All aboard as Trainline sets off for London IPO
Online ticket sales platform Trainline has outlined plans to join the London Stock Exchange and raise £75m in the process.
Online ticket sales platform Trainline has outlined plans to join the London Stock Exchange and raise £75m in the process.
In June 2014, the Chancellor George Osborne set out plans to make a “Northern powerhouse”. This was in part due to the latest Autumn Statement revealing that employment in the three months to September in northern regions increased by 2.6 per cent, 0.3 per cent higher than the national average. This spoke volumes about the north being one of the centres driving economic growth.
On Christmas Eve, City Link went into administration, with private equity firm Better Capital founder John Moulton stating: “We chased every possible way to save this company." And although he seems to regret the timing of the announcement, he explained that “trading while insolvent was a criminal offence”.
There are only two more "windows" to open on our Christmas Countdown advent offering, with today's featuring a Dragons' Den scandal and biggest business collapses of 2014.
It's almost Christmas! So we've dug around in order to find you premium 2014 content.
For all those nursing a hangover at home after a corporate Christmas party or those sitting in a coffee shop at the mall after taking a day off to cram in the last of the Christmas shopping, we bring you the latest advent treats from Real Business during 2014.
Without Twitter the fervour that surrounded the Black Friday shopping event this year would surely have been much smaller. We pick the best tweeting efforts.
After John Lewis spent over £1m for a Christmas TV advert that has little to nothing to do with the company’s offering, what are retailers really trying to get out of the process
The Government today said it would take steps to make it easier for home-based businesses to thrive.
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