The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, should be drawing up contingency plans for a mini-furlough in the event that the Omicron variant forces the government into closing parts…
Amazon is to start selling low-cost Covid PCR test kits to travellers in a move that promises to shake up a market that has been described…
An American federal agency has found that Ocado did not violate the patents of a Norwegian robot maker.
The boss of JD Wetherspoon claimed that Britain was heading towards “lockdown by stealth” following the restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.
More than a third of backbench Conservatives are preparing to defy Boris Johnson over new Covid-19 measures today even after the prime minister warned rebels against…
Shares in Purplebricks tumbled another 20 per cent after the online estate agent warned that it faces a multimillion-pound payout to tenants because of a “process…
Almost two thirds of employers say the UK’s Statutory Sick Pay rate is too low and should be increased, according to CIPD research
Half of UK families have seen their disposable incomes shrink in the last two years, new analysis suggests.
Theatres face a peak Christmas season with bookings down by as much as 50%, while restaurants and other attractions could see mass cancellations, as a result…
Independent restaurants are being forced to offer hefty sign-on bonuses of £1,000 or more for chefs and other kitchen staff as the shortage of skilled workers…
Women now account for a majority of independent directors at Britain’s largest public companies, research has found.
Sir Paul McCartney is among a group of investors behind a £7.2 million funding round for the music start-up Audoo.
A record number of manufacturers are raising prices, with factory gate inflation of up to 10 per cent becoming “built in” to customers’ expectations, a survey…
French fishermen have rejected Britain’s approval of more fishing licences as insufficient and promised new protests to disrupt traffic in Channel ports.
Every adult in Britain will be offered a Covid booster jab by the end of this month, Boris Johnson pledged tonight, as he warned there was…