The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The Scottish government is in line for a windfall of almost £700m after the largest ever auction of the country’s seabed plots attracted bids from big…
Amazon has reversed a decision to ban its customers from using UK-issued Visa credit cards as the two companies continue to try to resolve a dispute…
A middle-aged sales assistant has won an age and sex harassment case after her male boss made loud comments about her going through the menopause in…
Tens of thousands of middle-income families face being investigated by the taxman after the government changed the law to go after people who had “unwittingly” overclaimed…
The UK’s deep regional divides are widening despite the government’s promises to level up the country, a think tank for the north of England has warned.
Britons are consuming too much alcohol at home due to sessions lasting longer than pub visits, an expert has said
The average house price has jumped by £852 in a month as estate agents experience their busiest start to a year yet, according to Rightmove.
The Treasury expects to recover only £1 of every £4 stolen from the public purse by fraudsters during the pandemic, it has admitted for the first…
Millions of families in England will be dragged into fuel poverty overnight when energy bills soar this April, research has found.
An estimated 3 per cent of the workforce was signed off in late December and a fifth of businesses reported increased cancellations amid the surge in…
Mark Zuckerberg could be forced to pay most British Facebook users about £50 each if a landmark legal action alleging that the site abused its market…
France has reopened its borders to British tourists after ministers in Paris eased restrictions on non-essential travel.
People struck down with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are buying so much paracetamol that supplies are running low in many shops.
Covid Passports are to be abandoned this month after Sajid Javid effectively killed off the policy.
The fashion retailer Next is the latest company to cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff as Sajid Javid said those who have not had jabs damaged…