UK Business News

There are growing concerns over the future of two Vauxhall manufacturing plants in the UK as talks in Germany have broken down over who will buy it’s parent company GM Europe.
With two of the bidders threatening to cut jobs across Europe, car industry experts and union leaders have accused the UK Government of not doing [...]

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UK bankers and even the government should learn something from UK supermarket leader Tesco, who have announced that over 207,00 of it’s staff will be rewarded for the stores success this year, with a bonus payout of £98million being shared amongst workers who have been with the company for one year or more.
The bonus will [...]

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Small Businesses dealing with FTSE100 companies will be hoping that the Department of Business Secretary Peter Mandelson’s promise of a quicker turn around on payment will be adhered to by the larger corporations.
Many of the FTSE100 organisations  have agreed to adhere to the Prompt Payment Code, the latest initiative from the government. The Code means [...]

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The British jobs for British workers campaign has reared it’s ugly head once again resulting in  staff at Pembrokeshire gas terminal and two oil refineries in North Lincolnshire taking unofficial strike action over the use of foreign labour.
It is understood that there is an agreement in place at the Pembrokeshire gas terminal, between management and [...]

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The cash incentives offered by various governments across Europe to new car buyers has been a resounding success for the motor industry and the knock on effect is that Nissan in the UK is increasing production.
Nissan laid off 1,200 workers at it’s Sunderland plant in January, but since the scrappage schemes have been announced they [...]

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