Business News Round Up (07/01/19)
Brexit uncertainty hits UK stock market flotations
EY’s IPO Eye report predicts that initial public offerings (IPO) activity to be more restrained amid Brexit uncertainty.
https://www.insider.co.uk/news/ey-ipo-eye-report-markets-13822857
Corporate failures to affect 20 Scottish firms every week
Industry experts predict that approximately 20 businesses are set to fail each week in 2019 as corporate insolvencies rose dramatically in 2018.
Greater Manchester firms unlock over £1 million in funding
In the past two years the Innovation Service has helped businesses in Greater Manchester access more than £1 million worth of funding and has helped create more than 300 jobs.
Brexit fears stalk manufacturers, study suggests
Almost three quarters of Britain’s manufacturers are less confident about the prospects for the UK economy than they were a year ago amid Brexit uncertainties.