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
Growth in employee ownership slows sharply after new tax rules curb offshore sales and add stricter clawback terms for capital gains tax relief.
A new report warns that one in eight UK small business leaders are planning to move abroad due to high taxes and rising costs, piling pressure…
Conservative donor Lord Anthony Bamford has given £200,000 to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, matching his contribution to the Tories as the populist party courts business backing.
UK business leaders warn that Rachel Reeves’s planned Budget tax increases could push small firms to raise prices, delay hiring, or cut jobs, threatening inflation and…
One in six UK employers expect artificial intelligence to cut jobs within the next year, with white-collar roles most at risk, according to a new survey…
A deep split has opened up within Britain’s steel industry as tariffs on cheap imports pit major producers like Tata and British Steel against smaller manufacturers…
Racing yards and betting shops are among those excluded from new business rate reliefs, leaving the horse-racing industry facing a £10m rise in costs alongside a…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is weighing plans to introduce a pay-per-mile tax on electric vehicles in her November Budget, with drivers facing a 3p-per-mile charge to offset…
MPs on the Treasury select committee have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on the most addictive gambling products, dismissing industry warnings as “scaremongering” ahead…
The UK Government has announced more than £14 million in new funding to accelerate the commercial use of quantum technology across healthcare, defence, transport and energy,…
Tesla shareholders have approved a record $1 trillion pay deal for CEO Elon Musk, setting the stage for him to become the world’s first trillionaire if…
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 4% as policymakers weigh stubborn inflation and weak growth ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ crucial November Budget.
High earners are investing record amounts — £10.5 billion in a year — into offshore bonds in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Isle of Man, as looming…
Germany’s economy is set to expand by 1.3% in 2026, driven by over €1 trillion in public and private investment. Agility EOR says international employers should…
New research reveals women hold just 18% of board roles at the UK’s fastest-growing tech scale-ups, with over a third lacking any female representation—despite most leaders…