Webinar: Food for thought – will Rishi dish out a roaring return for businesses?
Join the webinar on Thursday 11 March 2021 at 1:00PM The roadmap for the easing of COVID restrictions has been announced, but the business community has been left unsatisfied and unsatiated by the proposed speed of the lockdown lift out. While
What could the stages out of lockdown look like for our industry?
Boris Johnson recently announced that we are working towards a cautious but irreversible exit from what is hopefully our final national lockdown. But what does this mean for our industry, and how can dealers plan for this staged recovery? In our
Lockdown 2.0: Why fear of not changing must be greater than the fear of change
After a long-awaited Summer which saw a peak in business confidence and even nurtured some of the green shoots of UK economic recovery, news of a second lockdown hit our industry and many others hard. Recently, we hosted another Food
Unwinding furlough: what does it mean for your business?
The Government Job Retention Scheme - more commonly known as furlough - has been a lifeline for millions of businesses and employees across the UK for the last 6 months. Not least of these are office supplies businesses, who have
Anna Soubry Is The Minster For Small Business. But Who Is She?
It is now just over a month since Anna Soubry, the MP for Broxtowe in Nottingham, was appointed the UK's first minister for small business, industry and enterprise. This is a landmark change – the job title of the previous minister,
What should the new Government do for SMEs?
It’s election day! The United Kingdom is about to get a new government. Whether it’s Conservative, Labour or another coalition, what should it do for SMEs? We’ve had a look at some of the most-discussed issues. What