The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The government and a German industrial giant have been sharply criticised over the closure of a factory in the northeast of England, with the loss of…
The grocery landscape worldwide is changing "for good", online supermarket Ocado has said, after a year in which the global pandemic forced many people to buy…
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has offloaded its 25% stake in French Connection to a Newcastle-based property investor after the fashion retailer’s share price shot up on…
A lobster exporter who is winding up his 60-year-old family business has blamed the government for failing to be honest about Brexit red tape and hidden…
Labour has called on the chancellor to extend the government’s emergency support for hard-pressed companies after warning that businesses face a £50bn hit in April when…
Napster is to make its debut on the London stock market later this month, marking the first time the music streaming pioneer has had its own…
Bitcoin has surged to a new record high after Tesla revealed that it had bought $1.5 billion of the cryptocurrency and pledged to start accepting it…
Notonthehighstreet has been bought by Great Hill Partners, an American investment firm.
Workplace Covid testing is being offered to more companies in England, for staff who cannot work from home during lockdown, the government says.
With the third national lockdown already involving an extension until March 8, new research has revealed that at least three in 10 SMEs will be forced…
Companies will have borrowed more than £60 billion to help them to survive the pandemic by the end of this year, according to forecasts that lay…
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has bought the Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton brands from failed retail group Arcadia for £25.2m
Tesco has called for a 1% sales tax to be levied on online competitors, including Amazon.
The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, has announced further details of Pay As You Grow, which helps UK smaller businesses that have taken…
Restaurateurs and retailers are speeding towards a cliff-edge in the spring if landlords are once again allowed to evict tenants over unpaid rent