The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
A new report warns that one in eight UK small business leaders are planning to move abroad due to high taxes and rising costs, piling pressure…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to introduce a US-style whistleblower reward scheme that could pay informants up to 30% of taxes recovered from fraud cases.
Conservative donor Lord Anthony Bamford has given £200,000 to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, matching his contribution to the Tories as the populist party courts business backing.
UK business leaders warn that Rachel Reeves’s planned Budget tax increases could push small firms to raise prices, delay hiring, or cut jobs, threatening inflation and…
Over 100 Aston Martin jobs are under threat at the carmaker’s St Athan plant in Wales, with the company blaming US tariffs and weak Chinese demand…
Former health secretary Alan Milburn will lead a government review into the impact of mental health and disability on youth unemployment, as nearly a million young…
One in six UK employers expect artificial intelligence to cut jobs within the next year, with white-collar roles most at risk, according to a new survey…
The Conservative Party has pledged to scrap mandatory ESG and climate reporting and rein in “woke” regulators if re-elected, as part of plans to revive London’s…
Racing yards and betting shops are among those excluded from new business rate reliefs, leaving the horse-racing industry facing a £10m rise in costs alongside a…
The UK government has recovered £74m from firms accused of making excessive profits from asylum accommodation contracts worth £2.1bn, after MPs condemned the Home Office for…
MPs on the Treasury select committee have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on the most addictive gambling products, dismissing industry warnings as “scaremongering” ahead…
The UK Government has announced more than £14 million in new funding to accelerate the commercial use of quantum technology across healthcare, defence, transport and energy,…
ITV has confirmed talks with Sky over a potential £1.6bn sale of its media and entertainment division, including ITVX, in a deal that could reshape the…
Tesla shareholders have approved a record $1 trillion pay deal for CEO Elon Musk, setting the stage for him to become the world’s first trillionaire if…
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 4% as policymakers weigh stubborn inflation and weak growth ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ crucial November Budget.