Business

TO help customers to get more adventurous in the kitchen, without breaking the bank, Asda has announced the launch of a new 132-product strong scratch-cooking range.

A MAKER of lorries powered by green energy plans to merge with NASDAQ-listed ElectraMeccanica reports businesscloud.co.uk

THURROCK Council has made the top ten list of councils with the biggest increase in business rates over the last five years, according to new research by BPI Asset Disposal Solutions.

WAGES grew at a record annual pace between April and June, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports the BBC.

SMALL businesses in the East of England are reporting a big drop in confidence, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), as they continue to battle record inflation, rising costs, and reduced consumer spending.

BRITISH businesses will be able to access brand new advice and support to reduce their energy bills while cutting their carbon emissions.

WILKO, the High Street homeware retailer, has collapsed into administration after failing to secure a rescue deal.

HIGH street retailers are being hit by declining sales in July due to a reduction in footfall, as a result of the continuous poor weather. As a result, many retailers are ramping up their promotional activity, offering deals and discounts to tempt shoppers back to the high street reports

MEARS Group is continuing to focus on providing the best service to its residents and service users as is releases its Annual Customer Scrutiny Board Report and is working with the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS) to develop a scrutiny accreditation which will be the first of its kind.

BARKING Riverside Limited (BRL), master developers of a project turning 443 acres of former industrial, riverside land in east London into a vibrant neighbourhood, and marine consulting engineers Beckett Rankine, are among the latest companies to have enrolled staff on to the Riverside Personal Safety Course, held twice a month at the London Aquatic Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Park, Stratford.

SADIQ Khan has said the Home Counties should create their own schemes to help people cope with the expanded ultra low emission zone (Ulez) reports the Local Democracy Reporter.

UK homewares retailer Wilko has warned that it is on the brink of collapse because of mounting cost pressures reports the BBC.

THE team from Amazon's fulfilment centre in Tilbury has made a £1,000 donation to an Essex scout group.

THE number of people missing payments on essential household bills like energy, phone and water is as high as it was over the winter, according to consumer group Which?.

DP World, a leading provider of global end-to-end supply chain solutions, has welcomed five new customers at its latest facility at London Gateway in the first 100 days of operation, following surging demand for warehousing space near the capital.