As a result of the more immediate short term support needed by businesses with the latest UK Covid measures, the Autumn Budget has been delayed.

The Multi-Ministry Taskforce has announced new measures from 28th September to allow more employees to return to the workplace and to hold small work-related events.

Welcome to our new Corporate SME member, Ellwood Consulting, a boutique regional search specialist offering recruitment support across the following corporate functions; Accounting & Finance, HR, Procurement, Sales & Marketing and Technology.

Welcome to our new Corporate SME member, BlueFireAI, a successful machine intelligence company, who specialise in the reinvention of the active investment decision-making process using advanced cognitive computing.

Director General Adam Marshall, who has been in the role for the past 5 years, will step down from March 2021.

It has been announced that from 4am on 19 September, Singapore will be added to the list of countries where self-isolation on return to the UK is not required.

The UK has secured a free trade agreement with Japan, which is the UK’s first major trade deal as an independent trading nation.

Welcome to our new Sterling member, Hogarth Davies Lloyd, a Global Executive Search firm with offices in London, New York, Singapore and Stockholm. The firm has grown to become one of the pre-eminent providers of Executive Search services across front office, infrastructure, C-suite and investment activities.

This week we held the finalist ceremony for the 2019/20 competition, ahead of the launch of this year's 5th edition.

According to SBF's latest survey, businesses expect the uncertain economic climate to persist for the next 12 months.