The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
More than 11,000 outlets permanently disappeared from high streets, shopping centres and retail parks in Great Britain last year, with independent retailers and villages faring far…
Tens of thousands of second-home owners who falsely register their properties as holiday lets in order to claim tax breaks tax face a clampdown by HMRC
Small local grocery stores and online retailers are likely to benefit from permanent changes in shopping habits after a year of Covid-19 restrictions, according to a…
Whisky, cheese and chocolate producers have suffered the biggest post-Brexit export losses in the food and drink sector, new figures from HMRC have shown.
Cineworld plans to reopen its screens in the UK in May and has reached an exclusivity agreement with one of Hollywood’s biggest studios on new releases
One of the London’s elite law firms is offering redundancy to all its secretaries in the latest move highlighting the lasting impact of working from home…
Promoters of tax avoidance are likely to come under further scrutiny today when the government publishes several consultations and calls for evidence to improve Britain’s tax…
Police have been told to investigate Covid loan fraud only when there is evidence of links to organised crime.
Police forces nationwide are bracing for a summer of disorder as warm weather combines with a “frustrated population” after a year of lockdown.
Holidays will be banned until the end of June with people who try to leave the country facing £5,000 fines as ministers tighten border restrictions.
Shares in travel and aviation businesses including the British Airways owner, IAG, easyJet and the engine maker Rolls-Royce tumbled in early trading after the government warned…
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy has reported a loss of 306 mobile and laptop devices during the calendar years 2019 and 2020.
Bike retailers and manufacturers are struggling to keep up with demand as the cycling boom kicked off by the pandemic rolls into 2021
Half of British workers had a real-terms pay cut in the year to autumn 2020, despite official figures showing the fastest earnings growth in almost two…
A year of Covid-19 lockdowns has cost the UK economy £251bn – the equivalent of the entire annual output of the south-east of England or nearly…