The UK government is set to introduce new measures aimed at tackling late payments by large firms to small businesses, an issue that contributes to the collapse of 50,000 SMEs every year. On average, delayed payments cost small businesses £22,000 annually, according to research from the Department for Business & Trade (DBT) and the Federation of Small Businesses. A consultation ...
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., described the level to which the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service have prevented the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) from obtaining crucial materials to investigate the failures that led to the assassination attempts against former President Trump. ‘Things like the autopsy report, you know, the House has it under subpoena. We ...
As the autumn budget looms, tax incentives and improved access to finance have emerged as key demands from UK SMEs, according to new research from Bibby Financial Services (BFS). The latest SME Confidence Tracker reveals that while business optimism has rebounded post-election, small business leaders are calling on the government to address critical financial barriers to unlock growth. The survey ...
Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day – but if Americans vote like they did in the last two election cycles, most of them will have already cast a ballot before the big day. Wisconsin kicks off early voting today; the first state to make absentee ballots widely available to voters. By the end of the month, more than half of ...
National Security communications adviser John Kirby shot down multiple questions Wednesday about possible U.S. involvement in the explosion of hundreds of electronic devices used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon. ‘We were not involved in [Tuesday’s] incidents or [Wednesday’s] in any way. And I don’t have anything more to share,’ Kirby said when asked to respond to the attacks. Kirby’s comments ...
In an effort to ‘sow discord and shape the outcome of U.S. elections’, Iranian cyber actors sent messages during the summer to people involved in President Biden’s then re-election campaign containing stolen material from former President Trump’s campaign, U.S. agencies said. ‘Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert a partial government shutdown failed on Wednesday. It was voted down 202 to 220, with two Republicans – Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky. – voting ‘present.’ At least nine Republicans voted against House GOP leadership’s bill, a six-month extension of the current year’s federal funding levels coupled with a ...
The stock market got what it wanted from the Federal Reserve—a 50 basis point interest rate cut. Stocks rose initially, but the broader stock indexes—Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU), S&P 500 ($SPX), and Nasdaq Composite ($COMPQ)—closed lower. Small- and mid-cap indexes followed the broader indexes and closed slightly higher, with the S&P 600 Small Cap Index ($SML) rising by 0.09%. ...
More than 100 former Republican officials, mostly those who worked in national security or previously in various GOP presidential administrations, have penned a letter endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and warning about the dangers of a potential second Trump administration. ‘We appreciate that many Republicans prefer Donald Trump to Kamala Harris, for a variety of reasons. We recognize and do ...
The United Nations on Wednesday passed a Palestinian-drafted resolution demanding Israel withdraw from the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’ within 12 months, with Israel’s new ambassador calling the measure ‘shameful.’ ‘This is a shameful decision that backs the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic terrorism,’ Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said after the vote. ‘Instead of marking the anniversary of the Oct. ...