What does the 2019 Spring Statement mean for SMEs up and down the country” Well, it’s good news, including the fact that taxation may drop whilst wages will rise, enabling employers to access and assess the best talent out there and be able to make them stay. However, it all hinges on the UK exiting the EU with a deal in place.
By Staff writer
As 2018 gets underway, in-house legal departments are facing new resource challenges, with the potential for technology evolving and the regulatory burden increasing. In charge of this is the general counsel the chief lawyer.
With the government, banks and Carillion unable to come to an agreement over the weekend, the firm’s demise should prompt a rethink on contract distribution.
By David Craik
High street sales have slumped to their worst level since the start of the global financial crisis in 2008 as retailers experience a “summer to forget”.
Former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld, notorious for being one of the key reasons for the 2008 financial crisis, has offered his own views on why the financial crisis happened and why Lehman was such a great business.
New research compiled by ICAEW has found that businesses in the UK are increasingly “sitting on cash surpluses” and waiting for confidence to pick up before spending again.
If there was ever a sign the banking industry is still failing to operate a credible business model, it came in the form of a KPMG report which stated that Britain’s largest banks have paid 60 per cent of their profits, since 2011, in fines and repayments to customers.
