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Tag: Spending

Royal Wedding: Brits could spend half a billion pounds celebrating this weekend

May 18, 2018

By Fred Heritage

People across the UK are expected to spend half a billion pounds celebrating the Royal Wedding this weekend, with 1.6m SMEs intending to cash in on the festivities.

What are your daily spending habits costing you?

April 10, 2018

By Staff writer

Everyday expenditures can become such the norm that we hardly notice what we are spending. Want to accelerate your saving” Try these simple tricks from”CEO at Scottish Trust Deed, David Baddeley.

July 2017 economic statistics: All the figures SMEs need to know

August 1, 2017

By Shane Schutte

As was suggested by Mariano Mamertino, EMEA economist of Indeed: Britain’s employment picture is starting to look more anomaly than achievement.” We unveil further details on the issue in our July 2017 economic statistics roundup.

Uncertainty remains high but FDs now more optimistic about financial prospects

June 5, 2017

By Shane Schutte

Canvassing the views of 1,580 CFOs and FDs across 19 European countries, Deloitte found UK businesses to be more optimistic when compared to the months after the referendum vote.

Brits rack up an eye-watering sum on lunch over their working lives

January 13, 2017

By Zen Terrelonge

Over the course of their working lives, Brits spend so much money on lunch that they may want to start making time for packing cheese and cucumber sarnies before leaving the house each day.

UK Christmas spending to hit record ?77.56bn in 2016

November 24, 2016

By Zen Terrelonge

A Europe-wide study of seasonal shopping has found that UK Christmas spending will lead the continent to hit a record ?77.56bn this year.

Social enterprise boosted by traditional firms” insatiable appetite for profit

October 12, 2016

By Shane Schutte

The social economy is on the rise, and YouGov revealed how the nation believes it’s all because companies have started getting a bit greedier.

Top tips for 2016 from The Apprentice winner Mark Wright

January 4, 2016

By Shane Schutte

Mark Wright, winner of The Apprentice 2014 and CEO of digital marketing agency, Climb Online, reflects on his first year in business with Lord Sugar, and shares some top tips for new winner, Joseph Valente, and business startups in 2016.

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