Elizabeth Gooch recognised for Outstanding Contribution to Technology at West Midlands Women of the Year Awards 2013
Entrepreneur’s efforts acknowledged as ‘game changing’ within technology
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Business investment being stifled by cost of defined benefit pension schemes…
BUSINESS INVESTMENT BEING STIFLED BY COST OF DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION SCHEMES – CBI/STANDARD LIFE SURVEY
But defined contribution pensions are coming of age
Seven out of ten businesses say the cost of running a defined benefits (DB) pension scheme is stifling their investment intentions, with eight out of ten manufacturers saying it is affecting their plans. That’s according to A view from the top, a new survey by the CBI and Standard Life.
The survey of 226 chief executives and Board members in companies with £362.2bn of pension assets under management also reveals over a third of businesses believe getting auto-enrolment right must be the top priority for the Government in the lead up to the General Election in 2015 (34%), with over 40% of small and medium-sized enterprises stating this as top priority. Businesses want the Government to get existing plans right, not come up with new ones. Read the full story »
HINES CONFIRMS CBI LETTING AT CANNON PLACE…
Hines, the international real estate firm, has confirmed the CBI, the UK’s leading business organisation, will be relocating to its landmark City of London office development, Cannon Place.
The CBI has signed a 15 year lease, …
One hundred businesses join green scheme…
Thousands of West Midlands employees are benefitting from a free green scheme to help them travel to work in greener ways after the number of businesses signed up to the initiative reached the 100 mark.
Solihull …
Midlands network specialist’s word-of-mouth benefits…
A Midlands-based network infrastructure specialist is leading the way in delivering a value for money range of services to channel partners – and independent market research indicates that its reputation is based on word-of-mouth.
One of the …
Midlands entrepreneurs warned of potential tax losses…
A Midlands law firm is warning business owners to secure themselves against losing hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax.
Thomas Guise Solicitors – based in Studley, Birmingham, Worcester and London – is raising awareness among …
Midlands Truck & Van – Fraikin refreshes its rental fleet with Mercedes-Benz Atego…
Mercedes-Benz Dealer Midlands Truck & Van has landed breakthrough orders from Europe’s largest commercial vehicle fleet services company for a £6-million fleet of 7.5-tonners.
Fraikin has taken delivery of 100 Mercedes-Benz Ategos, with a further 35 …
Bruton Knowles launches Plymouth office…
National property consultants, Bruton Knowles has opened an office in Plymouth recruiting one of the city’s best-known commercial property specialists to join the team.
Founded over 150 years ago in Gloucester Bruton Knowles has made the …
HELP TO BUY PROVIDES MAJOR BOOST FOR MORTGAGE FIRM…
A Newcastle-under-Lyme mortgage broker has seen enquiries rise by 15% since the launch of the second phase of the Government’s Help to Buy Scheme.
Synchro Mortgage Solutions, in Basford, is looking to recruit at least one …
MWW imports the ‘ Queen of Papayas ’…
Minor, Weir and Willis (MWW), the UK’s leading importer of specialist fruit and vegetables, has announced it has become the exclusive importer of the Aurora-Papaya. This completely new variety is already being dubbed “The Queen …
CBI Welcomes Small Business Saturday And Comments On New Strategy…
The CBI (Saturday) commented on the publication on the Government’s Small Business Strategy and welcomed Small Business Saturday.
On Small Business Saturday, John Cridland, CBI Director-General, said:
“Small and medium-sized businesses are at the heart of communities …
BUSINESS INFLATION RISES A FIFTH IN 12 MONTHS…
UK companies have seen their costs increase by an average of 21%1 in the last 12 months
More than a fifth (21%) of UK businesses have seen their costs increase in excess of 30% in the same …
EU Funding To Support SMEs Working To Improve Fish Farm Productivity…
After receiving €2.7 million funding from the EU’s 7th Framework Programme, the AQUAlity project has been launched to improve Recirculated Aquaculture Systems (RAS) technologies which currently limit the location and productivity of fish farms.
Despite RAS successfully …
Female entrepreneurs: sugar and spice and all things nice?…
UK business owner calls for more realistic representation of female businesswomen to create more diverse role models
Figures suggest that women only currently make up 17 per cent of business owners in the UK and are half as …
New Managed Cloud Services contract win for eg solutions plc…
eg solutions plc ( “the Company”; LSE-AIM: EGS), announces that it has won a new Managed Cloud Services contract from a major third party outsourcing customer. The contract will provide eg operational intelligence® on a hosted basis with …
New executive dean for Coventry University’s Faculty of Engineering and Computing…
Coventry University has appointed a new executive dean for its world-renowned Faculty of Engineering and Computing.
Professor Michael Fitzpatrick CEng CSci FIMMM is currently the Lloyd’s Register Foundation chair in materials engineering and head of the …
Alan Sullivan appointed as MD of JCDecaux Airport …
JCDecaux, the UK’s No 1 outdoor advertising company, announces that Julie France, Managing Director of JCDecaux Airport, will leave the company at the end of January 2014 after 7 successful years with the company. Alan …
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An online project designed to make Europe’s most power-hungry industry more energy efficient has been launched in Amsterdam.
SPiCE3 was commissioned by the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), and funded by the European Union, to share best …
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Coventry University’s Institute of Applied Entrepreneurship (IAE) will showcase its expertise and services at the West Midlands Cloud, Data & Smart Mobility EXPO in Birmingham next week.
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The Green Bridge Supply Chain Programme is a new competition fund available to SMEs for capital investment, product and market development and …
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