Business and Economics

Pro-Brexit budget pub chain Wetherspoons is taking a stand against EU based alcoholic drinks From July 9 880 Wetherpoons outlets will ditch German wheat beers and Champagne in favour of UK and non-EU drinks. I’ve never personally bought Champagne in Wetherspoons and probably never will now as Moët & Chandon champagne is being swapped with sparkling wines from the UK and Australia. Brexit believer and Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, said: "This move helps us to broaden our horizons so that...

Wage growth excluding bonuses, an important measure for the Bank of England, slipped to 2.8 per cent, down from 2.9 per cent previously. The TUC's General Secretary, Frances O'Grady, said: "Wage growth is stuck in the slow lane. At this rate pay packets won't recover to their pre-recession levels for years. "We need to speed things up. Extending collective bargaining would boost living standards and help workers get a fairer share of the wealth they create." Suren Thiru head of economics...

Britain's biggest carmaker, which is owned by India's Tata Motors, said production will be transferred early next year.

The Concrete Network (TCN) is the UK’s largest independent concrete supply network, and after its strong start, the company has been working hard to bolster itself and build towards an even stronger future. Developing the network After moving to their new offices on 21st April 2018 and expanding to 20 members members of staff - TCN hit its stride and gained over 130+ independent Network Partners. It is the close relationship between TCN and these partners which allows The Concrete...

Between Trump wanting to slap tariffs on our steel and the UK Government refusing to be in a European customs union, UK manufacturing risks being stranded. The sharpest fall in UK manufacturing output since 2012 offers more worrying news about the state of the UK economy. The drop is in April was the highest in almost six years, with a 1.4 per cent fall in factory production marking the third consecutive monthly fall. The April dip was the steepest fall...

With three weeks to go until crunch Brexit talks in Brussels, and the Conservative Government accused of spending more time negotiating with itself than the EU, the freight industry warned that Britain was heading towards a road block scenario – quite literally. Theresa May’s disunited Brexit team were accused of “playing chicken with crucial parts of the British economy.” The UK’s leading logistics trade body warned that it had lost confidence in the Government’s ability to deliver a ‘frictionless’ Brexit...

The nation’s employees believe work now takes up 42 per cent of their life, according to research. Researchers carried out a detailed study of 2,000 adults in employment and found we all want more downtime. Half of those polled agreed waking up in the morning and dreading the day ahead at work is a sure-sign you need to address your work-life balance. And one third agreed struggling to sleep and finding yourself regularly in a bad mood are other common...

The UK has nine out of the ten poorest regions in northern Europe, with suggestions that the rapid industrial decline brought about under Margaret Thatcher is chiefly responsible for creating pockets of poverty in one of the World's richest economies. West Wales, Durham and Tees Valley, South Yorkshire and Northern Ireland all rank highly as the poorest areas in Europe in a report by Inequality Briefing. The report notes that despite Britain having a similar economic make-up to its northern European...

Startups that are able to identify opportunities and manage risks are able to succeed in the longer run. Starting up is the hardest thing to do but if you follow the right strategies, you are surely going to win this race. Here are 5 tips that every startup must follow in order to avoid failure. 1- Get Your Finances Right Raising startup capital for your business can be a difficult task if you don’t know how to raise proper funds....