Time is running out for businesses who operate in the consumer credit industry to make the switch from their old Office of Fair Trading (OFT) license to the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) interim permission. The handover from the OFT to the FCA (the...
It’s good news for the British public. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) lobby group has said that it believes the UK economy to return to the pre-recession peak by summer of this year. It claims that by April, the GDP will rise to the level of the start of...
Last month, the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) released a statement claiming that the business lending channels were “damaged”, amidst reports that the net business lending fell by almost £2bn in December 2013, and drew stark comparison to the...
The UK’s small and medium businesses are expected to benefit after the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) has been extended to help aid business in 2014. The FLS has seen a successful eighteen months since its launch in July 2012, and has...
At Johnson Reed, we are always active in the business and social marketing fields. After all, networking in the right quarters can be the source of much needed new contacts and business wins. So we’re pleased to report that we have recently teamed up with two...
There are in the region of 20 million micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Economic Area. They are all recognised as being a major source of employment and innovation, and their collective contribution to a country’s GDP cannot be underestimated....
