London is back open for business. As our hospitality, tourism, and retail sectors across the UK seek to make up for the last 18 months of economic uncertainty, local footfall and consumer confidence continues to climb. Despite this however, the UK is facing a tightening of our labour market. Problems with aspects of our immigration…
Boris Johnson said in his speech at the Tory Party conference today that the country is going to “head into a new direction.” Johnson told the conference that the government… The post Johnson’s ‘vision does not match the current lived realities of small businesses and sole traders’ appeared first on London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com.
The Prime Minister has said on Tuesday that there is “no alternative” to the labour shortages in the UK and denied that there is a crisis in the country. Boris… The post Johnson accused of being so ‘out of touch he can’t see a crisis when its staring him in his face’ appeared first on…
The Prime Minister has defended the government’s decision to cut the £20 universal credit cut and said that companies should pay higher wages. Boris Johnson argued that the taxpayer should… The post Companies should pay higher wages as Prime Minister defends £20 universal credit cut appeared first on London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com.
Liz Truss has given her first speech since being promoted to the Foreign Secretary at the Tory Party conference in Manchester. Truss who secured 68 trade deals when she was… The post Liz Truss vows to create a ‘competitive, more confident’ Britain after securing billions in trade deals appeared first on London Business News |…
The Prime Minister is cut the £20 Universal Credit from this Wednesday and he has been accused of “abandoning millions to hunger and hardship.” Soaring energy bills, food prices are… The post Boris is ‘abandoning millions to hunger and hardship with his eyes wide open’ as £20 universal credit to be scrapped appeared first on…
“Small businesses want to turn the page after a torrid 18 months”, the UK’s largest business group has told the Chancellor in its Autumn Budget submission, but they are being… The post ‘Step up to the plate’ firms urge government, as they publish Budget asks ahead of Conference appeared first on London Business News |…
Today’s ending of the UK furlough scheme is a litmus test for the economic and employment state of the nation and an opportunity for business owners to help move the… The post End of furlough is a new opportunity for UK small businesses, advises UKBF appeared first on London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com.
The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is set to end today. The scheme, which supported the wages of one-third of workers at its height, is estimated to have cost around £70 billion. A wave of redundancies and a corresponding increase in unemployment is now likely. However recent ONS data has shown some sectors in recovery,…
The government is expected to announce temporary measures, such as short-term work visas, to allow foreign HGV drivers to work in the UK. The UK currently has a shortage of over 100,000 drivers, slowing down the delivery of essentials such as food and petrol. The Office for National Statistics has said that millions are facing…
