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The teams were tasked with selling to the Over 50's this week
Young Apprentice - Week Four Appraisal Week Four of this year’s Young Apprentice tasked the budding entrepreneurs with another difficult few days, in which candidates had to select and sell innovative products to the over 50’s at a retail…
Hauliers already pay much more for fuel in the UK than their EU counterparts do
Duty freeze essential to help economic growth, reports RHA Further increases in the amount of duty added to the price of diesel cannot be afforded and will strangle UK industry, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has reported, ahead of the fuel price debate…
Recruiters are increasingly hanging fire to see how the economy progresses
Jobs market on brink The UK’s labour market is facing an impending contraction, as businesses look to delay the recruitment of new staff, a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has…
The Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates was unsurpising to most
UK interest rates stay static at 0.5% UK interest rates were held at the record low of 0.5% again, a rate which has stayed the same since March 2009, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) confirmed yesterday. The…
Snow and ice can really inhibit small businesses' profitability over winter
Businesses advised to plan for winter Businesses up and down the UK are being urged to prepare contingency plans and measures for the impacts of a cold winter, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) announced yesterday. With winter already…