The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
One in five ethnic minority workers and a similar number of young people who were furloughed during the first coronavirus lockdown have since lost their jobs,…
Economists have urged the chancellor to extend the furlough scheme and ramp up support for businesses and workers amid rising concern that rapidly growing infection rates…
Mercedes-Benz will take a major stake in Aston Martin as part of a “truly game-changing” strategic technology agreement that will underpin a plan for the British…
Retail sales fell at their fastest pace in four months in October as households reined in their spending in the face of fresh coronavirus restrictions.
Easyjet has raised a further £305 million selling and leasing back aircraft to help it through the winter.
The UK's mobile networks are to be forbidden from selling phones locked to their services from December 2021.
Diageo has swooped on the Herefordshire gin and vodka distillery founded by the entrepreneur behind Tyrrells crisps.
Small business owners have begun mimicking the controversial tactics deployed by the tycoon behind Britain’s biggest serviced offices provider to get out of contracts.
A row has broken out between Hotel Chocolat, the upmarket chocolatier, and Great Portland Estates, the London property company, souring hopes of a ceasefire between retailers…
Doubts about the future of Debenhams and its 12,000 workers are growing after suitors were given until the middle of this week to make a £300…
Lloyds Bank has told the majority of its employees not to return to the office until spring at the earliest.
Michel Barnier has remained in London for intensive talks, prompting hopes that a trade deal with the EU will be concluded.
Private rents in London have dropped for the second quarter in a row, with some areas posting sharp falls of up to 34% year on year,…
Factory activity has continued to decline this month, but at the slowest pace since March as manufacturing appears to shrug off a surge in coronavirus cases.
People have grown more worried about their financial situation and the general economic outlook for the first time since May as cases of coronavirus surge, a…