Latest Stories All Stories

Business
Sky News
Ex-Aviva and British Gas exec Hodges to spearhead Marwyn vehicle
A former top executive at Aviva and British Gas will this week be appointed to spearhead the latest takeover quest of Marwyn, one of the London market’s most prolific creators of listed acquisition vehicles.Sky News has learnt that Mark Hodges, who has run some of the biggest companies in the British insurance industry, will be …
Business
Sky News
Rail union boss predicts strikes will spread to more sectors
Britain is facing a summer of discontent with more workers set to be balloted on strike action, a union chief has warned, as a series of walkouts is set to cripple the rail network.RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has predicted industrial action could spread to other services, arguing that “people can’t take it anymore”. Unions …
Business
Business Live
Investment body helps bring 1,400 new jobs to Newcastle and Gateshead
An organisation set up to attract investment to Newcastle and Gateshead says it has supported the creation and safeguarding of more than 1,700 jobs in the last year. Invest Newcastle said that 29 new businesses and 11 existing businesses chose to invest, locate or expand their operations in Newcastle and Gateshead between April last year …
Business
Business Live
North East manufacturer ENTEK International reports buoyant sales amid European demand
A North Tyneside firm that makes critical components for the automotive industry has seen stronger sales driven by demand from the European Union. ENTEK International Limited, which operates from Killingworth’s Camperdown Industrial Estates, says turnover grew to £44.4m last year, up from £40.8m, as high sales values provided a boost. In accounts filed at Companies …
Business
Business Live
Fighting fit: Breweries return in force as Liverpool Craft Beer Expo showcases UK beer industry
It was a tough pandemic for breweries – but if Liverpool Craft Beer Expo was anything to go by, then things are starting to look up. Drinkers have been pouring into Liverpool’s Black Lodge Brewery this weekend for this year’s festival, which showcased drinks from breweries across the UK and as far afield as Ukraine. …
Business
Sky News
PwC UK partners to toast six-figure windfall from $2.2bn mobility sale
Hundreds of UK-based executives at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are to receive one-off six-figure windfalls from the sale of the global accountancy giant’s mobility services arm.Sky News has learnt that the firm’s 950 partners in Britain will be handed an average of just over £100,000 each following a $2.2bn deal with the private equity firm Clayton Dubilier …
Business
Sky News
Britons cannot expect pay rises to keep up with cost of living, Treasury warns
Britons cannot expect pay rises to keep up with the soaring cost of living, the government has warned.Treasury Chief Secretary Simon Clarke has said matching salaries to inflation risked causing prices in the shops to surge even higher. His intervention comes as more than 40,000 staff prepare for a three-day strike that will cripple large …
Business
Business Live
Clean energy firm secures planning permission for Somerset solar farm
Renewable energy firm Enviromena has secured planning permission for a solar farm on a 90-acre site in Somerset. The company said when the project in Horsey near Bridgwater is fully operational it could produce enough energy to power around 9,750 average-sized homes a year, and offset approximately 6,500 tonnes of carbon emissions. The structure, which …
Business
Business Live
ADVERTORIAL: Eddie Stobart starts new sustainable journey with Engenera Renewables
Leading road haulage company, Eddie Stobart, has begun a new journey towards a greener, low carbon and cost-efficient future by teaming up with one of the UK’s leading renewable energy companies: Engenera Renewables Group. Eddie Stobart is one of the UK’s best-known names within the supply chain sector. Initially formed in 1970 by its eponymous …
Business
Business Live
We need to maximise entrepreneurship in the Welsh university sector – here’s how
Last week, the Higher Education Statistics Agency released the results of their latest business and community interaction survey (HEBCIS). This examines the interactions between UK higher education providers and business and the wider community and measures areas such as intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, design rights, trade secrets and patents), regeneration programmes and continuous professional development. …
Business
Business Live
South West tech firms offered free support to scale overseas
The programme, delivered by trade body Tech South West alongside global finance firm RSM and Department for International Trade will offer insight to on how to break into the US market. A new business support programme has launched to support South West tech companies to scale overseas. The free GO Global programme is being delivered …
Business
Business Live
Northern Ireland business tells UK and EU to resolve their differences, urgently
An umbrella group representing the bulk of businesses in Northern Ireland has said the latest standoff between the UK and European Union is a “matter of deep regret” and called for urgent talks between the two governing bodies. In a carefully worded statement, the Northern Ireland Business Brexit Working Group (NIBBWG) said that both businesses …

BusinessAT

Bringing you the latest stories from around the world

Editorial: [email protected]

Social Media:

General

Resources