General news - Blue Finessence

Director banned after securing Covid loans for takeaway and parcel delivery company which never traded

He made false statements on his applications for Bounce Back Loans HM GovernmentSource

Romford joiner sentenced after using Covid loan for personal spending

Charles Ling was handed a 15-month suspended sentence after he used part of a £30,000 Covid Bounce Back Loan for a mortgage payment and cash withdrawals HM GovernmentSource

CMA letter to Lloyds about breaching Part 5 of the Retail Banking Order

Letter to Lloyds Banking Group after the Competition and Markets Authority found it breached Part 5 (Payment Transactions Histories) of the Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017. HM GovernmentSource

West Yorkshire manufacturer opens factory and expands global reach with UKEF support

Rosehill Polymers Group has opened a new factory in Sowerby Bridge following a previous financing agreement with UK Export Finance (UKEF) and Virgin Money. HM GovernmentSource

Civil Legal Aid Eligibility Keycard

A new keycard is available from Monday 7 April 2025. HM GovernmentSource

Rise in unlicensed wells and boreholes on West Country farms

The Environment Agency is warning farmers with private springs, wells and boreholes to check they are taking water legally from the environment. HM GovernmentSource

Companies House starts to verify identities

The voluntary period for identity verification is open for business. More than 6 million individuals will need to comply in the 12 months after identity verification becomes a legal requirement later this year. This phased a… HM GovernmentSource

NT Labs Methylene Blue – Product defect recall alert

Product recall for two batches of NT Labs Methylene Blue. HM GovernmentSource

The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves’s spending cuts: a choice, not an economic necessity | Editorial

The spring statement casts austerity as unavoidable, but Labour is clinging to economic myths while ignoring the tools of power The chancellor’s spring statement arrives with the sombre tone of inevitability. Britain, we’re told, must tighten its belt. Welfare payments for the sick and disabled will be shrunk.

Labour’s economic strategy is outdated. I can fix that | Jagjit Chadha

The last thing we need from Wednesday’s spring statement are incremental changes to tax and spending. Let’s have a clear plan Jagjit Chadha is professor of economics at Cambridge University and a former academic adviser to HM Treasury, the Bank of England and the Treasury select committee Britain

Blog