The UK lost £1.2 billion to fraud in 2022, with three million scams taking place, according to new data from banking and finance industry group UK Finance. The Annual Fraud Report detailed losses of over £2,300 every minute, with 78 per cent of cases occurring

The spend and expense management platform Expend has launched ‘Expend Card Connect’, enabling real time integration of Visa Business Card transactions for seamless processing of business expenses. The new product enables Visa Business Card debit and credit transactions to be passed into Expend in real-time. This allows

Almost three quarters (70%) of UK employees expect to still be at their current workplace in 6 months time, according to brand new research from specialist consultancy, Barnett Waddingham. But one in seven workers (14%) think they’ll have moved elsewhere, while 15% aren’t sure. That

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5% amid growing concerns about persistently high inflation in the UK. The Bank’s monetary policy committee voted by a majority for a 12th successive increase in borrowing costs,

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The boss of the banking industry body UK Finance has called on social media companies to reimburse victims of online fraud, accusing them of “profiting” from scams taking place on their platforms. Figures from its fraud report show that 78% of authorised push payment

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>14 SMEs specialising in clean, green technology have won a share of over £2.5 million in government grant funding through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) which helps cutting-edge technology developers bring their innovations to life. The 14 innovative businesses

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>There are signs of confidence returning to the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses and the lending market they rely on. New research by small business lender iwoca, carried out with over one hundred SME finance brokers reveals that worries about a recession are

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Only 6% of UK businesses have confidence in the UK Government to deliver economic growth in 2023. The survey, by accountancy network Moore UK, found that the majority of UK businesses do not have confidence in the Government to stimulate economic growth this year.There is considerable