The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Boris Johnson has said he will proceed with “maximum caution” in easing the lockdown, with the main restrictions expected to be in place for another three…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has written to the Chancellor and the business secretary to ask for an increase in the business rates threshold.
An army of unemployed workers could be drawn on to deliver valuable public infrastructure projects that will benefit the country for years to come, according to…
Virgin Money has suspended thousands of customers’ credit cards without warning, at a time when many households are on a financial cliff edge.
Debenhams will permanently close a further five of its department stores, all located in shopping centres owned by the property firm Hammerson, putting 1,000 jobs at…
Heathrow is to trial temperature screening passengers, a move aimed at reducing the risk of passengers contracting or transmitting Covid-19 while travelling.
Parking spaces and traffic lanes will vanish in a radical shake-up of London's street map to encourage walking and cycling post-lockdown, London's City Hall announced today.
Ikea is planning to re-open its stores across the UK later this month with bosses of the Swedish flat-pack furniture firm drawing up plans to allow…
Jersey’s Chief Minister has said the island will likely move into Level three of lockdown next week.
Nearly a quarter of employees in Britain have been furloughed in the past fortnight as evidence mounts of the damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to…
Almost 600,000 businesses face the threat of collapsing into insolvency because of the turmoil caused by the lockdown, a survey has suggested.
About two million home-owners are on mortgage holidays, according to a new estimate.
Rishi Sunak is preparing to “wean” businesses and workers off the government’s furloughing scheme by cutting wage subsidies amid concerns that the nation has become “addicted”.
Netflix has laid out plans to reopen production on its shows and films, outlining a new normal for Hollywood sets that involves daily temperature checks, boxed…
Airbnb is to cut 25 per cent of its workforce and scale back its effort to lure high-end travellers as it seeks to stem its coronavirus-related…