Creditsafe research revealed the most searched for companies of 2014. Surprisingly, this cohort was led by Travis Perkins, Britain’s biggest builders’ merchant.
In June 2014, the Chancellor George Osborne set out plans to make a “Northern powerhouse”. This was in part due to the latest Autumn Statement revealing that employment in the three months to September in northern regions increased by 2.6 per cent, 0.3 per cent higher than the national average. This spoke volumes about the north being one of the centres driving economic growth.
On the remote Fiji island of Vorovoro few job opportunities exist, but chief Tui Mali has constantly foretold that “one day the world will come”. And now, the island dependant on fishing and farming and where poverty is high is about to become an unlikely start-up hub.
It's long been told that luxury good retailers will emerge as the most active and expansive retail sector. And despite the global economic slowdown, they have continued to do just that - albeit at a much slower pace. On average, such retailers operate in 25 countries and 50 cities worldwide, giving them the biggest global presence of retail sectors. But one country continues to stand apart from the rest as a major target: China.
Many film buffs have been looking forward to 2015, trying to figure out how much director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Bob Gale got right in 'Back to the Future II'. That's right, this is the year Mart McFly time-travels to, and it's astonishing how many of their predictions hit the mark. However, die-hard fans were let down when some of the more notable gadgets had yet to be made.
The latest edition of Cebr Global’s World Economic League Table (WELT) for 2015, which is set to track different economies over the next ten years in order to forecast future change in 2030, has seen Britain rise to become Europe's top economy.
Real Business took a look at the performance of the UK market in previous six election years, and the events which shaped those market movements.
CFOs see a growing divide between good UK fundamentals on the one hand and concerns about UK politics and external macro risks on the other. This was the message passed down in Deloitte's fourth quarter survey of UK CFOs.
For the first time since 2008's financial crisis, investment in shopping centres across the UK has soared.
The headlines say it all. “Blue-chip stocks are on course for their first losing year since the 2011 eurozone crisis.” This has confused experts, who had predicted a record-breaking year.
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