The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
A fresh round of rail strikes is set to disrupt national networks during July, after the RMT union announced that 20,000 workers would stage three days…
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a half point to 5% as it intensifies its efforts to tackle stubbornly high inflation, adding to…
The UK’s largest dairy cooperative has said there could be further increases in the price of milk and other dairy products if the government does not…
Annual profits at Halfords have tumbled by 55 per cent after it was hit hard by soaring costs and as customers cut back their spending.
The government must do more to unlock private investment for green projects or risk missing its decarbonisation targets, according to a new report from a committee…
Hundreds of businesses including high-street heavyweights WH Smith, M&S and Argos have been named and shamed after being fined for failing to pay workers the minimum…
The cost of renting a home has climbed to its highest in a decade, with rents having risen faster than wages in every month for almost…
Consumer price inflation failed to fall last month, piling pressure on the Bank of England to carry out an oversized increase to borrowing costs tomorrow to…
An award-winning businessman, written off by teachers as a no-hoper, has launched a fund to inspire and support teenagers amongst the Grenfell community in one of London’s…
Exergyn, an industry-leading cleantech company, has today announced the creation of 15 new roles in line with the opening of its new office in Rugby, Eastern…
The Confederation of British Industry has been locked out of regular meetings with other leading business lobby groups, hampering its fight for survival after a sexual…
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has bought a £22m stake in the fashion group Boohoo as the high street retail tycoon makes a flurry of investments in…
The train drivers’ union Aslef has announced a week-long overtime ban at the start of July, which will further disrupt much of Britain’s railway.
Sales at the UK arm of Peloton have fallen after the end of Covid restrictions put the brakes on the interactive exercise bike firm’s lockdown boom.
Nearly three quarters of SMEs say their bank actively discriminates against them in favour of larger companies, according to new research.