Big firms set to feel the pressure of apprenticeship levy
Companies are bound to feel the pinch when the first wave of levy payments will be wiped from their accounts unless they have invested in training apprentices...
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US to push China for better deal as trade talks set to resume
After talks broke down two months ago, China now plans to send Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen to the US in late August to resume them...
Is the Chancellor aware of opportunities Brexit offers?
Philip Hammond mentioned opportunities, but failed to spell them out...
Big banks still refuse transactions with Iran
Fear backlash from US Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya September 08, 2016: Post-sanctions, things are not exactly smooth for Iran. Many international banks are not letting their customers carry out transactions with Iran. Recently, ANZ bank refused its customers transactions with Iran fearing a backlash from the US treasury. Though Australia has dropped trade sanctions with Iran,...
‘Focus on EU referendum and get it over with’
Industry believes decisive UK election result will help only once all hurdles to growth are overcome quickly Peter Taberner May 18, 2015: Britain is still raising its eyebrows, after David Cameron’s Conservative Party won an outright majority in the general election, after five years in Downing Street as part of a coalition government. It was...