Find A UK Business – United Kingdom Business Directory.

Welcome!

October 22, 2018 by Admin

UK Business Directory and Discussion Forum helping users find the companies, products, services, and information they need.

UK inflation falls to lowest level in two years January 16, 2019
Drop in fuel and clothing prices spur drop to 2.1%, offering respite to consumersUK inflation fell to its lowest level in nearly two years in December after a drop in petrol prices offered some respite to consumers who are reining in spending as Brexit looms.The annual rate dipped to 2.1% from 2.3% in November, the […]
Goldman chief says sorry over ex-banker's role in 1MDB scandal January 16, 2019
David Solomon apologises to the Malaysian people for Tim Leissner’s involvementThe chief executive of Goldman Sachs has apologised to the people of Malaysia over the role of a former employee of the bank in the 1MDB scandal.In a rare move for a Goldman chief executive, David Solomon joined the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call and gave […]
Red Bull wants us to leave work at 4pm. I couldn’t agree more January 16, 2019
The energy drink’s tube adverts might have been banned for making false claims – but their sentiment against our culture of working long hours should be embracedI’m not squeamish, except for one small thing: I cannot repeat rhyming couplets. So I can’t tell you exactly what Red Bull’s latest London Underground advert says because it […]
Sears to stay open after chairman wins $5bn bankruptcy auction January 16, 2019
Eddie Lampert may be able to keep roughly 400 remaining Sears stores open and save tens of thousands of jobs, at least for nowSears will live on at least for now.The company’s chairman and largest shareholder, Eddie Lampert, won a bankruptcy auction for Sears, averting liquidation of the iconic chain, according to a source familiar […]
'We're about to be thrown under a Boris bus': businesses on a no-deal Brexit January 16, 2019
We asked how your business might be affected if the UK left the EU without a deal. Here’s what some of you saidWe are a charity based in Cambridge offering free flights to children who are ill and need treatment. In addition to our local work, we currently financially support 60 children with cancer in […]
Bet365 obtained details of punter’s account via Skrill in McCann case January 16, 2019
• Skrill complied with order to reveal details of McCann’s account• Megan McCann suing bookie for nearly £1m in unpaid winningsA legal case from January 2017 which relates to Megan McCann’s long-running attempt to sue Bet365 for £1m appears to suggest co-operation between Britain’s biggest online bookmaker and the leading money-transfer company, Skrill.McCann is suing […]
Crumbs! Judge deems brownie a cake and free from VAT charges January 16, 2019
Maker could reclaim £300,000 after taste test with Mr Kipling French fancies and Tunnock’s teacakesA health food brownie containing dates and brown rice bran has been deemed a cake – and so free from VAT charges – after a judge taste-tested the product alongside Mr Kipling’s French fancies and Tunnock’s teacakes.Pulsin could reclaim up to […]
Kerching! 400,000 new dollar millionaires created in 2018 January 16, 2019
Wealth report shows near 2% rise in high-net-worth individuals despite stock market woesMore than 400,000 new dollar millionaires were created last year as the fortunes of the already-well off ticked over into six-zeros despite the decline in global stock markets. It takes the number of millionaires across the world to 22.6 million.The global population of […]
Paperchase considers closing stores amid high street gloom January 16, 2019
Cards and stationery retailer mulls restructuring options as HMV struggles to find a buyerThe cards and stationery retailer Paperchase is considering closing stores via an insolvency procedure, as administrators to HMV struggle to line up buyers.Paperchase, which has 130 sites in the UK, has appointed KPMG to advise on restructuring options as shoppers have veered […]
Reckitt Benckiser chief Rakesh Kapoor to step down January 16, 2019
CEO to exit after eight-year tenure in top job dogged by pay criticism as share price slumpedRakesh Kapoor, the £100m boss of the firm behind brands from Dettol to Durex, is to leave the company after a troubled couple of years blighted by a cyber-attack, criticism over his pay and factory disruption.Reckitt Benckiser said Kapoor […]