The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Greene King is reviewing up to 100 head office roles as Britain’s second-largest pub operator battles rising taxes, labour costs and weakening consumer demand.
Schroders has agreed a £9.9bn takeover by US asset manager Nuveen, ending more than 200 years of independence in a blow to the London Stock Exchange.
Norfolk’s chief constable has urged swifter and tougher sentencing for repeat shoplifters as reported offences continue to rise and court backlogs persist.
Lloyds Banking Group will shut 95 more branches across Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, citing falling footfall as customers shift to mobile banking.
England’s children’s commissioner says young people are routinely exposed to online adverts for weight-loss injections and cosmetic procedures, calling for tougher social media regulation.
Oatly has lost a Supreme Court challenge over its “post-milk generation” slogan, after judges ruled plant-based drinks cannot use protected dairy terms under UK and EU-derived…
UK retail sales rose 2.7% year-on-year in January, according to the BRC and KPMG, as shoppers took advantage of post-Christmas discounts following a subdued festive period.
Dozens of Scottish distilleries are showing signs of financial distress as exports to the US and China weaken, tariffs bite and domestic demand shifts away from…
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has approved dozens of new solar and onshore wind projects across the UK, sparking a backlash over farmland loss and rising consumer…
Starling Bank founder Anne Boden has reduced her shareholding in the digital lender following a secondary share sale that valued the fintech at up to £4bn.
UK gilt yields rose as investors sold bonds amid fears of political instability and a possible shift to more left-wing Labour policies following calls for Keir…
Barclays plans to cut £2bn of costs over three years and ramp up the use of AI as it targets more than £15bn of capital returns…
An NCSC investigation has found that official OBR Budget forecasts were accessed nearly 25,000 times before Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget speech, following a major data…
The UK government has awarded 6.2GW of new onshore wind and solar projects in CfD Allocation Round 7, taking total CfD-backed capacity to more than 50GW.
Ocado is considering cutting up to 1,000 jobs as part of a fresh cost-cutting programme, with most redundancies expected at its UK head office as the…