Pay rises and improved working conditions are helping hauliers to overcome the nationwide driver shortage, according to accountancy and business adviser Duncan & Toplis. The company reports pay rises of between 10 and 14 per cent are helping haulage firms to attract and retain drivers in

WeShop is one of those retail start-ups with a lengthy list of millionaire founder shareholders, from Betfair’s Andrew Black to Cazoo’s Alex Chesterman. The business once known as the Social Superstore pulled off a mini Spac before Christmas, despite losing £3.8 million in 2019. It has some

Providing impartial advice without any bias creates a genuine bond with customers. Speakers Corner works with speakers from politics, sport, business, TV, comedy and more, crucially without managing anyone exclusively, so they have no motive except to find their client’s the right speaker to complement an

Companies leased more warehouse space in 2021 than ever before, prompting record levels of investment in the logistics sector. Thanks to the boom in online shopping during the pandemic, 70.1 million sq ft of industrial warehouse space, equivalent to more than 1,000 football pitches, was leased

The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates once again, adding pressure to household budgets as prices continue to rise. Analysts predict that the Bank will increase rates by another 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. Traders have become confident over the past

An East Sussex coastal town sometimes referred to as “God’s waiting room” has topped the latest list of property hotspots, with the number of homes for sale in Bexhill-on-Sea nearly doubling compared with last year. The number of properties in Bexhill-on-Sea, where the average asking price

Ministers are to introduce a “Brexit freedoms” bill that will make it easier to amend or repeal EU rules that were carried over into British law when the UK left the bloc. On the second anniversary of Britain’s departure from the EU, Downing Street said the

Youth unemployment is now at lower levels than before the pandemic. A report by think thank Resolution Foundation has found. The report says that the unemployment rate for 18 to 24-year-olds fell to 9.8 per cent in the three months to November, below the pre-pandemic unemployment

Google and Facebook would be forced to agree a price with newspapers for using their stories under new laws being drawn up by the government. If adopted, the tech giants would be told to negotiate payment deals with news organisations in order to display their content.

Private landlords will be forced by law to bring their properties up to a set of national standards for the first time under plans to be unveiled in the government’s levelling-up strategy. Michael Gove, the housing secretary, will announce legislation that will require landlords to refit

A vast lorry park in the southeast is being considered by ministers in an attempt to ease congestion around the Port of Dover. National Highways, the government agency that runs England’s motorways and A roads, has been instructed to identify a site for a holding area