Despite the number of unfilled job vacancies in the tech sector falling by more than a fifth in the latter months of 2022, there are still over 55,000 unfilled roles suggesting that talent shortages are still plaguing the sector. That’s ...
The Chancellor’s reforms to Research and Development (R&D) tax reliefs take effect today, including an increase in the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) rate from 13% to 20% for UK businesses. However, new research has found that half of ...
New research reveals the extent to which the UK’s SMEs are exposed to substantial debt stress today. The average bad debt amongst UK SMEs has jumped 61 percent – from £10,329 in Spring 2022, to £16,641 today. Currently, around 1.5 million ...
Remote working could hinder skills development longer-term, with employers indicating difficulties in the onboarding, training and development of staff in a remote environment. That’s according to a recent study from workplace creation expert, Unispace, and not-for-profit corporate real estate association, ...
With the Cost-of-Living crisis seemingly driving worker theft up, specialist background screening and identity services firm, Sterling, has warned businesses to be mindful of the cost of a bad hire. This latest warning comes following reports from insurer Zurich UK, ...
Increasing numbers of people are avoiding eating out and more than half have cut back on non-essential spending this year as the cost of living takes its toll, a survey shows. Fifty-five per cent of consumers have cut down on ...
The number of “open banking” payments more than doubled last year to 68 million, with small and medium-sized businesses adopting the technology more quickly than consumers. At least 750,000 small and medium-sized businesses now integrate their bank accounts with third-party ...
SYDNEY — Oil prices surged on Monday after Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ oil producers announced a surprise round of output cuts, a potentially ominous sign for global inflation just days after a slowdown in US price data had boosted ...
SEOUL — The navies of South Korea, the US and Japan will hold two days of anti-submarine exercises starting Monday to better counter North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile capabilities, South Korea’s defense ministry said. The drills will be staged in international ...
Burger chain McDonald’s Corp is temporarily closing its US offices this week as it prepares to inform corporate employees about its layoffs as part of a broader company restructuring, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. In an internal email last week to US employees and some international staff, McDonald’s asked ...