More than half of 3,280 UK director disqualifications since 2023 stem from Covid support abuse. See which sectors and regions face the greatest risk.
BCC survey of 4,744 firms finds just 17% plan to raise investment, the weakest reading since the pandemic, as tax rises and soaring costs squeeze UK…
Rishi Sunak admits Covid-era business support propped up firms that should have failed, urging the UK to embrace US-style creative destruction to revive growth.
UK youth employment has fallen by 330,000 in three years, with the IFS warning the decline is closing in on Covid-era lows — and could scar…
British business confidence has plunged to its lowest since the first Covid lockdown as the Iran war drives up energy costs and forces firms to shelve…
UK housebuilding fell at its fastest rate since 2020 in December, as fragile confidence and delayed investment hit construction activity.
Hospitality groups are urging the FCA to extend the Covid business interruption insurance claims deadline, warning thousands of firms risk missing out on compensation.
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has defended the Covid-era Bounce Back Loan scheme, saying speed was essential and he would make the same decision again despite fraud…
Hospitality veteran Peter Marks has urged the government to introduce a Covid-style loan guarantee scheme to unlock private investment and ease finance pressures across the sector.
A new Jisc report shows UK graduate employment has fallen to pre-Covid levels, with only 56.4% in full-time work and IT roles declining sharply as recession…
As the deadline passes for PPE Medpro to repay £122m over a breached COVID PPE contract, the company remains in administration, and the DHSC faces a…
Blackburn businessman Raja Imtiaz has been jailed for over two years after fraudulently securing two £50k Bounce Back Loans during the Covid pandemic.
Anna Daroy, former Director General of the Institute of Directors, has been banned as a company director for 11 years after abusing Covid Bounce Back Loans.…
Companies that shrank their offices during the pandemic are scrambling for larger, higher-quality space as staff return — but prime stock is running out.
UK construction activity contracted at its steepest rate since May 2020, with housebuilding plunging and fresh doubts raised over the government’s 1.5m new homes target.