The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Retail tycoon Touker Suleyman is leaving Dragons' Den after a decade, telling followers at 72 it is time to reprioritise. Here is what his exit means.
Kanya King CBE, the entrepreneur who remortgaged her home to launch the MOBO Awards and went on to reshape the British music industry, has died aged…
Small firms installing solar panels and heat pumps under the government's ECO4 scheme say large energy suppliers owe them thousands as the £1.3bn programme winds down.
Barclays warns the UK has "lost control of its international narrative" as its share of global foreign capital slides to 7%, costing Britain an estimated £2.5trn…
Shares in HSBC, Standard Chartered and Prudential tumble as Beijing curbs capital flight, with banks halting Hong Kong account openings for mainland Chinese clients.
Nissan has signed a non-binding MoU with China's Chery to build its cars at the Sunderland plant from 2027, securing the future of Britain's biggest car…
The US has proposed 10–12.5% tariffs on 60 economies, including the UK, over forced labour in global supply chains. What it means for British SMEs and…
The CMA has ordered Google to give UK news publishers control over AI Overviews, opening the door to fairer content deals and a rebalanced digital economy…
Virgin Atlantic has slumped to a £127m pre-tax loss for 2025, blaming Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs and warning the Gulf war and Strait of Hormuz…
OECD slashes UK growth to 0.9% for 2026 and warns unemployment will hit 5.5% — the steepest jobless jump in the G7 — as the US–Iran…
House of Lords committee urges Bank of England and FCA to press ahead with sterling stablecoin rules, warning UK risks losing fintech ground to the US…
Britain's Seventh Carbon Budget sets an 87% emissions cut by 2042, anchoring a £105bn net zero economy that already supports 22,000-plus SMEs and a million jobs.
UK business owners react with fury to Pat McFadden's leaked "who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others" message to Lord Mandelson, warning…
The FSB has written to the Treasury urging ministers to lift the small business rates relief threshold to £25,000 after 104,000 firms were dragged into the…
The CIPD warns the Government's zero-hours contract reforms could backfire, pushing employers towards self-employed contractors and fixed-term deals — and leaving young workers worse off.