By Liz Barclay Co-Founder of Business111.com The new apprenticeship announcement is being hailed as a breakthrough for small and micro businesses. As someone who spent years inside the system as Small Business Commissioner and has gone back to working directly with owners through Business111.com I welcome it. But I also know that small firmsContinue reading “Apprenticeships Are Vital But Small Firms Need Delivery, Not Another Slogan”
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BoE: Job Cuts Surge 1.8% as Unemployment Hits 5% — More Pain to Come
By Liz Barclay: – Businesses cut jobs by 1.8% on average in November according to the Bank of England and it’s expected that there will be a further fall of 0.7% in the next year. Unemployment is already at 5% according to the latest ONS figures. When firms cut jobs and unemployment is growingContinue reading “BoE: Job Cuts Surge 1.8% as Unemployment Hits 5% — More Pain to Come”
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Sky News 1st December 2025 with Baroness Arlene Foster & Kevin Maguire
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The mask has slipped. Brussels would rather guard its coffers than guard Europe.
Has the EU Finally Been Unmasked on Defence? For years we’ve heard grand claims from Brussels about “defending Europe,” “strategic autonomy,” and the need for a united front against Russian aggression. Fine words, all of them. But events of the past week have blown a hole clean through that rhetoric. The collapse ofContinue reading “The mask has slipped. Brussels would rather guard its coffers than guard Europe.”