As the political fallout from Brexit rumbles on, Vistage’s latest confidence survey of UK SME leaders reveals that confidence is at its lowest point since its measurement began. At 97.9, this quarter’s confidence score is more than 5.6 points lower than the previous quarter, according to the Vistage CEO Confidence Index.
Following a period of significant expansion, global energy and rail specialist, Samuel Knight International has welcomed three new hires to meet the firm’s ambitious growth plans.
A partnership between Your Baby Club, the UK’s fastest growing online community of new mums, and the world’s largest universal gifting platform, US-based MyRegistry, is set to bring premier baby wish list services to UK parents-to-be.
London based, on-demand professional services platform startup MeasureMatch has welcomed Jeff McGeachie as Chief Legal Officer to its growing team. Jeff will also join the MeasureMatch Board of Directors and will be instrumental in driving forward the company’s next stage of strategic growth.
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British technology start-up McLEAR, has launched the McLEAR Smart Ring, a small, light-weight device which allows you to make payments by simply tapping your hand. Gone are the days of rummaging in pockets and wallets for bank cards or phones, people can now make a quick and seamless transaction by placing their hand over a payment terminal whenever they see the contactless symbol anywhere in the world.
British businesses risk focussing too much on short-term hires by sticking to traditional recruitment evaluation criteria. According to a Cornerstone OnDemand and IDC survey of over 1,900 European HR, IT and line of business managers, meeting job requirements (57 percent) and education (41 percent) top the recruitment criteria for British businesses.
ToolsGroup and its Greek partner THellas announced today that Dixons South East Europe (SEE) has gone live with ToolsGroup SO99+ software to automate its omnichannel supply chain planning and transform from a supply-driven to demand-driven model.
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the UK recorded a 17-year high for car manufacturing in March 2017. There were more than 170,691 vehicles produced throughout that month at plants based in the UK, which was up by 7.3% compared to March 2016.
The January 2019 editions of the Euro-Data Centre and the UK-Data Centre Trends Trackers published by datacentrepricing.com highlights that UK average pricing remains more expensive than the other large markets of Germany, France and the Netherlands.
Brits are planning to become more savvy with their saving in 2019, according to the latest research from Paymentsense. The study* reveals that over half (56%) of UK consumers are planning or considering cutting their spending over the coming year. Survey respondents expect to save an average of £131 a month, or £1572 over 2019.
At the end of last year, the NFU published its Diversification Report
