The vitriolic aggression associated for so long with the UK’s decision to leave the European Union has largely dissipated. There is now a continuing and largely constructive debate about the true impact of Brexit on the key UK manufacturing sector, which accounts for around a tenth of GDP, especially in the near parallel context of the pandemic and its effects.
In this month’s business overview, we take a look back on 2023 and investigate what growth predictions might be made for the coming year An unwelcome last minute GDP revision from the ONS harks a coming recession A quarterly movement of 0.1% in the UK’s GDP is not normally the stuff of media headlines, but when the Office for National
A driver shortage in the trucking industry is nothing new. From the very start, the job has been seen as an unattractive option with its long and anti-social hours, primitive working (and living) conditions and poor job satisfaction. The current statistics for road haulage drivers There are just over 400,000 registered HGV vehicles according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA),
Opus Restructuring LLP, the restructuring and insolvency arm of Opus Business Advisory Group, is pleased to announce the purchase of the business and certain assets of SKSI Limited and its subsidiary MLM CPS Limited the restructuring and insolvency division of SKS Business Services, which completed on 7 December 2023. Opus Business Advisory Group assists businesses and individuals to take command
The surge in corporate insolvencies for November 2023 announced by The Insolvency Service has left the UK economy on the cusp of an unwanted and deeply unenvious record. It looks increasingly as though there will be a record number of company failures in 2023, eclipsing the previous high of 26,556 at the height of the global financial crisis in 2009.
The road haulage industry has a significant environmental impact. The transport sector is responsible for more than a fifth of total global CO² emissions, of which road transport accounts for 15% of the total. Around 30% of transport emissions come from road haulage, or around 5% of all global emissions. It bears a heavy responsibility to play a part in
