The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The House of Lords commissioners for standards are considering a complaint against the Conservative peer Michelle Mone, relating to the PPE business awarded £203m government contracts…
Furniture retailer Ikea has cut sick pay for unvaccinated UK staff who are forced to self-isolate because of close contact with someone with Covid-19, it has…
Ministers want to lift working-from-home guidance at the end of the month amid concern about the economic damage the measure is causing.
Covid-19 spurred wealthy motorists to buy more Rolls-Royces than ever before because it made them realise life is short, the luxury carmaker has said.
Wilko has announced they are planning 15 store closures this year and 300 jobs could be affected which will be “devastating” for the workers.
Philip Green and his family are poised to receive up to £2.5m more in payouts from their former Topshop retail empire on top of £50m paid…
As the government prepares to release its levelling up white paper later this month, new research finds that more than half of SMEs are confused about…
The home knit is having a moment this winter as the “Tom Daley effect” sees more young men and women picking up knitting needles to create…
Aldi’s sales edged higher in the month leading up to Christmas, as the German discounter enjoyed its “best ever” festive period and predicted it would prosper…
A third of voters expect their energy bills to become unaffordable this year, increasing the pressure on Boris Johnson to protect against the rising cost of…
Ministers and officials are spending billions of pounds on projects that are never properly evaluated, according to the head of the National Audit Office.
Farmers must “stand their ground” on price inflation and ensure that the rising costs they face are reflected in the prices paid to them by supermarkets…
France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google and Facebook a combined €210m (£176m) for hampering users’ ability to stop the companies tracking their online activity.
Motorists paid £5m more a day for fuel than they should have last month after petrol station owners refused to pass on a drop in wholesale…
The bosses of Britain’s biggest companies will have made more money in 2022 by breakfast time on Friday than the average UK worker will earn in…