The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Asos to close its main US warehouse in Georgia, taking a £200m impairment charge to boost profitability. The fashion giant will serve American shoppers from a…
Mitchells & Butlers, operator of Harvester and Toby Carvery, reports strong festive sales but cautions on a “material adverse impact” from poor weather. Rising labour costs…
Britain’s vital west coast main line faces up to ten years of closures in a £3.84bn upgrade of overhead wires, signals and track. Discover how these…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves refuses to dismiss a second Budget in March, pointing to global market pressures and reaffirming her fiscal rules. Meanwhile, gilt sales signal rising…
Regional hiring in the UK has plunged by 45pc amid Rachel Reeves’s NI increases, with recruitment firm Robert Walters citing waning confidence. Labour’s employment law overhaul…
West End retailers face a £44.5m annual rise in business rates, prompting fears of store closures and job losses as new government reforms pile pressure on…
Senior Lloyds bankers could lose part of their bonuses for failing to meet a two-day office attendance rule, as employers across the UK tighten remote working…
Rachel Reeves faces mounting pressure as the cost of borrowing soars and Labour’s poll rating collapses, with Reform UK edging within a point of Labour. Despite…
Charlie Mullins, former Pimlico Plumbers boss, backs Reform UK after leaving Britain over tax hikes by the new Labour government, with Nigel Farage urging him to…
Morrisons publicly supports farmers in a standoff with Sir Keir Starmer’s Government over planned inheritance tax changes on farmland. Protests loom amid fears smaller family farms…
Keir Starmer launches the “AI Opportunities Action Plan” to position Britain as a global AI leader, pledging flexible regulations, major investments, and 13,000 new tech jobs.
Fears rise over 2,700 jobs at Spirit Aerosystems’ Belfast factory amid a stalled takeover by Boeing and a partial buyout by Airbus, leaving the future of…
Traders are increasingly betting on a significant drop in the pound as concerns mount over the Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s ability to stick to her fiscal targets…
British manufacturing giant JCB has backtracked on plans to convert 500 agency staff to permanent positions, citing “challenging market conditions” in the wake of Chancellor Rachel…
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is once again inviting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the country to compete in its Made in…