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Almost one in four SMEs see political uncertainty as one of the biggest obstacles facing their business, according to a major survey of over 4,500 small firms. The latest BVA BDRC SME Finance Monitor has found that 24 percent of SMEs now see political uncertainty as a major barrier to their business going forward, up…
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Large companies will have to report on their payment practices every year in the first step of a crackdown to end small businesses being paid late, the Chancellor has announced as part of the Government’s spring statement. Philip Hammond said the Government will require companies to review their payment practices through their audit committees, with…
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Dun & Bradstreet’s 2019 Compliance and Procurement Sentiment report finds that confidence around the effectiveness to prevent fraud, manage regulation & Brexit-related change and identify environmental, social and governance concerns (ESG) has dropped. The findings show that confidence in the current effectiveness of compliance and procurement decision makers is down 7% since June 2018, with…
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The UK’s thriving creative industries are being undermined by late payments. Findings from business finance company MarketInvoice reveal that 48% of businesses in the creative industries were paid late in 2018. Businesses that make up the creative industry are typically smaller companies (usually agencies and consultancies) that provide services to a range of sectors from…
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The Treasury Committee has published a unanimously-agreed Report on Economic Crime – Anti-money laundering supervision and sanctions implementation. The report outlines that: More precise estimate of the scale of economic crime in the UK needed Government should review the UK’s anti-money laundering supervision more frequently UK shouldn’t compromise in the fight against economic crime to…
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The Government are not acting quickly enough to introduce a tougher regime to tackle larger companies who enforce long payment terms or pay their suppliers late, says Rachel Reeves MP, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee as she commented on the Government’s response to the BEIS Committee Small businesses and productivity report. The BEIS Committee report,…
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Boards at some of the UK’s biggest companies still don’t fully understand the potential impact of a cyber attack according to a new report. The Government’s Cyber Governance Health Check looks at the approach the UK’s FTSE 350 companies take for cyber security. The 2018 report published today shows that less than a fifth (16%)…
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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the Government to help arrest a continued slump in small business optimism at next week’s Spring Statement. Published today, data from FSB’s latest quarterly SBI shows confidence among smaller firms remains negative in Q1 2019 (-5.0), down from +6.0 in the same period last year. This marks…
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The European Parliament has published a new report on Late Payments. The report, drafted by Member of the European Parliament Lara Comi, is based on statistics from European credit management specialist Intrum’s European Payment Report 2018, and takes into account important findings of the yearly study. In response to the new report Intrum has said…
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Administration notices have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 786 MAGAN CAREHOMES PRIVATE LTD A1 ALPHA PROPERTIES (LEICESTER) LTD ACROBAT CARBON SERVICES LTD AIRHOP LTD ALDD LTD ALFORM EXTRUSIONS LTD ALL LIQUID DRINKS DISPENSE LTD AREMCO INDUSTRIES LTD ASTRACAST INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD ATTERBURY UK LTD AVARA AVLON PHARMA SERVICES LTD…
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Creditors Voluntary Winding-Up – Appointment of Liquidators notices have been issued in the London Gazette for the following companies: 00585778 LTD 15 OCEAN HEIGHTS LTD 29K ADVISERS S2P2 LTD 3L ITALIA EEIG 400 LEA BRIDGE ROAD LTD A S BANWAIT SERVICES LTD A.N RISK SOLUTIONS LTD ABINGCROSS LTD ABODE NEWCO LTD ACCUMULI (HOLDINGS) LTD ACCUMULI LTD…
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Winding up Petitions (Companies) have been issued and advertised in the London Gazette for the following companies: 008 IMPORTS LTD 3 AD 3 LTD 7 WIRE ELECTRICAL LTD ABACUS MICRO LTD ABOUT THE HOUSE ROOFING LTD ACTIVE DEMOLITION SERVICES LTD ADN TRANSPORT LTD AFFILIATETRACTION UK LTD ALBERO BUILDERS LTD ALLSCAFF (SW) LTD ANOTECH (LEICESTER) LTD…
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Coface has shared its vision of the major trends in the world economy in 2019 with businesses at its annual conference. Coface says that an increasing number of pitfalls, such as escalating political risk, the high volatility of commodity prices, and supply constraints, began to slow world growth in late 2018 and cast a shadow…
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