The Building Societies Association welcomes the new 'diversity objective' outlined in the Bank of England & Financial Services Act for improving competition and resilience in financial services, but urges MPs to help monitor its impact.

Unite, the UK’s biggest union, is today calling on the government to scrap plans to replace NHS bursaries with loans amid warnings that it will cause workforce crisis and turmoil within the NHS.

Labour MP Andrew Gwynne talks to PoliticsHome about closing a loophole in nineteenth-century taxi licensing laws which currently enables previous offenders to drive cabs unchecked. 

Financial education for the next generation, and a new ethical marketplace for lending, are required to halt the ‘massive’ growth in debt among self-employed, low earners and students, says ACCA.

Less than half of businesses know who their most profitable customers are and two thirds of businesses admit to not measuring the profitability of their channels to market

£1.6 billion has been lent by responsible finance providers over the past 10 years according to our new report published today.

Once again we are witnessing working class people in Scotland being thrown on to the scrap heap by ruthless employer who clearly put profit before people says GMB Scotland

GMB, the union for shipyard workers, has commented on the announcement from Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead that it intends to make 98 workers redundant.

Salaries for small building firms are soaring as a result of the growing skills shortage, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Speaking to PoliticsHome, Labour MP Chris Matheson slams the Government for “piling misery upon misfortune” in its relentless plunder of disability benefits.

The Investment Association today publishes its monthly statistics for authorised investment funds for March 2016 which show:

Our Members do not want this taskforce to be a toothless tiger so GMB must be involved

 

Trade unions have slammed British Gas for unnecessary job losses, while its ‘top brass’ continues to enjoy multi-million pound pay packages.

British Gas’ decision to axe 684 office jobs, including the company’s Oldbury operation in the West Midlands, has been met with dismay by Unite, the country’s largest union, which called for the site to remain open.

Exports of premium beef and lamb cuts to the West Indies present a significant opportunity for the industry, according to AHDB Beef & Lamb.

This announcement is further evidence of the way British Gas now sees staff as pawns to be sacrificed when it suits says GMB.

Latest quarterly global survey from ACCA and IMA shows businesses less optimistic in Q1 16/17 than at any other time in the past four years

Santander's Head of International, John Carroll, talks to PoliticsHome’s Central Lobby about how the public and private sector can foster more export opportunities for UK firms.

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has today (18th April) welcomed the Department of Business, Innovation and Skill’s publication of the first UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Report for 2014. 

A new guide to pensions language could see the end of terms such as ‘uncrystallised pension funds lump sum’ and ‘flexi-access drawdown’ which have been used since the pension freedoms.

The latest fall in output within the construction industry indicates uncertainty amongst businesses and consumers ahead of the EU referendum, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said.

Writing exclusively for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady argues David Cameron and Remain campaigners should broaden their appeal by supporting EU plans tackling the use of migrant workers to drive down pay.

Wet weather in March may have dragged on high street sales, but a strong leisure spend and growth in the e-commerce sector sees overall consumer figures climbing in the first quarter.

Our members must be congratulated for their pure determination in campaigning over the last 2 years. Their efforts were a major factor in the success of the sale says GMB