The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Casual Dining Group, owner of Bella Italia, Cafe Rouge and Las Iguanas, is to cut more than 1,900 jobs and close 91 restaurants after calling in…
The annual rate of house price growth has turned negative for the first time since 2012, according to a closely-watched measure.
The owner of Primark says it is placing over £1bn in orders for the autumn and winter season ahead following an "encouraging" start to coronavirus lockdown…
Ryanair pilots have agreed to take a 20% pay cut as part of efforts to avoid up to 3,000 job cuts at Europe’s biggest budget airline.
Facebook could be forced to allow users to switch off personalised advertising, and Google required to hand valuable data about search engine usage to competitors, under…
Overseas holidays and visits to up to 90 countries will be possible for Britons from Monday without the need to quarantine for 14 days on return.
More than 10,000 jobs have fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic in the past two days, with high street retailers and the aviation sector bearing the…
A local Sudbury manufacturer of external shading products has won the People’s Choice Award for the East and East Anglia region at the Family Business of…
Britain’s manufacturing sector stabilised this month after collapsing at its fastest pace on record during the lockdown, according to a closely watched survey.
Today the British Business Bank has announced that Coutts and Arbuthnot Latham will join the other 21 Bounce Back Loan Scheme lenders who have been accredited…
TM Lewin announced it will close all 66 of its UK shops and the firm said most of its 700 workers will be laid off as it…
The grim toll of coronavirus-related job losses will rise again today when the company behind the Upper Crust catering brand discloses plans to make more than…
Nearly 2,000 UK-based flight and cabin crew are set to be laid off by Easyjet as the short-haul airline also moves to close its bases at…
Boris Johnson has proposed to revive high streets by making it easier to turn vacant shops into houses and offices as part of the “most radical…
Britain is on track for a V-shaped recovery as the economy rebounds from the lockdown far faster than expected, the Bank of England’s chief economist has…