Recently relaunched in the credit industry, Manchester-based Hoist Finance UK has been reborn as a ‘new’ business with a clear mandate to buy consumer debt. Hoist Finance is a familiar name with an ...

As the Chancellor prepares her Spring Statement amid ongoing concerns over the rate of inflation, there are suggestions that a third of businesses are planning to implement price increases to help ...

Entrepreneurs made £182.7 billion from selling their businesses in the past five years, according to latest HMRC data. It shows that last year’s figure was £33.5bn in the last year alone, down ...

Finance and Fintech are the sectors most likely to consider adopting a four-day week, according to data which suggests more than… ...

Lloyds Banking Group is to close a further 136 branches by March next year, following data that shows customers are increasingly using digital channels for everyday transactions. The bank says face-to ...

The 2025 line-up of the UK’s 100 most dynamic female entrepreneurs has been announced by Small Business Britain as part of its f:Entrepreneur #iAlso100 campaign. Sponsors say it is designed to shine a ...

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Sole traders and those running the smallest businesses spend less than half of their working week doing what they are supposed… ...

Sole traders and those running the smallest businesses spend less than half of their working week doing what they are supposed… ...

The finance gap faced by ambitious and fundable small businesses is set to narrow thanks to two new programmes announced by the British Business Bank, Responsible Finance and JPMorganChase. All three ...

The number of women holding executive directorships on FTSE-250 boards has fallen in the past two years, a drop of 11… The number of women holding executive directorships on FTSE-250 boards has fallen ...

London Stock Exchange (LSE), which can trace its heritage to the coffee houses of the 17th century, is failing. The volume of shares traded is sharply declining, and some UK companies are swiftly ...