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More than a quarter of businesses reported a fall in revenues last month, with restaurants, pubs and bars in particular struggling as hard-up consumers tightened their…
Sunday 25 October 2026
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
More than a quarter of businesses reported a fall in revenues last month, with restaurants, pubs and bars in particular struggling as hard-up consumers tightened their…
More than 40,000 workers from Network Rail and 15 train operators will strike on 8 October, their union has said.
A 1.25% rise in National Insurance will be reversed from 6 November and the government will axe a planned tax rise to fund health and social…
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the seventh consecutive time to 2.25 per cent, the highest since 2008, in an attempt to contain…
Importers bringing goods into the UK from Asia should see the cost of shipping continue to fall steeply before stabilising next spring, industry experts predict.
HMRC has granted importers a one-month stay of execution from adopting a new computer system for customs declarations over concerns that too many businesses are unprepared.
Manufacturers expect a sharp fall in their output over the next three months in the weakest forecasts for growth since the depths of the pandemic.
Britain’s SMEs are owed on average £147,141 in late payments – nearly £74,000 more than in 2019.
The pound has hit a new 37-year low against the dollar after Russia accused the West of "nuclear blackmail" raising fears the Ukraine war could escalate.
Cuts to stamp duty will hurt first-time buyers and stoke an inflationary bubble in the property market as house prices rise at the fastest rate for…
Wales has moved a step closer to becoming the first country in the UK to ban thin plastic single-use carrier bags, with anyone caught supplying them…
The government has announced plans to introduce a cap on wholesale energy bills for businesses.
Joe Biden will tell Liz Truss she must work with the EU to find a negotiated outcome to solve post-Brexit tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol,…
Jacob Rees-Mogg is expected to announce a cap on energy prices for businesses that would cut the rates they pay by up to half this winter.
The media-shy billionaire family which owned Butlins for 21 years until last year has bought the holiday resorts business back from its private equity owner in…