The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Jaguar Land Rover signs a memorandum of understanding with Stellantis to explore building Range Rovers and Defenders in the US, sidestepping President Trump's tariff cap on…
HMRC drafts plans to slap 20% VAT on airport landing fees, adding £1bn to airline costs and pushing up the price of UK family holidays —…
Amazon UK chief John Boumphrey tells employers to stop blaming young people for record NEET numbers and calls for compulsory work experience for over-16s.
The UK ceramics sector has secured a £120m government support package, split evenly between capital investment and operational relief, in a long-awaited win for Stoke-on-Trent's pottery…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves slashes VAT from 20% to 5% on summer attractions, children's meals and family days out, alongside a fuel duty freeze and supermarket tariff…
Whitehall releases the file on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s 2001 appointment as UK trade envoy, showing Queen Elizabeth II was ‘very keen’ he take the role — raising…
HS2's revamped budget could leave Britain with up to £33bn of unfunded spending as Heidi Alexander warns the project may cost taxpayers £102bn. What it means…
UK youth employment has fallen by 330,000 in three years, with the IFS warning the decline is closing in on Covid-era lows — and could scar…
Britain’s private sector workers are facing the worst hit to real incomes since 2022 as inflation outstrips earnings growth, a softening jobs market erodes bargaining power…
Smruti Sriram OBE of Bags of Ethics wins the 2026 Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award, with Seabound's Alisha Fredriksson taking the Bold Future Award for slashing…
A House of Lords committee warns England's water supply could fall 5bn litres a day short by 2055 unless ministers act now on drought, leakage and…
SpaceX has revealed its finances for the first time, posting $18.7bn revenue and a $4.9bn loss as Elon Musk readies what may be the biggest IPO…
Britain becomes the first G7 country to sign a free trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council, a £3.7bn-a-year prize for UK exporters, carmakers and food…
OpenAI is preparing a confidential IPO filing with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, paving the way for one of the most consequential AI listings on record…
AI tools such as Objector.ai and ChatGPT are helping residents flood councils with sophisticated planning objections, slowing UK approvals and putting the 1.5 million homes target…