Does our talent-free Chancellor not understand that reducing the rate prices are going up does not reduce the pressure, but simply slows the increase?We are surprised that the major news channels are saying this tiny drop in inflation 'eases the pressure' on Rachel Reeves. As the architect of economic policies that are dampening down inve...

Well it was hardly a surprise listening to Rachel, 'the grim reaper' Reeves present her budget as most of the changes had, as is the norm these days, been leaked already. We have heard many commentators bemoaning the effect this budget will have not just on business but also, somewhat bizarrely on workers – the same group that Labour had promi...

Whatever your politics are, the fact is that the economy is facing an uphill struggle as consumers are concerned over rising prices and the anticipated tax squeeze in the October budget. We all know that falling demand and rising costs are guaranteed to damage a business, but how quickly do company directors react? In our experience the most common...

It is easy in a business to concentrate on turnover, often to the detriment of profit margins.This can lead to issues including overtrading and cash-flow insolvency. The growth of a business should be planned, with appropriate resources applied to the exercise and within the financial constraints within the business, or with appropriate financ...

The insolvency of a client or customer is often the cause of a business struggling with its own debts to also fail. The knee-jerk reaction is to divert resources to manage your own creditors, detracting from what your business should be doing, which is seeking new business and servicing existing customers. A reactive approach, often cutting co...

Financial products are a reality of doing business, however business owners and managers often simply rely upon their bankers to provide them the services within their own offering, rather than what is necessarily the right product for a business' needs.It is not quite the days of only being offered an expensive overdraft, but, ...

Sadly Andrew Bailey still doesn't get it. Having raised rates again on 11 May UK Plc and households across the country will be looking at ways to cut their costs even further. He expects the population to ignore rising costs and not demand increased wages to meet those costs.He is now stating that we are seeing wage price pressure on inflation. Wha...