The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
British tax officials have ramped up efforts to claw back £1bn from fraudulent or incorrect furlough payouts, after opening up tens of thousands of investigations against…
HomeServe, the emergency home repairs group, is gearing up for a big push into the replacing of traditional boilers with heat pumps, as well as providing…
Lidl has announced pay rises from March next year, which it says will make it the UK's highest-paying supermarket.
Revenue & Customs is ill-equipped to hunt down tens of billions of pounds of extra tax it is owed from the pandemic because one in five…
The international trade secretary has called on UK businesses to “re-energise” their exporting efforts, saying “lethargy in the system” is holding them back.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has hailed the "extraordinary success" of the furlough scheme as official figures suggest a "small" number of jobs were lost at its demise.
We sat down with Sara, CTO of digital community platform Rest Less, to learn about her experience of building a business from scratch.
Marks and Spencer has made a range of womenswear available to rent ahead of the Christmas party season, as the industry moves to address sustainability concerns…
Tesco’s festive TV ad featuring Santa Claus bearing a Covid vaccine passport has prompted more than 1,500 complaints, making it the most complained-about advert of the…
Wholesale energy prices hit the second highest level in at least three years on Monday, adding pressure on suppliers struggling to secure electricity and gas at…
Countries are losing almost half a trillion dollars through tax abuse by multinationals and the super-rich, enough to fully vaccinate the global population against Covid-19 three…
Andrew Bailey appeared before a committee of MPs yesterday less than a fortnight after surprising the financial markets by holding interest rates at an historic low…
HMRC has invested in 37,624 laptops, tablets and phones in the last 12 months, and a grand total of 45,704 devices since October 2019, which was…
Cineworld, the world's second-largest cinema chain, has reported that revenue has topped pre-pandemic levels in the UK and Ireland thanks to an "excellent slate of movies".
People should pay a form of “ecological taxation” on food and water bills to account for the costs of tackling climate change, waste, obesity and pollution,…