Recent announcements by the chancellor have put Manchester’s economy in the spotlight. But compared to the Autumn Statement, there wasn’t much for Greater Manchester other than news it will keep 100 per cent of additional business rates.
By Keith Morgan
British Business Bank CEO Keith Morgan makes his argument for funding growth through equity investment, and goes through the various partners the organisation is partnering with to make access easier.
This week I’m going to battle for apprenticeships – as the future of a number of industries, including my own, is at stake.
In late 2014, Love Home Swap founder Debbie Wosskow wrote a sharing economy report for the government and detailed 30 key recommendations to help the British industry grow and achieve success. One of those was to introduce a trade body to regulate and support the sector, thus the Sharing Economy UK has officially launched in Westminster as of 6 March, with Airbnb, Tech City and other organisations signed up as partners.
By Barry James
With the support Barry James has had in the past often killing the business-line, product or project it was intended to help, he argues that it’s time to put entrepreneurs at the centre of whatever is done in the future.
New research from the UK government has revealed that 39 per cent of of would-be entrepreneurs across the country consider starting a business each day, but fear is a big problem.
One of the biggest threats to a business is complacency. We’ve all just escaped from a deep and devastating recession and the economy is heading in the right direction, but none of us can afford to stand still.
Virgin Media is to pump £3bn into internet infrastructure in what is being called the single largest investment in the space for more than a decade.
“The excellence of our scientists and engineers has established the UK as a pioneer in the development of driverless vehicles through pilot projects,” Vince Cable said in 2014. Since then we’ve all been waiting with bated breath to hear what the automative industry will be up to next, when testing will proceed and what the government’s plans truly are. And today the driverless car is not as far off as you may think.
From April, mothers will be allowed to share up to 50 weeks of their maternity leave and 37 weeks of their pay with their partners. However, analysis carried out by the TUC shows that two-fifths of working dads with a child under one would be ineligible, mainly because their partner is not in paid work.
