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June 19, 2025
Hiring Slows as Costs Rise
New data from the Office for National Statistics suggests that UK businesses are continuing to slow down recruitment, with job vacancies falling by 63,000 between March and May.
June 16, 2025
Spending Review 2025: Takeaway Points for Your Business
Last week, the Chancellor unveiled her Spending Review setting out how government departments will allocate money over the coming years. While much of the focus was on large-scale public services like the NHS and schools, there are some important signals here for businesses to take note of - both in terms of opportunity and outlook.
May 21, 2024
Understanding economic changes: How recent events affect businesses
Data releases in recent weeks from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) coupled with Bank of England decisions might make recent news about the economy seem a bit confusing. Understanding how this news affects businesses is important so let’s break it down.
May 16, 2024
Shott Scale Up Accelerator: Leadership programme opportunities available
Making the leap from a technical expert to a business leader can be challenging. The Shott Scale Up Accelerator is a 12-month programme that aims to help senior decision-makers in high-growth engineering and tech SMEs develop the skills needed to scale their business to the next level.
May 14, 2024
Introducing WorkWell: A £64 million initiative to support workplace health and well-being
The UK government has announced a new initiative aimed at helping people with health conditions stay in or return to work.
May 13, 2024
Official figures show that the UK no longer in recession
Figures published by the Office for National Statistics on 10 May 2024 show that the UK has officially exited recession.
May 9, 2024
How might the changes to company size thresholds affect your business?
From October 2024, company size thresholds are to increase by 50%. For each company, these new thresholds will begin to apply from the start of the next accounting period commencing on or after 1 October 2024. But what are the implications of these changes to your company?
May 8, 2024
Is your use of AI compliant with health and safety?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published an article outlining its approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in workplaces.
May 7, 2024
New digital service to check your State Pension forecast launched
A new digital service has been launched that makes it easier to check if you have any gaps in your National Insurance (NI) record that may affect your State Pension entitlement.
May 3, 2024
Increasing your profit – why it’s not the same as growing sales
The so-called Micawber principle, as stated by Wilkins Micawber in Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield, says: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.”
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