Pub group Greene King has appointed advisers to sell off the Loch Fyne restaurant chain
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
House of Fraser rescue plan faces make-or-break vote
Creditors vote on Friday on whether to accept House of Fraser’s plans to close more than half its stores.
Airbus issues Brexit warning threatening thousands of Welsh jobs
Thousands of Welsh jobs are at risk as Airbus has warned it could leave the UK if it exits the European Union single market and customs union without a transition deal after Brexit.
UK classic car hire platform partners with Airbnb
London-based classic car hire platform BookAclassic has joined with Luxury Retreats, the luxury arm of Airbnb, to provide high-end classic vehicles to customers around the world.
Nearly half of all UK SMEs expect export turnover to rise after Brexit
UK business could be set for a major exports boost as 47 per cent of SMEs – equating to more than 640,000 firms – predict their overseas turnover from exports will jump in the next year, according to new data.
Poundworld starts ‘closing down’ sales as buyer search continues
Poundworld starts ‘closing down’ sales as buyer search continues whilst administrators Deloitte stressed that no stores were “definitely” closing and that the search for a buyer continued.
Dixons Carphone reports huge fall in profits
Dixons Carphone has reported a huge fall in annual profits as the retailer admitted that it had “plenty of work to do” in revamping its business.
Legalise cannabis to really boost the UK economy says think tank
Think tanks are calling on the government to review its position on cannabis, after the former Conservative leader William Hague called for a “decisive change” in the law.
Vodafone launches revolutionary 5G trails in seven UK cities
Customers in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester set to try out 5G
One in three UK employers say they are ‘less likely’ to hire a transgender person
One in three UK employers have said they would be “less likely” to hire a transgender person over those who identify with the gender they were born with, with only three per cent holding sufficient equality procedures for trans people in the workplace.
Rural businesses held back from mobile banking with poor mobile signal
Consumers in rural areas of the UK are far less likely to use their smartphones for banking than their urban counterparts, a survey says.
Strongest May growth for online retail since 2010
After a positive display from the High Street, the sun was also shining online in May, with UK online retail sales up by nearly twenty per cent year-on-year according new research data.
US escalates trade threats to China with new ‘Trump tariffs’
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200bn (£151bn) of Chinese goods in a growing trade row.
Petrol stations accused of overcharging drivers by £2.50 per tank as prices hit three-year high
Filling stations are overcharging drivers by at least £2.50 per tank, a report claimed last night.
Brexit barriers could cost households £1k each, new report finds
Households could be left up to £1,000 a year worse off because of Brexit trade barriers, a report will suggest.
















