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Business in London are significantly less confident about the economy compared with the rest of the UK.
When asked whether membership of the European Union was good for business, 60 per cent of financial director and CFO respondents voted in favour of maintaining the current situation.
Boardrooms are the places decisions get made, deals hammered out and careers often made. However, the behaviour and macho nature of some in this environment can often be toxic to business development.
Ahead of the 2015 general election, Real Business rounded up a handful of entrepreneurs and executives to discuss the issues small businesses face from the government, and the changes they would like to see by the next party in power.
Much has been said of the impact from European deflation, the introduction of quantitative easing and the spectre of another continental recession – but how does this impact you as a business leader or owner-manager
Online ticket sales platform Trainline has outlined plans to join the London Stock Exchange and raise £75m in the process.
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 Christmas Eve, City Link went into administration, with private equity firm Better Capital founder John Moulton stating: “We chased every possible way to save this company." And although he seems to regret the timing of the announcement, he explained that “trading while insolvent was a criminal offence”.
There are only two more "windows" to open on our Christmas Countdown advent offering, with today's featuring a Dragons' Den scandal and biggest business collapses of 2014.
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