The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The chief executive of Next has called for an overhaul of Britain’s planning rules as he warned that the current system is “holding back industry and…
The Bank of England will examine the financial stability risks posed by artificial intelligence in an effort to keep regulators’ eyes open to the technology’s threats.
The UK’s energy supply could require more than £900 billion in capital expenditure to achieve net zero by 2050, opening up a significant opportunity for public…
Support from UK Export Finance means that British firms have secured contracts to upgrade critical infrastructure in Benguela Province and protect the region against future flooding.
The boardroom veteran Rupert Soames is to become the next president of the CBI, the business lobby group that is trying to recover from an existential…
More than 200,000 pensioners were left out of pocket by a total of £1.3bn last year and many will never be repaid because of lax record…
Job vacancies in the American economy fell to their lowest level in more than two years, helping cool the labour market and raising expectations of interest…
Amazon and Google have complained to the UK’s competition regulator that their rival, Microsoft, uses practices that restrict customer choice in the £7.5 billion cloud computing…
British car manufacturers are to be given a three-year reprieve from Brexit tariffs on electric vehicle exports to the EU, hours after new figures showed sales…
The UK Chancellor has disagreed with claims that the UK economy has a ‘broken leg’ but instead says is has a ‘sprained ankle’ as he blames…
New research shows that despite the fact that UK entrepreneurs generate £950bn in annual revenue, entrepreneurs in the most innovative regions are struggling to access the…
Sir Rocco Forte is increasing the pace of expansion of his luxury hotel group after selling a 49 per cent stake to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth…
The British economy has been held back by a flight of workers from the jobs market and staff electing to work fewer hours after the pandemic,…
Britain’s top 100,000 taxpayers paid almost a quarter (24 per cent) of all income and capital gains tax in 2021/22, new data has revealed.
UK Export Finance has rallied together export credit agencies from around the world to join a Net Zero Export Credit Agencies Alliance being launched today at…