New rules use government buying power against tax avoidance
New rules that will allow government departments to ban companies and individuals which take part in failed tax avoidance schemes from being awarded…
CBI appoints Stephen Gifford as Director of Economics
The CBI has appointed Stephen Gifford as Director of Economics. He was previously Chief Economist at the accountancy firm Grant Thornton and was…
February is revealed as the worst month for cash flow
Ahead of the new payment directive deadline in March, Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance has announced that the last week in February, is the worst…
Lack of growth squeezing the UK construction market
The latest total volume of construction output figures from the Office of National Statistics covering November 2012 were estimated to have been 9.8…
Cash flow protection for small businesses made simple
Euler Hermes has launched Simplicity, an easy to use, ‘off the shelf’ trade credit insurance policy that protects very small businesses from the…
Companies wound up after directors misled over insolvent status
Three connected companies that misled directors of insolvent companies by promising they could help them walk away from their responsibilities have…
Electoral Register opt-out shows continued fall in numbers
Callcredit Information Group has revealed early opt-out figures from the 2013 Electoral Register canvass that confirm a further fall in the number…
UK may avoid triple-dip recession as business confidence rises
The UK looks set to avoid a triple-dip recession, according to the latest Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW)/Grant…
Directors of Keighley debt advice firm banned for total of 12 years
Two directors of Smart Credit & Debit Limited, a debt advice firm in Keighley, have been disqualified from acting as directors for six years…
UK cardholders have £50 plus billion in unspent credit
FICO has released UK card data showing that 33 percent of credit limits are unused. Despite card issuers reducing credit limits since 2008, more…
