After a challenging twelve months, smaller businesses are looking forensically at every aspect of their operations. Legacy processes are being reassessed in favour of more nimble and transparent ways of working. Steve James, CEO, Valda Energy, explains how flexible energy provision is enabling SMEs to re-emerge with confidence. The vaccine is with us and […]Read More

The company directors are appointed through a rigorous process, and the board members elect them according to the procedure specified in their bylaws. Directors overlook the company’s transactions and routine businesses and are held responsible for any of the company’s faults. This is one of the most prestigious positions in a corporation, and it […]Read More

Carl Esprey is CEO of Botanical Holdings looks at the medicinal cannabis investment prospects in 2021. What does the cannabis industry have in store over the next year? And how does this impact medicinal cannabis investment strategies? From the impact of COVID-19 and the changes Brexit has made, to the fast- developing legislation in […]Read More

The government has sold a 5 per cent stake in NatWest, raising £1.1 billion, but had to discount the price by 7 per cent to find buyers in the overnight placing. UK Government Investments said it had sold 580 million shares at 190p, reducing its stake in the former Royal Bank of Scotland from […]Read More

The NHS app will go live as a vaccine passport for international travel from Monday, but only for those who have had both doses. People who do not use smartphones can phone 119 for a paper letter confirming their vaccine status but have been urged not to ask their GP. Downing Street promised yesterday […]Read More

Waitrose is closing the same-day grocery service it launched less than two years ago after striking a deal with Deliveroo. The grocer is shutting Waitrose Rapid at the end of the month but customers will be able to receive orders quickly through its partnership with the food delivery company. Waitrose launched the Rapid service in […]Read More

Hotel Chocolat has become the latest company to pledge to repay millions of pounds of furlough money after a strong performance this year. The luxury chocolatiers yesterday promised to giving back £3.1 million from the coronavirus job retention scheme as it reported that trading for the current year to June was “significantly ahead of expectations”. […]Read More

Greggs has said that profits will be “materially higher” than expected and could return to pre-pandemic levels this year thanks to robust sales since shops reopened. In the latest indication that the UK economy is recovering strongly, the bakery and café chain noted that pent-up demand had boosted high street footfall since lockdown was eased. […]Read More