Beeks: Financial cloud firm swings to profit amid ‘stronger than ever’ demand October 7, 2024 Scottish financial cloud computing firm Beeks has swung to an annual profit as it reported "stronger than ever" demand for its products.
Hollyoaks maker comes down from US high October 7, 2024 Turnover at the maker of Hollyoaks, The Only Way is Essex and Geordie Shore fell back to expected levels in 2023 after experiencing a spike in the prior year. Liverpool-headquartered Lime Pictures has reported a turnover of £65.2m for 2023 after its sales surged to £100.9m in 2022. The rise in 2022 came after the [...]
UK house prices rise for third straight month ahead of Budget October 7, 2024 House prices rose for the third consecutive month in September, taking the average price of a property to the highest level in more than two years. House prices increased by 0.3 per cent month on month in September, and 4.7 per cent year on year. The average property now costs £293,399 – compared to £292,540 [...]
EY calls for more support for female founded businesses October 7, 2024 The UK economy risks jeopardising a £7bn contribution from female-founded companies unless there is stronger support for rising women entrepreneurs, a new EY report has warned. The report identified over 240 female-founded and led UK businesses with revenues between £20m and £50m that could grow into so-called ‘superscalers’ with the right resources and backing. It [...]
The Independent’s profit soars after TV and US growth October 7, 2024 British online news site The Independent has seen profits soar on the back of its success in TV and US expansion, lining it up for double-digit revenue growth in 2024. In its financial year 2023, operating profit shot up by 82 per cent to £3.5m, from £1.9m the previous year, despite flat annual revenue at [...]
It wasn’t supposed to be this way, was it? October 7, 2024 Kremlinology is an old Cold War concept referring to the study of key individuals high up in the Soviet government. Who was in favour, who hadn’t been seen in a while, who was winning power struggles and who had been shot; Western analysts devoured such intelligence in an effort to understand who was actually in [...]
Retail bosses urge Chancellor to reform business rates to boost growth October 7, 2024 The letter, co-ordinated by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), argued the retail industry paid 7.4 per cent of all business taxes when it only made up five per cent of the overall economy.
Here’s what the government should do to fix business rates October 7, 2024 Businesses are calling for certainty. What they don’t need is a knee-jerk reaction on business rates from the government, writes David Jones
Fears grow about Labour’s private school VAT raid October 6, 2024 According to analysis published by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) last week, there was a 1.7 per cent drop in the number of children attending private school in the last year.
Hatton completes hat-trick of Alfred Dunhill wins at St Andrews October 6, 2024 England’s Tyrrell Hatton survived a late stumble to win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship for a record third time at St Andrews. Hatton, who equalled the course record at the same venue with a 61 on Saturday, birdied the 18th to card a closing 70 and finish 24 under par, a shot ahead of Belgium’s [...]