Dr Jackie Mulligan's Media Coverage

The Telegraph

Small businesses were once the backbone of Britain – but now they involves sleepless nights and overdrawn bank accounts

Evening Standard

The UK’s annual rate of inflation today surged by more than expected to a fresh four-decade high of 11.1%.

SussexWorld

The NatWest branches in Lewes High Street and Uckfield are set to close after the bank confirmed it is shutting 43 branches across the UK in its latest move towards online banking.

ICAEW

The energy discount for businesses has received a mixed response from members and companies, who welcome the support but question whether it’s too little, too late.

Yahoo Finance

Sales volumes dropped by 1.6% in August while pound dropped to 37-year low against dollar

Yorkshire Post

Retailers in Yorkshire have warned they are facing an uncertain future as sales drop in the face of the cost-of-living crisis.

Daily Mail

The new cap announced by Ofgem today will come into effect for around 24million households in England, Scotland and Wales on default energy tariffs on October 1.

This Is Money

Amid rising inflation, the long weekend is set to be a welcome boost for British businesses. Research by Barclays reveals it will rake in more than £75m for the hospitality industry.

Daily Mail

Amid rising inflation, the long weekend is set to be a welcome boost for British businesses. Research by Barclays reveals it will rake in more than £75m for the hospitality industry.

Freelance Informer

When a nation’s labour options and freelancer freedoms are taken away from them, everyone suffers, including The Treasury and oddly enough, Countdown viewers.

Retail Reflections

March retail sales data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning reveals that sales volumes fell by… Read more

Startups.co.uk

UK energy and food prices have shot up, causing small business supply chain costs to soar. How are SMEs working to mitigate the impact?

IFA Magazine

This morning the Insolvency Service published the latest company and individual insolvency data. Following on from this, four experts share their thoughts: Sve

Express.co.uk

BANK branch closures are threatening to deprive the elderly and vulnerable of access to cash, say campaigners.

Grampian Online

The move will affect services in Turriff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Aberdeen and Elgin.

InternetRetailing

To gauge how the smaller end of the retail market is responding, we talked to a range of retailers and brands

Daily Mail

Rishi Sunak has left No11 for the Commons ahead of his Spring Statement, after the headline CPI rate came in above expectations - underlining the pain for families.

Drapers

The cost of living rose steeply in February, adding further pressure on retailers.

Daily Mail

The spread of the Omicron variant has left many UK companies nursing a drop in sales in December, but there are signs the economy is picking up again this month.

The Mirror

German supermarket chain Aldi has entered the burgeoning checkout-free shopping race, launching its first Shop & Go store in Greenwich, southeast London, on Monday morning

Your Money

The budget supermarket has opened its first checkout-free store in Greenwich, London.

London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

With Black Friday just two weeks away from today, for many smaller UK high street retailers the next fortnight is make or break time as they take on the might…

The Star

Independent businesses in Sheffield have condemned Black Friday deals for promoting careless consumerism that threatens to put them out of business.

London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

With Black Friday fast approaching, psychologists and small business owners have described the annual shopping event as a “dystopia of empty, soulless deals,” “meaningless cheap fixes, vile consumerism”...

Citiesabc

The UK Office for National Statistics published a report on Coronavirus and Depression in Adults. They found that the coronavirus pandemic had a bigger impact on deprived areas of England and affected...

Professional Jeweller

Shoppers showed no fear in the first weeks after non-essential retail was permitted to reopen in the UK according to data from the Office for National...

inews.co.uk

A range of economic data suggest that the UK is increasingly on the path to an economic resurgence in the coming weeks

Express.co.uk

PENSION savings are usually built up throughout a person’s working life as employers are now required to automatically enrol eligible staff into a workplace scheme. This includes small businesses which,...

Daily Mirror

Businesses across Britain have been given the go-ahead to reopen their doors on Monday, April 12, as the government pushes through stage two of the lockdown roadmap

Salisbury Journal

Talking Retail

Derby Telegraph

Retail Times

Rugby Advertiser

The Courier

Penarth Times

Bournemouth Echo

Sunderland Echo

South Wales Argus

Somerset County Gazette