Back in January CMD Recruitment published its annual Salary Guide, which identified rising trends from the latter half of 2019 that we expected to see a rise in 2020.
One of our identified trends was the rise in demand for flexible and remote working – and as the nation starts to return to work, this demand will only increase in the post-corona working world.
Swindon and Wiltshire councils have been allocated nearly two-thirds of a million pounds to support the recovery of high streets.
The £50 million Reopening High Streets Safely Fund was unveiled by the government on Sunday (May 24), with the aim of helping councils across England to prepare for the safe reopening of high streets and other retail spaces.
A training expert is warning companies that their sales teams will need help in adapting to a new way of working when they return from furlough.
Diane Banister, managing director of Royal Wootton Bassett-based Intelligent Dialogue, said the long lay-off could have left staff rusty and anxious about switching their selling to video or phone calls as businesses adapt to a ‘new normal’.
A new trade counter operator in windows and plastics for builders and DIY customers has acquired a recently-constructed unit on a new development at one of Wiltshire’s most popular business parks.
Bluestone Windows & Plastics Ltd has taken Units 29-34 at Amesbury’s Bluestone Centre, which are between industry giants Screwfix and Howdens Joinery.
Major landowners and transport organisations have thrown their support behind Swindon Borough Council’s plans to transform the area around Fleming Way.
The final business case to create a new bus interchange and gateway into Swindon town centre has just been submitted to the Government’s Future High Streets Fund after making it through the first stage of the bidding process last year.
The Federation of Small Businesses is exerting pressure on the government over grants for self-employed people hit by coronavirus restrictions.
Pressure is mounting on the government as millions of sole traders face a financial cliff edge at the end of May, when the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme has runs its course.
The majority of UK firms are in a position to partially restart operations as lockdown restrictions are eased, but one in ten said they would not be ready to implement guidance and restart operations, mainly citing social distancing as difficult.
Those are among the findings in the latest Coronavirus Business Impact Tracker from the British Chambers of Commerce.