Save the banks! Play the new “Grabbing Gordon” game
Mobile trade-in website Fonebank has designed a satirical game in which players help our struggling Prime Minister save the banking system.
Retailers bemoan quarter day rents
Today is the first “quarter day” of 2009. That spells bad news for UK retailers: your rent payment is due. “This could be the tipping point for many businesses,” comments Malcolm Cohen, business restructuring partner at BDO Stoy Hayward.
FD watch
New finance directors have been appointed at companies such as Raven Russia, Vimetco and H&T.
Banks are failing small businesses
Despite the government’s assertions to the contrary, evidence is mounting that small business customers are being treated poorly by the UK’s banks.
The Apprentice returns!
Leave work early, order a pizza, turn off your phone: The Apprentice is back on the telly tonight.
Gordon Brown lays into banks
Speaking at a Wall Street Journal event earlier today, the Prime Minister accused bankers of operating “outside” everyday human values and displaying “avarice”.
Top ten tax year-end tips for owner-managers
The end of year tax deadline is looming. Have you done all you can to cut your bill this financial year?