More than 130 hotel and holiday park bosses have warned Rachel Reeves that planned business rates reforms threaten closures and job losses, urging ministers to extend relief beyond pubs to the wider hospitality sector.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Unemployment stuck near five-year high as wage growth cools
UK unemployment remains at a near five-year high while wage growth slows, strengthening the case for interest rate cuts as businesses rein in hiring amid rising costs.
MPs back UK innovators as Britain steps up fight against plastic pollution
MPs have urged ministers to boost support for UK businesses developing natural, biodegradable alternatives to plastic packaging, as parliamentarians hear the sector could generate £4.2bn and 35,000 green jobs.
Gold and silver hit record highs as Trump tariff threat rattles markets
Gold and silver prices surged to record highs after Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on Europe, prompting investors to seek safe havens.
Musk sues OpenAI and Microsoft for up to $134bn over ‘wrongful gains’
Elon Musk is seeking up to $134bn from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI giants profited unfairly from his early backing.
Reeves opens corporate bond market to small investors in bid to unlock UK savings
Rachel Reeves is opening up Britain’s corporate bond market to small investors as part of a wider push to channel more household savings into UK businesses and revive London’s capital markets.
Amazon tests Coventry warehouse staff for tuberculosis after outbreak
Amazon is carrying out tuberculosis (TB) testing at its Coventry fulfilment centre after a small number of workers were found to have the infectious lung disease.
Starmer condemns Trump’s Greenland tariff threat as ‘completely wrong’
Keir Starmer says Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs over Greenland is completely wrong, warning it harms Nato unity and UK businesses.
Trump’s new tariff threat risks chaos for companies and higher inflation in the US
Donald Trump announces new 10% tariffs on UK and European exports, risking trade chaos, higher prices for US consumers and renewed inflation pressures.
Net zero reliance on China ‘puts 90,000 UK jobs at risk’, think tank warns
Britain’s heavy reliance on China for net zero technologies such as batteries could put as many as 90,000 manufacturing jobs at risk in the event of a major supply chain shock, according to a new report.
Starmer poised to ban under-16s from social media as government hardens stance on child safety online
Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to back legislation that would ban under-16s from social media platforms, signalling a decisive shift in the government’s approach to online child protection.
Government to give cash payouts to people in financial crisis
The government is to roll out a new £1bn-a-year support scheme designed to give people on low incomes direct access to emergency cash when they face sudden financial shocks.
Soho House secures funding to complete $1.8bn takeover deal
Soho House has secured new funding to complete its $1.8bn takeover, stabilising a deal led by MCR Hotels after weeks of uncertainty.
BBC close to landmark deal to produce original shows for YouTube
The BBC is close to a landmark deal to produce original content for YouTube, aiming to reach younger audiences and protect future licence fee income.
Offshore wind delays raise questions over Labour’s 2030 clean power target
RWE warns several new offshore wind farms are unlikely to be online by 2030, raising questions over Ed Miliband’s clean power ambition.
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