Items tagged "Finance"
Sharp fall in shop prices
Non-food prices have fallen at their fastest rate in two years, new figures have shown. The British Retail Consortium (BRC's) Shop Price Index showed that retailer prices fell 2.0% last month -...
Interest rate cut to 1.5%
The Bank of England (BoE) has cut the Bank interest rate to 1.5% - the lowest level in over 300 years. The bank's Monetary Policy Committee cut rates by 0.5%, marking the fourth successive...
'Cut interest rate to 1%' says business group
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has called for bank chiefs to cut interest rates by a percentage point. The business group, which issued a gloomy economic forecast last week, urged the...
Half-a-million small firms 'closed for Christmas fortnight'
Around 10% of the UK's small businesses have closed for a full two weeks over the Christmas period, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said. A survey of FSB members suggests that some...
'Government loans' for businesses in New Year
'Government loans' for businesses in New Year Struggling businesses may be set to benefit from a Government 'match funding' scheme to begin in the New Year. Firms which apply for bank loans will...
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