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

Six Scottish start-up businesses have secured a place in The Curiosity Shop, a new space at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh, dedicated to showcasing sustainable Scottish businesses. 

Six Scottish startups showcased at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh

16 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Six Scottish start-up businesses have secured a place in The Curiosity Shop, a new space at Virgin Hotels Edinburgh, dedicated to showcasing sustainable Scottish businesses. 

Google searches for solar panels have rocketed by more than 300 per cent this year, with the cost of living and energy crises hitting hard.

Google searches for solar panels increase by 300 per cent as cost of living and energy crises hit

16 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Google searches for solar panels have rocketed by more than 300 per cent this year, with the cost of living and energy crises hitting hard.

The UK has launched its post-Brexit scheme to support trade with developing countries, extending tariff cuts to hundreds of products.

UK launches post-Brexit trade scheme for 65 developing countries extending tariff cuts

16 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The UK has launched its post-Brexit scheme to support trade with developing countries, extending tariff cuts to hundreds of products.

An estimated 3 per cent of the workforce was signed off in late December and a fifth of businesses reported increased cancellations amid the surge in the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Hospitality firms plead for energy bill support to survive ‘dire’ situation worse than pandemic

16 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A host of hospitality and small business bodies yesterday warned that many pubs, restaurants and hotels will not survive the “onslaught” of higher energy costs in the coming months.

The creation of an official digital currency in Britain could increase the risk of a run on the banks in an economic downturn, an influential House of Lords committee has found.

Economists forecast another 0.5-point rate rise next month

16 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The Bank of England will announce another interest rate rise of half a percentage point next month and inflation will peak at 11.4 per cent this year, experts have predicted.

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Nearly 100 new businesses are being created every hour, new data shows

16 August 202216 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

More than 90 new businesses were created every hour in the UK in the first half of this year, analysis of Companies House data has found.

New research released today by global career experts has found that four in five employers admit to hiring new recruits who would be better suited to a different role in the business than they were originally hired for.

Workers going into office 1.5 days a week, survey suggests

15 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

UK workers are going into the office an average of 1.5 days a week, with only 13% coming in on a Friday, a survey suggests.

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Rail fares in England to rise below inflation rate, ministers say

15 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Regulated train fares in England will rise below the rate of inflation next year to help people with the cost of living crisis, the government has said.

America’s senior financial regulator has increased pressure on Amazon to be more open over its global tax affairs by rejecting the technology group’s move to block a shareholder vote on greater transparency.

Amazon could avoid UK tax for two more years thanks to new tax break

15 August 202215 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Amazon could be off the hook for tax in the UK for at least two more years after benefiting from reliefs brought in by Rishi Sunak during the pandemic, a report suggests.

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UK house prices fall by £5,000 in August

15 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The average price of homes coming on the market have fallen for the first time this year, dropping by nearly £5,000 during August, according to Rightmove.

Most workers who were still on the government’s Covid-19 furlough scheme when it closed at the end of September returned to their employers, according to the latest official data.

Salaries rising as bosses struggle to find new staff

15 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The UK’s hiring boom is set to continue into the next quarter with nearly three in four employers planning to take on more staff, but it will soon reach its peak, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is predicting.

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UK’s trade deficit widens to record £27.9bn as business with Russia reaches historic low

12 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

New data showed this morning that UK’s trade deficit in goods and services widens again in Q2 to a record £27.9bn.

The owner of John Lewis and Waitrose are launching a £1m fund that will channel cash into projects with the potential to end the high street’s “throwaway” culture.

John Lewis to end ‘never knowingly undersold’ era on 22 August

12 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

John Lewis is to retire its 97-year-old price pledge “never knowingly undersold” on 22 August but has yet to reveal a catchy new slogan to take its place.

What price happiness? The answer might be £3,360 a year, as the average UK worker would take a 10.5% pay cut to work for an employer where staff enjoy “above average” levels of happiness, a study has shown.

Biggest UK fall in real wages for 100 years looms

12 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Pay rises could fall behind inflation by almost 8% later this year, marking the biggest fall in real wages for 100 years, according to analysis by the TUC.

As Net Zero week continues, there are concerns that unsustainable business practices and inertia within industries may well lead to the downfall of our carbon neutral future.

Government opens consultation on biomass carbon capture and storage

12 August 2022 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The Government has unveiled a consultation, hoping to attract industry views on how to support the development of biomass powered carbon capture projects in the UK over the next decade.

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