The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Britain’s economic recovery from Covid-19 is coming under pressure amid worker shortages and lengthier pandemic restrictions, as the Delta variant of coronavirus drives up infection rates.
International travel restrictions may be causing havoc to airlines and tour operators, but they are helping to get Britain’s restaurants back on their feet.
Sickness absence rates fell sharply last year despite the pandemic, according to new research.
Plans for £15 billion of green savings bonds are expected to be announced by the chancellor this week, allowing people to invest in renewable energy projects…
Taxpayers are set to lose tens of billions of pounds because basic checks and controls were scrapped to rapidly introduce Covid-19 support schemes, the Commons’ public…
Foreign business leaders will no longer need to quarantine when arriving in England if their trip is likely to have a significant economic benefit to the…
Sam Whitten of Hemp Eyewear talks to Business Matters about his brand and some of the biggest challenges he has faced so far.
Fake delivery scams have soared during the pandemic with more than 60% of Britons reporting receiving at least one such text in the past year, research…
The UK government has held emergency talks with retailers, logistics groups and wholesalers as a shortage of lorry drivers threatens to leave gaps on supermarket shelves.
Almost 13,000 investigations of suspected fraud and other breaches in the use of coronavirus support schemes have been opened by HM Revenue & Customs.
Nissan is close to committing to a “gigafactory” in Sunderland to make batteries for electric cars in a government- backed investment that will create thousands of…
Anxiety over the spread of the Delta variant in the UK combined with uncertainty over the status of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the US has led…
The insurer Hiscox has agreed a settlement with a group of about 400 companies over business interruption losses suffered as a result of lockdowns during the…
The UK and Singapore have today begun negotiations on a new ambitious digital trade agreement that could remove barriers to digital trade and enable UK exporters…
The number of new solar farms planned for the east of England has more than doubled in recent months as farmers decide to swap crops for…