Jamie Young is Senior Reporter at Business Matters, covering SME finance, employment law and Westminster policy since 2016. He has reported on every Budget and Autumn Statement since 2018, helped make sense of the 'covid era' and the bounce-back loan scheme from launch through the fraud investigations, and broke the magazine's coverage of the 2024 late-payment reforms. He joined Business Matters straight from completing his BA in Administration from Exeter University and is NCTJ-qualified. Reach him at jyoung@cbmeg.co.uk
Ministers pause a Companies House filing rule that would have made two million small companies submit full profit and loss accounts from April 2028.
Alex Depledge, the Treasury's entrepreneurship adviser, is stepping down this week and says ministers treat founders and innovation as a sideshow.
HMRC tax debt that the tax authority does not expect to collect has trebled to £12.9bn since 2019-20, according to a National Audit Office report.
The OpenAI valuation sought from investors has been cut by $150bn to $1.25tn after pushback, as concern grows over the cost of sustaining the AI boom.
Retail sales fell 0.4 per cent in September as households cut back on food and warm weather hit winter clothing, ONS figures show, days before the…
The Institute of Directors has backed Government plans to cut red tape for businesses, while urging ministers to avoid piecemeal changes and complexity.
The $15m Firstwork Series A, led by Earlybird VC, will fund AI agents that clear frontline workers for their first shift across the US and Europe.
The CHAOS app, a London music collaboration platform, has raised £1m in a pre-seed round led by Bridford Group, with distributor Amuse also investing.
UK-listed companies issued 65 profit warnings in the third quarter, the most since late 2024, EY-Parthenon says, as Healey prepares his first Budget.
John Healey is considering a family business tax change that would charge income tax, not capital gains tax, when owners hand firms to their children.
Nuveen Private Capital, comprising Churchill and Arcmont, says committed capital has passed $100bn, up more than 50 per cent since its creation in 2023.
Bellevue Law founder Florence Brocklesby on workplace law, a Chambers and Partners upgrade and why flexible working built a 35-strong boutique firm.
Business lobby group says lifting the employer national insurance threshold from £5,000 to £6,000 would create 41,000 jobs, mostly for young workers.
Jonathan Reynolds says decisions on Chinese EV tariffs rest on the UK interest, not EU pressure, and denies Britain is a back door to the single…
John Healey is reportedly preparing an online marketplace VAT crackdown that would make platforms such as Amazon and eBay collect tax owed by sellers.