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Research from Small Business Britain and Alibaba.com finds owners use AI mainly for marketing, while only 5 per cent regularly use agentic AI tools.
Blick Rothenberg warns cake shed owners that HMRC can check council and hygiene records to find bakers who have not declared income from roadside sales.
Financial services leaders say their roles have grown more complex since 2020, yet a quarter lack suitable training, new research from AMBS shows.
eBay UK has opened a second round of its Up & Running eBay grants, offering up to £200,000 to young sellers and firms creating roles for…
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has said the memory of his late mother, a Jewish refugee, shaped his decision to speak out on the treatment of Palestinians.
An independent review published today estimates refugee entrepreneurs could add £2bn to the UK economy if barriers to starting a business were removed.
SME bank lending outstanding across Great Britain has fallen by £26.8bn since 2022, with nine in 10 postcode sectors seeing less finance, analysis shows.
Steven Bartlett OBSN, a venture with brand owner Authentic, will invest in creator-led media companies and brands and run a creator economy news platform.
The GMB union says 500 million bricks are stacked unused in yards across Britain, enough for 50,000 homes, as Wienerberger moves to close a plant.
Maiden Cricket, the female founded British brand seen on Dragons' Den, has become founding apparel and equipment partner of a new US women's T20 event.
![New buy-to-let company formations are on course to fall for the first time since 2008. Hamptons found 41,483 were set up in the first eight months of the year, against 44,802 a year earlier. Aneisha Beveridge, its head of research, said the incorporation boom was driven by landlords moving properties they already owned into limited companies after the tax changes that began in 2016, and that the trend is reaching its tail end. She added that the Treasury's stamp duty income from those transfers, worth about £1.2bn a year, was likely to start falling. What does a slowdown in landlord incorporations mean for rental supply in your area? Read the full story: [ARTICLE URL] #BuyToLet #Property #Tax](https://bmmagazine---co---uk.lsproxy.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/shutterstock_390007225-420x236.jpg)
Buy-to-let company formations are on course for their first annual fall since 2008, with 41,483 set up in eight months, analysis by Hamptons shows.
ScottishPower has recruited a record 465 early careers entrants and called on ministers to set a clear long-term direction on youth employment policy.
Applications for the latest NatWest Accelerator Pitch competition open today, with a £100,000 prize fund to be awarded at a London final on 19 November.
Almost half of the UK university spinouts founded between 2013 and 2024 came from Oxford, Cambridge and London, which took two-thirds of venture capital.
Nominations for the 2027 non-executive director awards opened today across eight categories, with entries closing on 8 November and winners named in March.