The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The UK could see 600,000 more people leave the workforce by 2035 due to poor health, costing £36bn a year, unless employers and ministers overhaul workplace…
Labour’s tech secretary Liz Kendall announces a record £55bn funding package for UK research and development through to 2030 — the biggest long-term investment in science…
The Labour government will cut electricity network charges for energy-intensive industries from 60% to 90% next year, saving around 500 British factories £420m annually as it…
The Bank of England is poised for a finely balanced vote next week on whether to cut interest rates to 3.75%, as falling inflation meets fresh…
John Vincent, co-founder of healthy fast food brand Leon, is in advanced talks to buy the chain back from Asda for as little as £30 million…
More than 100 business and charity leaders have signed an open letter calling on ministers to “lead the country’s transition toward a shorter working week”, amid…
The number of pensioners paying a punishing 60 per cent income tax rate has more than doubled in just three years, as frozen tax thresholds drag…
Fawn and India Rose James, the granddaughters of late property and publishing magnate Paul Raymond, have received £23 million in dividends from the family’s billion-pound Soho…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is weighing plans to scrap the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers in a bid to boost investment and revive…
Virgin Group has been given the regulatory go-ahead to move forward with plans to operate a new international train service through the Channel Tunnel, paving the…
House of Lords inquiry warns large-scale fly-tipping costs the UK £1bn a year
Viral TikTok potato sellers face backlash after Portsmouth trader says he was threatened with legal action over similar name
Former chancellor accuses Reeves of ‘shrinking the economy’ with record tax rises as productivity downgrade deepens Budget crisis
British marque blames US trade war, weak Chinese demand and cyber disruption across auto industry for sharp quarterly slump
The new home secretary Shabana Mahmood has admitted that the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” and has repeatedly failed to rise to the…