
UK smaller businesses receive a record £6.7bn equity finance investment
The amount of equity invested in smaller UK businesses soared to £6.7bn in 2018, the highest amount recorded, reveals British Business Bank’s.
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The amount of equity invested in smaller UK businesses soared to £6.7bn in 2018, the highest amount recorded, reveals British Business Bank’s.

Liverpool of Commerce members at their quarterly International Trade Club have expressed the need for Government to provide a clear roadmap for Brexit to restore confidence…

Coinciding with World Gin Day, a new analysis of HMRC data by the Department for International Trade reveals that exports of gin in the first quarter…

New data from mobile payments platform, SumUp, has revealed the best European cities to open a small business in gastronomy.

The government’s Help to Buy scheme has been accused of subsidising existing homeowners, after it emerged most people who have bought a house using the programme…

Sir Philip Green last night struck an eleventh-hour deal to save his retail empire after Arcadia won over creditors to its plan to cut stores and…

Morrison’s partnership with Amazon for ultra-fast, same-day delivery of groceries to the door has been extended to more cities.

Lidl has unveiled a £500m expansion plan to create 40 new stores in the capital, including its first central London store.

Mike Ashley has stepped up his battle with Debenhams by launching a legal challenge to an emergency restructuring of the department stores chain.

More than half of vehicle thefts in the UK are unsolved, new figures have revealed.

The government is to issue an "unprecedented" recall notice of up to 500,000 Whirlpool tumble dryers which pose a fire safety risk.

Aston Martin Lagonda’s second UK manufacturing plant has started to produce cars, as the latest pre-production models of the luxury British carmaker’s first SUV, the Aston…

Labour has tabled a cross-party motion to try to stop a future prime minister pushing through a no-deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs.

John Lewis is planning to expand its offering from furnishing homes to extending and renovating them.

Wage growth beat market and economist expectations in the three months from February to April.