The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The number of cars built in Britain fell again last month and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has predicted billions of pounds of lost…
The film studio behind James Bond is up for sale with a likely asking price of more than $5.5 billion, it was reported yesterday.
UK businesses could save a combined £481m in business rates after an interim ruling over rebates.
Government borrowing soared in November as the UK continued to support the economy during the pandemic.
House prices in the UK are expected to fall by up to 5% next year, fuelled by rising unemployment and the end of the government’s stamp…
More than 800,000 private tenants in England and Wales could be behind on their rent, with young people and the self-employed most likely to have missed…
The Iceland-based company CrankWheel has teamed up with Yell to help the UK's SMEs continue selling through the coronavirus crisis.
Almost 40,000 retailers in the UK were in “significant financial distress” even before the introduction of tighter restrictions over the weekend forced non-essential shops to shut.
The economic support being offered by the government to businesses is “simply not enough” to save thousands from collapse this Christmas in the face of tough…
Disruption at British ports is expected at least until Christmas Eve as France proposes compulsory tests on lorry drivers to limit the spread of a more…
Sainsbury’s has warned shoppers of shortages of lettuce, broccoli and citrus fruit in the run-up to Christmas, after France banned hauliers carrying freight across the Channel…
Royal Mail has suspended deliveries to mainland Europe, Canada and Turkey after countries stopped flights and freight from the UK over fears of the new coronavirus…
The chancellor has been told that he can “have his cake and eat it” if he makes the stamp duty cut permanent, potentially generating a £139…
An Australian retailer specialising in larger sized clothes has agreed to pay £23 million for Evans out of the collapsed Arcadia empire.
The mayhem in UK ports caused by the pandemic and stockpiling before the end of the Brexit transition period will not ease early next year. In…