The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Veuve Clicquot reveals its 2025 Bold Woman Award shortlist, honouring six outstanding female entrepreneurs reshaping finance, sustainability and social impact.
Heathrow’s 2024 passenger numbers reach a record 83.9m ahead of plans for a new third runway.
Aston Martin’s new CEO Adrian Hallmark promises to turn the luxury carmaker profitable by 2025, tackling debt, improving quality control, and restoring investor confidence after years…
Discover the business leaders and corporations championing workplace equality as the British LGBT Awards 2025 unveils its official shortlist.
Rachel Reeves faces an £8bn Treasury shortfall by 2030 as electric cars erode fuel duty. The Climate Change Committee urges a “pay-per-mile” scheme, while rising flight…
Tesla’s valuation slips below $1tn as European and UK sales plunge by nearly 50 per cent.
Dubai-based crypto exchange Bybit says hackers stole $1.5bn worth of Ethereum in a theft surpassing all previous records.
Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax overhaul has sparked concern among farmers and the CBI, with warnings of job losses, disrupted growth, and threats to Britain’s food security.
Lord Spencer of Alresford increases his stake in Chapel Down, England’s biggest winemaker, despite a share price dip since the company’s Aim listing.
BMW has confirmed a delay to the reintroduction of electric vehicle (EV) production at its iconic Mini plant in Oxford, blaming a confluence of factors shaping…
Waspi threatens the Government with legal action over state pension age changes for women born in the 1950s, risking a potential £10bn payout if the judicial…
McDonald’s UK defies its parent’s US pivot on diversity, vowing to keep DEI targets despite Trump’s renewed scepticism and a growing backlash against ‘woke’ policies.
Just Eat is to be acquired for €4.1bn by investment giant Prosus, a fraction of its pandemic-era value.
Apple pledges a record $500bn US investment and 20,000 new jobs, shielding itself from President Trump’s China tariffs and expanding advanced manufacturing in Texas and Arizona.
Donald Trump’s second presidency is prompting UK firms to reconsider DEI initiatives, as fresh polling shows a slim majority of Britons oppose cutbacks.