The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
A new European Union directive could provide extra workplace rights and protections for up to 4.1 million people, such as Uber drivers or Deliveroo couriers, in…
Octopus Energy has raised $300m of investment to value the power supplier at $5bn – despite soaring energy prices that have triggered a wave of collapses…
Nightclubs have said they face rising costs and lost bookings amid confusion over Covid regulations for England being introduced at their busiest time of year.
McDonald’s has opened a “net zero carbon” restaurant in both building construction and everyday operation, in what it believes is a UK first.
The birth of a grandchild may be considered a priceless gift in itself, but for some grandparents it now comes with a new perk – an…
Public Health Scotland is "strongly" urging businesses to defer Christmas parties in response to the Omicron variant.
The online furnishings retailer Made.com has slashed its revenue guidance, as it warned that supply chain disruptions and shipping delays would defer up to £45m of…
The government is facing growing pressure to relaunch furlough and other emergency financial support schemes after imposing working from home orders in England because of the…
Financial regulators came under pressure from MPs yesterday to stop firms using words such as “invest” and “investment” when promoting cryptocurrencies.
Dyson has lost a legal fight for a claim of £151 million in compensation for losses that it said were caused by flawed European Union energy…
Energy bills could rise to almost £1,900 a year from April as supplier collapses, caused by a decade of regulatory failings, add to the pain of…
Boris Johnson once again told people to work from home yesterday as he tightened Covid-19 restrictions after being warned that a million people would catch the…
Un-policed and often unenforceable anti-corruption laws have made the UK the global money-laundering capital for a post-Soviet Union elite, severely damaging Britain’s international reputation and the…
Several Amazon services – including its website, Prime Video and applications that use Amazon Web Services (AWS) – went down for thousands of users on Tuesday.
The destructive impact of the Omicron variant on the country’s inbound tourism industry, the UK’s fifth largest export, has been laid bare in a new survey