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  • Britain’s 240 crypto millionaires revealed in first HMRC cryptoasset tax data
  • EY urges junior staff back to the office as AI puts a premium on human skills
  • Young investors trust AI more than TV, radio or influencers, FCA finds
  • UK business confidence rebounds but firms want policy certainty first
  • Balcony solar panels reach UK shelves with promise of £110 a year off bills
  • Applied Nutrition closes in on £1bn valuation after raising guidance for third time this year
  • One of Britain’s oldest family firms to save £250,000 a year as energy scheme opens to forges
  • Burnham signals more energy bills support in budget as price cap rises 4 per cent
  • OnlyFans owner dividends topped $700m before his death
  • TikTok UK legal bill tops $1bn as regulators close in

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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

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Made in Britain: The Haven Arms Pub

26 March 20152 August 2026 News Business Matters 0 Comments

We talk to John Campbell, Landlord of the Haven Arms Pub in London to find out how the Governments Do More Online Campaign helped this local business.

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Over a million small businesses lack basic digital skills

26 March 20156 October 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

More small to medium-sized UK businesses (SMEs) are seeing the benefits of being digitally enabled but there are still around 1.2 million that lack basic digital skills, missing out on potential revenue and customer interaction, according to the second annual UK Business Digital Index by Lloyds Bank.

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Centre for Entrepreneurs drops demands for Startup Britain domain handover

26 March 20155 February 2020 News Paul Jones 0 Comments

Business Matters helps secure victory for a British blogger in his battle to retain the domain startupbritain.co.uk registered before the government backed scheme launched four years ago.

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Britain’s top boardrooms on track to meet women on boards target

25 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The 2015 Cranfield Female FTSE Board Report launched today, confirms that Britain’s top boardrooms are set to meet the 25% women on boards target this year.

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Fired judges proves porn at work could bring the hammer down on your business

25 March 201517 October 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Three judges were fired last week for viewing porn at work…but they aren’t the only ones as according to a new survey a fifth of UK workers would not tell their employer about a potential threat to business they had caused as a result of accessing porn and/or adult websites.

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Made in Britain: Moat House

25 March 20152 August 2026 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Sam Clarke, Director of Moat House, tells us how the business was built from a fallen branch in to the eco friendly and exciting business it is today.

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Startup Britain accused of threatening British Startup with unjust court action

25 March 20159 April 2021 News Paul Jones 0 Comments

A British blogger with a keen interest in business startups has been threatened with legal action and a bill that could stretch into thousands of pounds as Startup Britain demand he hand over the domain startupbritain.co.uk he registered before the support organisation existed

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Sir Richard Branson offers record £1m prize fund for Pitch 2 Rich 2015

24 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The nationwide competition enters its Fourth year which gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch to the Virgin billionaire

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Champneys, French Connection & Conde Nast shamed for minimum wage failure

24 March 201524 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

French Connection, Conde Nast and Champneys have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage.

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UK businesses not sufficiently prepared for future workforce challenges

24 March 201524 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

UK businesses are not planning how to manage and deploy human capital, according to new research.

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Women now account for 23% of board seats in FTSE 100 manufacturers

24 March 201524 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Women now account for 23% of all board seats in FTSE 100 manufacturers – up from 19% in 2013 and 21% last year – according to a new report out today.

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Scheme to promote alternative lenders to be running within 12 months

24 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A scheme requiring banks to refer small firms rejected for loans to alternative finance providers should be up and running by next year, the managing director of the British Business Bank said.

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UK manufacturing growth remaining steady

23 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Activity in the manufacturing sector remained broadly steady in March, according to the CBI’s latest Industrial Trends Survey.

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Crowdcube launches programme to help fund British seed-stage businesses

23 March 201519 April 2018 Get Funded, News Business Matters 0 Comments

Leading investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, has launched a dedicated scheme, the Sprint Programme, to help British start-ups raise finance.

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UK SMEs issue call to arms against big business bullies

23 March 2015 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The growth of UK SMEs is being undermined by spiralling costs of doing business, suffocating red tape and bullying tactics from big businesses, a major new poll from the Forum of Private Business reveals.

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The UK has emerged as one of the major hubs for crypto adoption, with over 7 million adults (around 12% of the population) owning digital assets.

Britain’s 240 crypto millionaires revealed in first HMRC cryptoasset tax data

The first HMRC figures on crypto capital gains show 240 people declared more than £1 million each in the 2024 to 2025 tax year, as new international rules prepare to hand customer records from crypto exchanges to the taxman from 2027.

EY urges junior staff back to the office as AI puts a premium on human skills

Young investors trust AI more than TV, radio or influencers, FCA finds

UK business confidence rebounds but firms want policy certainty first

Balcony solar panels reach UK shelves with promise of £110 a year off bills

Applied Nutrition closes in on £1bn valuation after raising guidance for third time this year

One of Britain’s oldest family firms to save £250,000 a year as energy scheme opens to forges

Burnham signals more energy bills support in budget as price cap rises 4 per cent

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