The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Pubs, bars and restaurants are pleading for targeted relief as wage bills, energy costs and a Gulf-driven fuel spike collide with consumers who have stopped spending.
Ministers have written to nearly 200 UK business leaders urging them to sign a new cyber-resilience pledge as Anthropic's Mythos AI model raises hacking fears across…
HMRC has paused enforcing VAT bills on free medicines supplied through compassionate use schemes after Bayer halted new patient enrolments and pharma giants warned the levy…
Britain's tax wedge jumped 2.45 points in a year — 16 times the OECD average — as Reeves's employer NI hike and frozen thresholds punish SMEs…
The world's largest cosmetics group shrugs off the drag from the Iran war, posting forecast-beating first-quarter sales as European consumers treat themselves to small indulgences and…
Employers' National Insurance Contributions have soared by £28bn in a single year, £4bn above the Government's own forecast, triggering redundancies in hospitality and retail and slowing…
UK government borrowing dropped to £12.6bn in March, a four-year low, as debt interest payments tumbled. But economists warn the Middle East conflict could wipe out…
Tesla sales jump 84% in Europe as electric vehicles now account for more than one in five new cars registered. Germany overtakes UK on EV penetration.
Former Manchester United captain Ryan Giggs is £99,925 out of pocket after his restaurant George's Dining Room and Bar folded owing creditors £563,600, with HMRC, staff…
British Business Bank commits £10m as cornerstone investor in Northern Gritstone's £20m rolling close, lifting the VC firm's permanent capital to £382m to back Northern deeptech…
The luxury market in Italy continues to serve as a global benchmark, thanks to a unique combination of tradition, craftsmanship, and innovation.
UK mobile operators VodafoneThree, Virgin Media O2 and EE warn they may ration signal access and introduce surge pricing after being excluded from Rachel Reeves's energy…
Royal Mail unveils a £500m, five-year plan to tackle late deliveries, scrap Saturday second-class post and shift 6,000 part-time staff to full-time hours.
UK inflation jumped to 3.3% in March 2026 as the Middle East conflict drove petrol, diesel and air fares higher. What it means for SMEs, interest…
Rolls-Royce has been crowned the nation's most iconic trade mark in a public poll marking 150 years since Britain became one of the first countries in…