The prices of many big brand foods have soared over the past two years with one top product doubling in cost, a study has revealed.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Amazon to start cutting 10,000 jobs within days
Amazon has become the latest giant technology group to pull the trigger on widespread layoffs. The world’s largest retailer is said to be ready to start cutting about 10,000 jobs throughout its corporate and technology divisions within days.
Only 1 in 200 fraud cases lead to police charges
The Home Office has made next to no progress in tackling criminal fraud during the past five years, despite it having become Britain’s most prevalent crime, government auditors warn today.
Taking the biscuit: Jaffa Cake shortage fears as factory workers strike over pay
Fans of Jaffa Cakes have shared their concern over a potential shortage of the chocolatey treat after workers at the factory where they are made announced they would be striking over pay.
HMRC’s Covid fraud taskforce to leave billions unaccounted for
An HMRC unit set up to tackle Covid fraud is set to leave £3.3bn outstanding when it winds down in March 2023, campaigners have warned.
Value of UK business tax breaks hits record £105bn in past year alone
The value of business tax reliefs in the UK hit £105.3bn in the past year, up from £100.3bn in 2020-21, shows new research shows.
Joules on brink of collapse as it enters administration with 1600 jobs in the balance
The fashion retailer Joules is to appoint administrators after talks with investors about rescue financing failed, leaving its 1,600 staff at risk of losing their jobs.
Half of UK firms given loans by British Business Bank would have gone under in pandemic
Nearly half of the companies supported by a state-owned fund would have gone bust in the pandemic without its support, a new report has found.
RAC urges Government not to raise fuel duty on squeezed motorists
Motoring group RAC has called on the Government not to hike fuel duty in the Autumn Statement this week.
Change of course at Clipper Ventures as owners raise flag on company sale
The owners of Clipper Ventures will step back from running day-to-day operations as they look to put the company up for sale.
UK SMEs fear ‘cliff-edge’ energy bills in April, warns British Chamber of Commerce
Nearly half of UK SMEs fear they will not be able to pay their energy bills once the Government’s support package ends next March, according to a new survey from the British Chambers of Commerce.
If taxes don’t rise Britain will pay a heavy price says Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak warned last night that Britain would be punished by the financial markets if he did not raise taxes and cut spending, as ministers announced they were curtailing support for energy bills from April.
Rise in back pain and long-term sickness linked to home working
Anybody who emerged from the Covid-19 lockdowns with a frozen shoulder or a neck crick after spending hours hunched over their laptop at the kitchen table would be painfully aware of the dangers of working from home.
Just Stop Oil to halt protests on M25
The Just Stop Oil protests that have disrupted the M25 motorway around London over the past four days are to pause, organisers have said, to give the government time to reconsider issuing fresh licences for oil and gas extraction.
Exodus continues at Twitter as Elon Musk hints at possible bankruptcy
As Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter entered its third week, and following mass layoffs, the billionaire laid bare a delicate financial future for the social media platform, amid an exodus of top privacy and security executives.
