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Firms Urged To Act Over Business Rates
OPERATORS ALREADY reeling from the soaring cost of fuel, with Brent oil trading at £146 a barrel, should sit down now. Analysts are predicting that other energy costs, such as......
Ukwa Criticises Rate Relief Abolition
THE UK WAREHOUSING Association (UKWA) chairman has warned that abolishing rate relief on empty properties will have a damaging effect on the freight sector. He has also......
Manufacturing Figures Are 'truly Terrible'
WARNINGS THAT THE UK manufacturing industry might be heading for recession emerged in July with the latest Purchasing Managers' Index Report from the Chartered Industry of......
M&s Blames 'restricted Spending On High Street'
MARKS AND SPENCER'S profit warning in early July sent chills down the spines of many analysts, following as it did on the heels of BHS and DSG International's earlier in the......