Get that bread: Baking giant picked up in yet another London take-private September 20, 2023 Finsbury Food Group, the baker behind a raft of own-brand supermarket products and the maker of Thornton's cakes, is set to go private after accepting a bid from an Isle of Man-based fund manager.
‘Higher costs, poorer services’: London business chief slams Whitehall failings September 20, 2023 The boss of an influential London lobby group has said a "British disease of short-termism" is holding the capital's economy back
Pay growth slows again even as public sector awards hit record annual levels September 20, 2023 "This month’s data reinforces the XpertHR view that we have reached the peak of higher pay awards, and for the remainder of the year we can expect settlements and increases in pay to slowly begin to fall," Sheila Attwood, XpertHR senior content manager, said.
How Brits (and businesses) fell in love with the humble retail park September 20, 2023 On the outskirts of every bustling town and city lies the reliable, yet boring, retail park. But, as dull as they may be, retail parks are having their moment in the sun.
Pension market needs ‘culture change’ to unlock startup investment, Phoenix boss warns September 20, 2023 The pension market needs a “culture change” if waves of cash are to be unleashed into the country’s start-ups, the boss of Phoenix has said.
The Notebook: Neil Bennett on why the ONS needs a shake-up, why the CBI’s future is shaky once more, and a new history of the Barclay Brothers September 20, 2023 The ONS is in need of a shake-up When I became a CEO some 13 years ago, I was taught one rule very quickly; hit your forecasts. Boards and bosses can be quite forgiving on many fronts, but if you don’t deliver the numbers without a really good reason, it quickly becomes a career terminating [...]
Our economy is embarrassingly slow but low growth is not an inevitability September 20, 2023 We can't keep being surprised when we fall into traps keeping growth down, and trying to reform it with 'pay as you go' policy making which only ever tries to tweak the edges, writes Lucy Harris.
Starmer’s pre-election plan? Dance a gentle waltz with the media September 20, 2023 After the years of bitter angst between Jeremy Corbyn and the media, Starmer is trying for a cautious courtship, writes Simon Neville.
Rush hour pricing in pubs will kill off the customer loyalty businesses badly need September 20, 2023 Charging an extra 20p at rush hour might reel in a bit of extra cash, but it will kill of the loyalty people have for their local pub, writes Paul Ormerod.
The debanking debacle deserves proper parliamentary scrutiny September 20, 2023 There were some, when Nigel Farage was debanked by Coutts, who found the whole thing rather amusing. Those people, typically, were no fans of the Brexiteer-in-chief; how they chortled when the BBC broke the news that Farage was taken off the books as a result of his finances. Of course we know now that was [...]
