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MADE Smarter, a programme helping SME manufacturers access technology and digital skills, is to be rolled out to Scotland.

More businesses are shutting down than starting up for the first time in 12 years, official data shows.

Nissan is to commit to making future electric versions of its two best selling cars in Sunderland.

The largest industrial companies have won what the chancellor described as “the largest business tax cut in modern British history”, a £10 billion-a-year break on investment in plant and machinery.

UK Export Finance (UKEF) announces today at its annual conference that it is introducing more flexible, fast-track financing for small businesses – making it easier than ever for UK firms to sell in international markets.

Jeremy Hunt has announced that he is cutting national insurance for more than 27 million people by two percentage points in a move that will save people more than £450.

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he will consider selling the government’s remaining shares in NatWest to the general public in the next 12 months as part of his Autumn Statement on Wednesday.

The number of pubs in England and Wales that shut their doors for good rose sharply in the first half of 2023, prompting warnings to the government that planned rises in business rates could force further closures in the beleaguered sector.

Deliveroo riders do not have the right to collective negotiations on pay and conditions, the UK’s top court has ruled, in a blow to gig economy campaigners and the unions that represent them.

Eight months after a workplace sexual misconduct scandal erupted and the CBI became embroiled in an existential crisis, the business lobby group has hosted its first significant public event.

The chancellor has been handed a further pre-autumn statement boost as official figures this morning showed that the government borrowed £16.9 billion less than expected so far this year.

London businesses struggling with sales due to the cost-of-living crisis are calling on the government to relax Sunday trading rules in the capital.

The shadow chancellor is set to announce a British infrastructure council with some of Britain’s biggest companies as she seeks to make Labour the party of business.

Shoppers bought less fuel and food in October as they were hit by rising living costs and poor weather, according to official figures.

Jeremy Hunt has hinted that Conservative MPs pressing for immediate income tax cuts could be disappointed, as he insisted he would not take any measures in this week’s autumn statement to fuel inflation.