The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
A row has erupted between the biggest lobby groups representing retailers and landlords as fears grow that the government will dismiss pleas to help cover billions…
Britain’s hardest hit leisure industries have called on the government to listen to remedies to rescue tens of thousands of businesses from collapse and prevent mass…
Business activity is rebounding strongly but employers are still shedding workers amid fears about the economic outlook, according to a closely watched survey.
Cosmetics firm Estee Lauder says it is to cut up to 2,000 staff after the coronavirus pandemic caused a hit to sales.
Wasabi has become the latest casual dining chain to resort to a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to resolve its financial troubles.
More than 30,000 applications for the government’s furlough scheme were rejected by HM Revenue & Customs, with many likely to have been attempts to defraud the…
Manufacturer output volumes in the three months to August continued to fall quickly, but the pace of decline eased somewhat from last month’s survey record decline.
The Williams Formula One team have been bought by US-based investment firm Dorilton Capital after being put up for sale in May.
Retail sales bounced back past their pre-coronavirus level in July - the first full month non-essential shops were open after lockdown.
Around one in eight workers remains on furlough as the job retention scheme is wound down, latest figures show.
University of Glasgow is helping to solve the UK’s productivity puzzle which could mean better jobs and higher living standards, by contributing to a new £32m…
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Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has threatened to close stores if landlords will not agree to move to rents based on sales figures, after it said Brexit…
Commuters face a 1.6% rise in rail fares next year - under a rule linking the increase to the latest inflation figure.
More than three quarters of people in the UK now do at least some online grocery shopping, according to supermarket chain Waitrose.