The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses that claimed on their insurance during the Covid pandemic but had their payouts delayed could be owed thousands of pounds…
Corporate insolvencies dropped off in April as business confidence seemed to improve but experts warned that the drop may not signal better times ahead.
Rishi Sunak’s Downing Street food summit has been slammed as just full of “empty gestures and no more that an a PR stunt" by food and…
The communications regulator has launched an investigation into poor performance at Royal Mail that could lead to a fine after more than a quarter of first-class…
The European Union has upgraded forecasts for its growth this year, while predicting a “modest contraction” in the size of the British economy.
Vodafone’s new chief executive said she would cut 11,000 jobs over three years as she set out her plans to simplify the telecoms group.
Unemployment is creeping up as the number of people not working due to long-term sickness rose to a new record and vacancies continued to decline in…
Rishi Sunak is facing mounting Tory unrest as he imposes the biggest tax rise since the 1970s, dragging millions of middle earners into the 40p rate…
Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is to step down from his role, the owner of the postal giant has said.
Hands In, the innovative payments start-up, has completed a $550k funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its group payment services.
Banks are expected to increase their lending this year as the UK economy swerves the predicted and the housing markets shows small signs of some revival,…
Net migration figures into the UK are reportedly set to reach a record high of up to one million with the Conservative party bracing for criticism…
Recruitment fell sharply in April, suggesting that employers are holding back on hiring as business confidence continues to be impacted by economic uncertainty.
The restaurant group owned by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay narrowed losses to £1m last year as sales more than tripled after Covid restrictions were eased.
Half of UK small business owners believes their mental health has suffered from the stress of managing their business finances in the past year.