In the Business News category you will find a wide selection of articles on businesses and their UK commercial properties. These include corporate news stories featuring companies ranging from established market leaders to SMEs and recent start-ups.
The Christmas trading period always proves to be the busiest in the retail industry, with thousands of consumers flooding into their local shopping centres and spending hours online in order to find the perfect gift for friends and family members. However,... Read More
Airspace Investments, one of Ireland’s highest profile property firms, has bounced back from a €10.5m loss to report a 67 per cent rise in profits. O'Connell Street, Dublin In 2011 the company limited an unexpected loss by writing down almost... Read More
Britain is running the risk of becoming a skills desert if employers continue to ignore the value of older workers, a national expert on ageing has warned. "There is real value in retaining the rich skills of older workers, but few businesses have yet... Read More
This week it was announced that Hull is to be the UK’s City of Culture in 2017, having beaten rivals such as Dundee, Swansea Bay and Leicester to hold the coveted title. Yet while this accolade will no doubt play an important role in boosting interest in... Read More
Seventy jobs will be created when SIG opens its new distribution “supercentre” on Tyneside next month. SIG Distribution — a division of the FTSE-listed construction supplies firm SIG plc — has almost completed work on a £2m depot on the former... Read More
Supermarkets have taken huge steps in revolutionising the weekly shop and making it easier for customers to purchase their groceries, with popular methods including click and collect and door to door delivery proving extremely popular with UK consumers.... Read More
Rigid workplace laws and social pressures mean that most Norwegian business premises are empty by four in the afternoon. Hardly encouraging for energetic entrepreneurs or conducive to new enterprises struggling to get off the ground. But now one the... Read More
Getting the right mix of retail and leisure outlets is essential to maintaining high street blood flow, a new survey claims. A majority of people prefer going to a restaurant or coffee shop in town rather than a shopping mall or out-of-town retail... Read More
With Britain becoming an increasingly attractive destination for multinational businesses, the issue of the country’s airport capacity has been pushed into prominence. While plans for a Heathrow expansion, additional runways at Gatwick and Stansted... Read More
Instead of building acres of empty business parks the North-East should invest in new enterprises and help established companies grow, one of the region’s most successful businessmen has demanded. Jeremy Middleton is a member of the region’s Local... Read More
Business News covers more than company results. Of course you will find these stories in this category alongside news of the latest business deals, mergers and administrations. You can also read about director’s bonuses, supermarket price wars and current retail promotions.
We also carry features covering topical issues affecting businesses like the increasing use of smart phones and the impact of social media. And because business involves people we also report on both serious and light hearted issues facing the staff of offices and other commercial properties.
So if this is the kind of news that interests you, you’ll find it here together with regular updates, analysis and background features.
