NAO Pointing Finger at Government Employment Program
While the government has been bragging about the welfare to work program, they are now getting heat for its implementation. A report from the National Audit Office shows that the program may fail to actually help the long-term problem with […]
Consumers Beware With Energy Savings
If you want to cash in on the falling energy prices – you just may have to do your own homework. News has come out that you have to supply your provider with a meter reading that shows the approximate […]
Business is Booming for Burberry
Business is booming for Burberry. In the last quarter of 2011, they reported strong trading thanks to their popularity in some of the key markets around the world. In the last three months of 2011, they showed revenues that were […]
Energy Costs Make Consumers Desperate
40% of people in the UK are worried that they won’t be able to pay the next energy bill, as Citizens Advice explains. Commissioners of the new report, Citizens Advice said that its most recent research reflects this depressing state […]
Debenhams Comes Out Ahead of Expectations
Everything is relative. Debenhams posted flat like-for-like sales in the 18 weeks leading up and through Christmas and ending January 7th; and this actually made investors very happy. These figures were stronger than expected for their trading, as some analysts […]
Public Waiting to See Bankers’ Rewards
Brits are getting ready to be very angry today, as US investment bank JP Morgan gets ready to kick off the reporting season. The expectation is that they will show that they have set aside as much as 6.3 billion […]
Payday Loans Dangerously Tempting Brits
A recent report put out by the homeless charity Shelter says that approximately one million Brits have taken a payday loan in order to cover their monthly mortgage or rent expenses. Rather than face losing their homes or their rental […]
Retail Recession Hits La Senza
Retailers are feeling the effects of the economic downturn. The latest fatality is the lingerie retailer La Senza is shutting down 81 of its stores, resulting in hundreds of job losses. Industry analysts are predicting that as many as 30,000 […]