The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Growth in the private sector edged closer to stagnation this month, with the manufacturing sector shrinking and growth in the dominant services sector weakening.
Klarna has backed the use of buy-now pay-later (BNPL) as a means of payment for essentials like groceries after debt charities and the regulator warned over…
The UK and Ukraine have agreed to launch talks on a new digital trade agreement as Kyiv prepares to celebrate independence day.
The Bank of England could be forced to raise interest rates to 4% from as early as next year to combat soaring inflation, despite the growing…
The minimum wage should be increased to £15 an hour as soon as possible to help millions of low-paid workers struggling amid the cost of living…
Unite union chief Sharon Graham has warned employers there will be no end to the strikes that threaten to cripple the British economy.
Pub landlords are facing an “extinction” this winter as a majority of operators said they feared being forced to shut down in the coldest months.
London is to get a seventh international airport after the Department for Transport cleared the redevelopment of the closed Manston runway in Kent, overruling the deep…
British Airways has announced a further raft of flight cancellations between now and the end of October as the UK’s travel chaos continues.
US tech titan Microsoft is locked in a trademark dispute with a woman in Northampton after she named her business Word Windows.
According to new data scam revenues have dropped by 65% in one year. At the end of July 2021, the figure was 4.5B compared to 1.6B during…
A key mortgage rate has hit 4% for the first time in nine years. The financial data provider Moneyfacts said the average new two-year fixed rate…
About 6 million disabled people across the UK will receive a £150 cost of living payment from the end of next month, the government has said.
UK inflation is on track to rise above 18% for the first time in almost half a century next year as energy prices rocket, according to…
The former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has pleaded not guilty to a charge of fraud brought after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.