The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Boris Johnson is “wobbling” over plans to increase national insurance after Tory MPs warned that the rise must be delayed as a condition of their support.
A cabinet minister has argued that the national insurance rise should go ahead as planned despite Tory rebels reportedly pushing for it to be scrapped as…
About one in six white-collar workers want to change jobs because their employer is forcing them to return to the office.
A British software tycoon has failed to delay a ruling on whether he should be extradited to the US over claims that he masterminded a £8…
Bentley has committed to keeping production of its new range of luxury electric cars at its home in Crewe and put a date of late 2025…
Ministers will today launch a new benefits crackdown designed to get half a million unemployed people back to work by the end of June.
Supermarkets and train operators will carry on asking people to wear facemasks after the legal requirement for them comes to an end today.
Essex is an area of a rich and diverse history. It is the place where Queen Boudica of the Iceni led the resistance against the Romans…
Hundreds of thousands of predominantly older people and those living in rural areas will be forced to upgrade their mobile phones by the end of 2023,…
The UK advertising watchdog has banned a high-profile marketing campaign by Swedish alt-milk brand Oatly after ruling its green claims were misleading.
Royal Mail plans to cut 700 managerial jobs in a restructuring that has forced it to lower its profit outlook for the year.
The number of new Chinese students enrolling at British universities fell for the first time last year, while soaring numbers from India came over to study.
Tory pressure to delay April’s rise in national insurance has intensified as official figures showed government finances were in a healthier state than expected.
Rising inflation caused interest payments on government debt to treble in a year to reach record levels for December, official statistics show.
The UK economy grew at its slowest pace in almost a year in January as hospitality, leisure and travel businesses felt the impact of the Omicron…