The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
JPMorgan Chase has been named the world’s most AI-advanced bank for a third year running, leading the 2025 Evident AI Index. UK lenders HSBC and Lloyds…
Revolut co-founder Nik Storonsky has moved his residency from the UK to Dubai, according to Companies House filings. The billionaire CEO’s shift comes weeks after pledging…
The FCA has unveiled plans for a £9bn compensation scheme covering 14 million car finance deals mis-sold through discretionary commission arrangements. Average payouts are expected to…
Asahi has resumed beer production at all six of its Japanese breweries after a major cyber-attack forced shutdowns, disrupting supplies of Asahi Super Dry and other…
DPD drivers have begun three days of action after the delivery firm cut payments for small parcels by 65p, a move that could cost some self-employed…
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with AMD to buy 6GW of AI processors over five years, in a move set to challenge Nvidia’s…
Gold prices broke through $3,900 an ounce for the first time as investors rushed to safe-haven assets amid falling interest rates, US political tensions and renewed…
Ineos is cutting 60 jobs at its Hull chemicals plant, blaming cheap Chinese imports, soaring UK energy costs and weak government protection for putting Britain’s manufacturing…
UK investors pulled £3.6bn from equity funds in Q3 2025, the largest quarterly outflow since records began, as fears of overvalued markets and an AI-fuelled bubble…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing sweeping planning reforms and a £2bn tax raid on banks in her 26 November Budget as she faces a £30bn deficit…
Aston Martin warns of another loss-making year amid weak demand, tariffs and Valhalla hypercar delays, reversing hopes of a turnaround under CEO Adrian Hallmark.
Piers Morgan’s Wake Up Productions reported £17.1m turnover in 2024, completing his £50m News UK deal as Piers Morgan Uncensored expands globally after going digital-only.
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has warned Unite against “reckless and irresponsible” strike threats at its warehouses after the union demanded staff be paid the real living…
UK electric car sales hit a record 72,800 in September, up nearly a third year-on-year, after new government subsidies reignited demand and helped plug-in hybrids jump…
Political and fiscal uncertainty ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s delayed autumn budget has dragged UK business growth to a near standstill, with the S&P Global PMI…