The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Ahead of the Spring Budget, new data reveals that small to medium sized business (SMEs) have lost confidence in the Government’s commitment to support them.
Gary Lineker and BBC management have reached a deal to get the presenter back on air, after the weekend's disruption to BBC Sport schedules.
Business confidence in Britain is rising, the latest economic surveys suggest.
HSBC has acquired the UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank for £1 after a weekend of crisis talks with the Bank of England and government ministers…
US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank since 2008.
The chancellor is expected to deliver a multibillion-pound “cradle-to-grave giveaway”, using his budget on Wednesday to announce childcare and pension reforms.
Only 6% of high growth enterprises (HGEs), as defined by the OECD, across the UK were founded by all-women or majority-women teams
The government will commit billions of pounds to new energy projects at next week’s budget, in a bid to compete with rival markets such as the…
Energy giant EDF has announced plans to extend the lives of two of the UK's five remaining nuclear power stations.
The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) is investigating potential food fraud involving pre-packed sliced beef which was labelled as British but came from South America and…
The Office for National Statistics reports that GDP grew by 0.3% during January, after shrinking by 0.5% in December.
Ministers will take greater powers in tackling unfair trade practices, reducing the role of an independent body set up after Brexit to adjudicate disputes.
In a joint operation with the Metropolitan Police, the Financial Conduct Authority inspected several ATM sites, using its enforcement powers.
Ministers are set to delay construction of key sections of the HS2 rail line, with a statement expected imminently outlining the extent of budget overruns amid…
Pressure is mounting on the Chancellor to scrap changes to research and development (R&D) tax credits in next week’s budget as over 150 start-ups and Britain’s…