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A new scheme cuts business electricity bills by 25 per cent for 10,000 industrial firms from April, with backdated payments for energy costs this year.
Healey’s Budget introduces founders relief at 10 per cent on lifetime gains up to £10m, triples the trading allowance and halves the BADR lifetime limit.
Healey raises the small business rate relief threshold to £18,000 for shops, pubs and gyms, taking 70,000 more firms out of business rates altogether.
The key measures in Budget 2026, from energy bill support and business rates relief to a higher Bank Surcharge, wage rises and capital gains tax changes.
A Poundland insolvency is increasingly likely after owner Gordon Brothers turned against a solvent offer from Martin Property Group for the chain.
A record 738,144 UK businesses were in significant financial distress in the third quarter, BTG research shows, as small firms await tomorrow's Budget.
Greeting cards and party supplies wholesaler Tiger Feet has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators as it seeks to secure new funding.
HMRC tax debt that the tax authority does not expect to collect has trebled to £12.9bn since 2019-20, according to a National Audit Office report.
UK inflation climbed to an 11-month high of 3.5 per cent in September, while public debt passed £3trn for the first time, a week before Healey's…
UK-listed companies issued 65 profit warnings in the third quarter, the most since late 2024, EY-Parthenon says, as Healey prepares his first Budget.
John Healey is considering a family business tax change that would charge income tax, not capital gains tax, when owners hand firms to their children.
Nuveen Private Capital, comprising Churchill and Arcmont, says committed capital has passed $100bn, up more than 50 per cent since its creation in 2023.
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says businesses are cutting costs and taking a hit to margins rather than passing rising energy costs to customers.
The HMRC Salesforce contract, worth up to £2bn over 15 years, will move legacy tax systems onto one platform with AI tools to triage taxpayer queries.
IMF forecasts show the UK tax burden reaching a peacetime high of 41.9 per cent of GDP, the fastest rise in the West, ahead of John…