Pip Edwards reveals the toll COVID-19 has taken on her business

‘Managing it is quite a headache’: P.E. Nation co-founder Pip Edwards reveals the toll that COVID-19 has taken on her business following ‘split’ with rumoured fling Michael Clarke By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 03:57 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 03:57 BST, 18 April 2020 P.E. Nation co-founder Pip Edwards has opened up about … Read more

Millionaires offer to pay for a van and provide £10,000 for a skint mother-of-two’s business

On this week’s episode of Channel 5’s Rich House, Poor House, two millionaires are so touched by the story of a skint mother-of-two that they decide to help finance her business.  Best friends Matt Haycocks and Dan Buck, who live in the same luxury building in Leeds, decided to provide £10,000 and a van for … Read more

What went wrong for a £425m fund designed to fund a new wave of business banks

Attempts to use taxpayer money to fund a new wave of business challenger banks were dealt another blow a fortnight ago as Nationwide Building Society announced it was scrapping a move into SME lending. Britain’s largest mutual is the latest to hand back money it was given to expand its business proposition after Metro Bank … Read more

MAFS couple swappers KC Osborne and Michael Goonan catch a private jet to Sydney for a business trip

Married At First Sight’s KC Osborne and Michael Goonan have been spending a lot of time together in Melbourne, where he works.  But on Wednesday, the 29-year-old company director and the 31-year-old dance instructor caught a private jet to Sydney for a business trip.  The couple looked smitten with each other as they shared a few … Read more

Diary of a business on the brink: Mother fights to save her company 

 It is nearly a month since the Government turned the key on a nationwide lockdown — changing the world, almost overnight, for businesses across the UK. Despite being promised support packages, many small businesses fear they will not survive.  Figures this week revealed that banks have given vital loans to only 5,000 British firms — … Read more

Mike Ashley urges Government to reform business rates system

Mike Ashley urges Government to reform business rates system and ease turmoil on the High Street By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:37 BST, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 14 January 2020 Mike Ashley’s retail group has urged the Government to reform the business rates system Mike Ashley’s retail group has … Read more

Climate risks put at top of Davos agenda – but business leaders still fly in

Climate risks put at top of Davos agenda… as the global elite fly in on their private jets! By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 BST, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 15 January 2020 The World Economic Forum has urged business leaders to step into the void left by governments in … Read more

Government’s business support help not enough to bring steel industry back from brink of collapse

Government’s business support help not enough to bring steel industry back from brink of collapse By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 8 April 2020 The Government’s business support help will still not be enough to bring the steel industry back from the brink of … Read more

Firms struggling to secure emergency Covid business loans

Struggling firms applying for Covid business loans ‘eight times more likely to be rejected than approved’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:57 BST, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 23:15 BST, 7 April 2020 Struggling firms which applied to their bank for an emergency business loan last week were eight times more likely … Read more

Business owners start issuing face masks to their employees

Businesses have begun issuing staff with face masks as pressure grows on the government to change its policy on them.  Advice from Public Health England and the World Health Organisation currently states that face masks are not an effective way to protect against the virus.   However countries like Austria and Slovenia have demanded citizens wear … Read more