The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Silicon Valley’s biggest unicorn is stepping up its recruitment in Britain after its boss declared that Big Tech’s shift beyond America’s west coast would boost global…
The taxpayer is to stand behind £500 million of state-guaranteed loans to Jaguar Land Rover as the UK vehicle manufacturer attempts to kickstart its transition to…
Cutting taxes would be a huge gamble, the chief secretary to the Treasury said yesterday as he poured cold water on the idea of reducing VAT…
The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates once again, adding pressure to household budgets as prices continue to rise.
Ministers are to introduce a “Brexit freedoms” bill that will make it easier to amend or repeal EU rules that were carried over into British law…
Youth unemployment is now at lower levels than before the pandemic. A report by think thank Resolution Foundation has found.
Private landlords will be forced by law to bring their properties up to a set of national standards for the first time under plans to be…
A vast lorry park in the southeast is being considered by ministers in an attempt to ease congestion around the Port of Dover.
The national pig herd has lost-one tenth of all sows over the last six months, farmers’ associations have revealed, after breeders were forced into a massive…
EasyJet plunged £213 million into the red in the Christmas quarter and is still burning through £150 million in cash each month, putting its Covid-19 losses…
Payments firm Checkout.com has raised $1bn (£730m), giving it a $40bn (£29bn) valuation and crowning it the UK’s most valuable private fintech.
It was once promoted as a new financial system that would transform how money is transferred around the world, but Facebook’s ambitious cryptocurrency project has ended…
Robust demand for the latest iPhone propelled Apple’s quarterly sales and profit to record levels even as the technology group grappled with supply chain issues during…
Rishi Sunak is expected to close a tax loophole on working from home that has cost the exchequer about half a billion pounds over the course…
A more transmissible subtype of the Omicron Covid-19 variant is on course to become dominant within weeks, scientists said yesterday, as new data suggested that coronavirus…