
Only 26 per cent of small firms forecast growth for final quarter of 2026
Small business growth forecasts have stayed below 30 per cent throughout 2026, Novuna Business Finance reports, with only 26 per cent expecting to grow.
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Small business growth forecasts have stayed below 30 per cent throughout 2026, Novuna Business Finance reports, with only 26 per cent expecting to grow.

Living Streets has called for an outright ban on delivery robots on UK pavements as London, Stockton-on-Tees and Nottingham prepare to join the rollout.

Jeremy Clarkson business comments at the Conservative conference have been backed by entrepreneurs, who cite employer national insurance before the Budget.

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Huel advert banned by the ASA after a video with Spencer Matthews told of an ultramarathon winner who ate only Huel, as a lawyer criticises the…

Pluralsight finds tech skills gaps cost 35 per cent of UK organisations at least £380,000 in the past year, citing failed projects and lost clients.

A dementia diagnosis can leave farm bank accounts frozen and operations disrupted without the right legal arrangements, a Clarke Willmott lawyer says.

Former Hiscox chief executive Bronek Masojada has been elected Lord Mayor of the City of London and takes office on 13 November after a succession change.