The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Six of the world’s largest investment banks, including Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, have been fined about $5.7 billion by US regulators in the second and final major settlement with the industry over the foreign exchange markets manipulation scandal.
Bernie Ecclestone, the head of Formula One auto racing, faces a 1 billion-pound bill from HMRC in a long-running dispute over a family trust.
The manufacturing sector expanded again in May, as export orders improved, according to the CBI Industrial Trends Survey.
Companies settled overdue invoices a day quicker in the last tax year with the North West and food retailing industry showed the greatest improvement in payment performance
Two leading entrepreneurs Jamie Waller and Graham Dodridge have stepped in to save motorcycle charity The Imps from extinction after 45 years.
Following the announcement of the recent alliance between KPMG Enterprise and the British Fashion Council (BFC), young designers and entrepreneurs from across the UK have utilised the knowledge and expertise of the newly formed small business accounting service.
Property portal Zoopla has seen a 10 per cent rise in revenues despite losing nearly a quarter of its estate agency advertisers after the launch of a rival home-selling website earlier this year.
Whilst the Secretary of State for Business Sajid Javid confirmed the creation of a Small Business Conciliation Service to help settle disputes between small and large businesses, especially over late payment practices many fear that this will help such a minority of businesses it is too small a help.
The EU VAT Action group, supported by Business Matters, has called upon all business who are members of trade associations to call for them to support the call for an immediate interim ESC to remove the burden of the new EU-wide rules from micro businesses.
HMRC estimates that nearly half of the £34bn tax gap is due to small and mid-sized business non-compliance
The welsh city of Swansea is being rebranded as a ‘city of innovation’ under a new branding initiative aimed at attracting a new wave of investment into the whole region, while supporting indigenous entrepreneurs to maximise their commercial potential.
Businesses must speak out early in favour of remaining within a reformed European Union, CBI President Sir Mike Rake will say tonight at the CBI’s flagship Annual Dinner.
One in ten admits to viewing adult content at work, higher than France and Germany, research finds.
Small Businesses across the whole of the country have come out in support of Heathrow expansion, suggesting it will boost the UK economy.
The new, EU funded, Open Data Incubator for Europe (ODInE) is today calling out to startups across the UK and Europe, to apply for a place on its new programme with the chance to secure up to €100k grant funding.
