UK business confidence improved in August after Brexit vote slump
Business confidence in the UK improved in August after slumping following the Brexit vote in June, according to the YouGov/Cebr UK Economic Index.
Firms in the...
Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons coming to the UK next year
Tim Hortons, an iconic Canadian restaurant chain known for its for coffee and doughnuts, will begin expanding in England, Scotland and Wales next year.
Restaurant...
Fast-growing SMEs want continued access to EU single market and workforce post-Brexit
Fast-growing SMEs overwhelmingly want the UK government to push for continued access to the European Single Market in forthcoming Brexit talks with the European...
Apple ordered by the EU to pay €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes
Apple has been ordered by the European Commission to pay up to €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes. The comission found the tech giant guilty...
Nutanix acquires PernixData and Calm.io to boost its cloud offerings
As part of an effort to boost its cloud computing offerings Nutanix has acquired PernixData, a provider of scale-out data acceleration and analytics, and...
Foreign investment in the UK soared to 2,213 projects in the year to April...
Foreign investment in Britain soared to a record 2,213 projects for the year to April 2016, up 11% on the previous year.
Data from the...
‘Cooking the books’ more likely when external control is more stringent
Often, the reaction that companies and regulatory bodies have when top managers are discovered cooking the books or committing financial fraud is to impose...
Brexit must be punished or EU goes down the drain
Brexit must be punished, otherwise the EU will go down the drain, says Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s Economy Minister. If the UK’s exit from the...
Average UK household will pay £826,030 in tax over a lifetime
Over a lifetime, an average UK household will pay £826,030 in direct and indirect taxes (in 2014-15 prices), a rise of 2.7 per cent...
German vice-chancellor warns EU could “go down the drain” because of Brexit
The German vice-chancellor warned that the European Union would go down the drain if Brexit isn't handled carefully.
Sigman Gabriel said that the bloc's future...