The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
More than one million UK sole traders have been turned down for mainstream finance and almost a third have been rejected for a bank loan, according…
New CBI analysis reveals that inaction on business rates, together with recent Government policy changes, including the National Living Wage and the Apprenticeship Levy, will cost…
UK banking giant HSBC has announced it is to keep its headquarters in London following a review into moving elsewhere.
Small businesses are increasingly resorting to the law to chase bad debt, according to new research with the number of county court judgments brought by small…
Banks should offer flexible mortgages and other specialist products tailored to suit Britain’s self-employed workers and the Government should carry out a review of the way…
Start up flower kiosk and vending machine company expects sales to have increased sixfold this past Valentine’s weekend – a new record for the firm
HSBC has dropped plans to freeze the pay of thousands of branch staff this year after furious employees complained that they were not going to get…
Seventy one per cent of British Businesses do not believe David Cameron’s target of full employment will be achieved in the next five years, according to…
With the Six Nations now underway, Business Secretary Sajid Javid today visited OPRO UK in Hemel Hempstead, the world’s largest manufacturer of mouthguards and official supplier…
Transport for London and its suppliers have committed to providing more than 100 new jobs to former members of the military as part of the agency’s…
Applications open for new retail start up incubator from Publicis Worldwide and The Trampery
Two-thirds of UK workers are now saving through a workplace pension scheme, thanks to automatic pension enrolment, but seven in ten employers are feeling the impact…
New research reveals the majority of small businesses in the UK believe that co-working is the best way for fledgling firms to thrive.
Google's self-driving car system could soon be given the same legal definition as a human driver, paving the way for vehicles without steering wheels or pedals.
Chancellor George Osborne may be forced to raise prices at the petrol pumps to meet his election pledge to eliminate the deficit, a leading think tank…