UK Business News

On a day like today with flood, storm and tempest all about us, it’s a good time to consider
 disaster recovery plans
Disaster Recovery Planning, Business Continuity Planning, Business Resumption Planning
 - call it what you will, one in five UK businesses have no detailed plans in place with which
to maintain business normality in the event of disaster, [...]

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The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [NDA], currently with its hands full shutting off and making safe all but two of the UK’s eighteen nuclear sites, has now fully entered the fray concerning their redevelopment.
In January, Business secretary John Hutton invited the energy industry to propose the future of Nuclear power generation in the UK; apparently “interest [...]

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The Business Council for Britain, Gordon Brown’s forum of 16 captains of industry, has set out its stall as apolitical and with no ambition in that direction. 
Chairman of the group, Mervyn Davies – also Standard Chartered’s chair – feels the diametric opposition that exists in Westminster adds no value to their mission.
The council was set [...]

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With the minimum wage set to rise by 3.8% in October, concerns abound for those already being denied the legal minimum by unscrupulous employers.
18-21 year-olds will receive £4.77, up from £4.60 with 16-17 year-olds getting an extra 13p on their current rate of £3.40. The full rate will increase from £5.52 to £5.73 per hour.
Those [...]

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Owners of start-up firms prefer to talk to their banks when it comes to professional advice, rather than government’s dedicated SME support service, Business Link.
This is the government’s own admission: Just 5% of entrepreneurs feel the need for Business Link’s advice whilst 16% head for their financiers. This from a poll of 10,000 small businesses, carried out [...]

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