In Brief: Grant Thornton; HBP; Santander

THE latest figures from business and financial adviser Grant Thornton’s Agents of Growth series suggest that the UK's mid-sized businesses (MSBs) will continue to drive the country’s' R&D agenda in the year ahead and be the largest investor in new technologies.
 
In Yorkshire and the Humber there were estimated to be 2,835 MSBs in last year, employing 332,000 people and with a turnover of £49,742m.  The latest research from Grant Thornton finds that over the past 12 months, MSB expenditure on R&D has grown... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...