The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Britain's biggest chicken supplier 2Sisters has pushed through £70m of price rises to offset Labour's National Insurance and minimum wage increases, as profits triple to £108m.
Greggs is opening its first shop outside the UK at Tenerife South Airport as the FTSE 250 bakery chain reports a 7.5% rise in sales to…
Used pure-electric car sales surged 32% to a record 86,943 in Q1, the SMMT reports, as soaring petrol prices and wider model choice tempt British motorists…
Around 600 OpenAI staff have shared a $6.6bn (£4.8bn) payout in a secondary share sale, with average proceeds of $11m and the largest sellers banking $30m…
Germany's Eon has agreed to acquire Ovo's retail arm in a deal valued at up to £600m, creating the UK's largest energy supplier with 9.6 million…
Vauxhall will fit Chinese-made electric motors and batteries from Leapmotor in its new C-SUV from 2028, as Stellantis bets on a Beijing alliance to undercut surging…
TG Jones, the rebranded former WH Smith high street chain, owes £15.8m to councils, suppliers and HMRC and could run out of cash by June, owner…
The Ministry of Defence has spent £16.6m with Elon Musk's Starlink over four years, funding satellite terminals for Ukrainian forces and British personnel — despite political…
UK gilt yields breach 5% as Labour reels from local election defeat. City warns of fiscal reckoning if Starmer is replaced by a left-wing successor.
Santander will retire the 200-year-old TSB brand and merge the lender into its UK arm after a £2.9bn deal, targeting £400m of savings. What it means…
IAG, owner of British Airways, warns the Iran conflict will add €2bn to its fuel bill and dent 2026 profits, even as Q1 earnings jumped 77%…
UN FAO Food Price Index climbs 1.6% in April as Strait of Hormuz disruption, drought and biofuel demand push vegetable oil, cereal and meat prices higher.…
Grosvenor Group's Mark Preston warns Iran war fertiliser shortages have pushed UK farm costs up 70% and will trigger a dramatic spike in global food prices…
The British Retail Consortium warns Britain is heading for a jobless generation, with £6.5bn in extra labour costs forcing retailers to freeze hiring and shut young…
Modella Capital is to close up to 150 of the 480 former WHSmith high street shops trading as TGJones, putting hundreds of jobs at risk in…