The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Billionaire Guy Hands’ Annington sells 36,000 military homes to the UK’s Ministry of Defence for £6bn, ending a long legal battle and bringing housing back into…
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves may be forced into emergency tax hikes by spring if the economy worsens. As businesses shed jobs and growth stalls, experts warn…
Early Revolut crowdfunders stand to turn a £2,300 investment into nearly £1m as the fintech giant’s valuation surges. A limited share sale offers a rare opportunity…
UK private sector hiring has fallen at its fastest rate since the global financial crisis (excluding pandemic disruptions), compounding fears that the economy may be edging…
The Business Secretary is facing accusations of failing to fully engage with Vauxhall’s parent company Stellantis ahead of its decision to close the van-making plant in…
TalkTalk will cut hundreds of roles as it seeks to strip out £120m in costs, offload non-core units, and boost automation. The restructuring follows an emergency…
Royal Mail will change hands after 500 years of British ownership as Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky completes a £3.6bn takeover. The Government keeps a “golden share”,…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s clampdown on inheritance tax relief for family businesses and farms risks a £1bn net loss to the Treasury, economists say, amid warnings of…
Surrey County Council has admitted it does not have enough state school places to accommodate children transferring from private schools, following the government’s introduction of a…
Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, is poised to rewrite Britain’s planning rules to clear the path for a massive expansion of wind and solar energy, effectively…
Britain’s farmers are set to collectively lose around £600 million after poor growing conditions produced the second-worst wheat harvest on record.
Britain’s workforce will slide to a record low as growing numbers of people too unwell to work dampen the economy’s future prospects, according to the tax…
Royal Mail has been fined a record £10.5 million by the postal regulator after delivering more than a quarter of first-class letters late.
The UK economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.1 per cent in October, marking its second consecutive monthly decline, according to official data from the Office for National…
More than 10,000 people running small businesses have enrolled in the Help to Grow: Management programme, a government-subsidised training initiative designed to enhance leadership and boost…