The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Sales of new cars fell by 35 per cent last month, the worst June performance since 1971, and the number of motorists buying diesel cars plunged…
Two in five companies will cut jobs when the government’s job retention scheme comes to a close in the autumn, according to a report.
Businesses want greater clarity over when workers should return to offices, the director-general of the CBI has said.
Today up to 2,000 Big Issue vendors across England, Scotland and Wales returned eagerly to their pitches to sell the magazine for the first time since lockdown.
Big businesses have made no progress in ensuring the prompt payment of their suppliers over the last five years, new research shows.
Companies will be paid £1,000 bonuses by the government to hire young people as trainees, the chancellor will announce as part of his rescue plan for…
The government has unveiled a £1.57bn support package to help protect the futures of UK theatres, galleries, museums and other cultural venues.
Analysis of three quarters of a million job ads to review transparency around parental leave has revealed that less than 1% of them mention any type…
Pret A Manger’s 8,000 UK staff will learn if their jobs are safe or not this week as the fast food chain weighs up how many…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been warned that Britain faces a 1980s-style unemployment nightmare unless he takes “bold action” to shore up industries hardest hit by the…
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has written to lenders warning them of the challenges negative interest rates would bring.
The English countryside and its wildlife are at serious risk because of Boris Johnson’s pledge to revolutionise the planning system, leading green groups warn today.
The UK’s financial regulator has given customers of car finance and other forms of high-cost credit the option of freezing payments and repossessions for three more…
The UK government’s response to the coronavirus and the dramatic rise in public borrowing during the crisis should include a wealth tax on the richest in…
The owner of Sports Direct has criticised the government’s lockdown in Leicester as a “half-cocked plan” while arguing that its stores should be allowed to stay…