UK Business News

FirstGroup the UK’s largest rail and bus operator has announced one of the biggest orders that British transport has ever witnessed, at a time when escalating fuel prices are threatening to drive many motorists off the road.
The announcement of a £160m order for more than 955 buses over 2 years, comes as fuel prices across [...]

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Promises by government after government to reduce the red tape and bureaucracy involved in running a small business has failed to materialise down the years, providing yet another headache for business owners who could better spend the time making sales.
Today, Vaultium warn SME owners could risk heavy fines as well as disruption, if they fail [...]

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The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply have released figures suggesting that factory output in the UK during January 2011 was at its highest since records began in 1992.
According to the report the institutes manufacturing index rose from 58.7 in December 2010 to 62 in January, the twentieth month of expansion in the sector.
Strong demand [...]

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Hamilton Bradshaw Human Capital, the recruitment company owned by BBC Dragon’s Den star James Caan, has been announced as the fastest growing company in the recruitment sector in The Top 50 Global Report published by leading trade title Recruitment International.
The company was established four years ago by Chairman and co-founder Caan along with Managing [...]

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Despite the weather doing its best to keep us away from the high street, the retail sector is still holding its own in the run up to Christmas, but our attitudes as purchasers are changing rapidly and the lure of online shopping from the comfort of our own homes is proving too much to resist.
A [...]

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