TGI Fridays rescue beats hospitality woes

TGI Fridays rescue beats hospitality woes

by | Oct 9, 2024 | News

When leisure retailer and (at the time) brewer Whitbread brought TGI Fridays to the UK in the mid-1980s, hospitality was beginning an upheaval which has continued to this day – although possibly not for the same reasons expected by the FTSE100 giant. The key word here...
ISG collapse must bring change to contracting

ISG collapse must bring change to contracting

by | Oct 1, 2024 | News

The fall into administration of UK contracting group ISG bodes ill for the world of large-scale construction and raises questions about how the industry’s present business model can be sustained. The largest UK contractor to collapse since Carillion entered...
Lord Russell Baker interview: Buchler’s Journey

Lord Russell Baker interview: Buchler’s Journey

by | Sep 23, 2024 | News

Few individuals who span the worlds of business and sport have travelled a journey as exciting and varied as that of our chairman, David Buchler. Those of us who know David well and have worked with him over much of that journey often forget what a great ride it’s...
NAO highlights SME tax evasion

NAO highlights SME tax evasion

by | Sep 18, 2024 | News

The UK’s small businesses are to blame for the ‘vast majority’ of tax evasion, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO). It calculates that a staggering 81% of the £5.5bn tax lost to evasion last year was caused by small firms. Focusing on high...