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  • Big firms to pay small companies within 30 days
  • Seafood lorries travel to Westminster for protest against Brexit red tape
  • More than a third of UK shoppers blocked from paying with cash in Covid-19 crisis
  • Extend Covid relief now, business chiefs tell No 10
  • Shock Brexit charges are hurting us, say small British businesses
  • Next consortium in pole position to buy Philip Green’s Topshop empire
  • Eurostar survival ‘at risk’ without cash from government
  • Boris Johnson to consult businesses on plan to become Europe’s Singapore
  • Rush for bikes helps Halfords power into profit
  • Supreme Court rules insurers must pay small firms for Covid lockdown losses

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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

Invoice

Big firms to pay small companies within 30 days

News 19 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

The UK will strengthen its Prompt Payment Code (PPC) to push larger firms to pay small businesses quickly.

Seafood demonstration

Seafood lorries travel to Westminster for protest against Brexit red tape

News 19 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Fishing lorries from Scotland and Devon have descended on Westminster to stage a protest against the Brexit red tape they say is either delaying or ruining exports of their fresh shellfish to the EU.

no cash payments

More than a third of UK shoppers blocked from paying with cash in Covid-19 crisis

News 19 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

More than a third of shoppers have been blocked from paying with cash since the start of the Covid crisis, prompting calls for urgent action to protect the millions who rely on the UK’s “critically endangered” cash network.

Boris & Rishi

Extend Covid relief now, business chiefs tell No 10

News 19 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

The government is under mounting pressure from business leaders to provide more support to the economy before the budget in early March.

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Shock Brexit charges are hurting us, say small British businesses

News 18 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Levies to cover the increase in red tape, VAT and customs declarations are hitting trade to the European Union

Top shop

Next consortium in pole position to buy Philip Green’s Topshop empire

News 18 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

A consortium that includes high street giant Next is thought to be in pole position to buy Sir Philip Green’s Topshop empire out of administration.

Eurostar

Eurostar survival ‘at risk’ without cash from government

News 18 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Eurostar is at risk of collapse without receiving financial support from the British government, business leaders have warned.

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson to consult businesses on plan to become Europe’s Singapore

News 18 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Boris Johnson will hold talks with business leaders today about cutting red tape as ministers draw up plans to turn Britain into the “Singapore of Europe” now that it has left the European Union.

Rush for bikes helps Halfords power into profit

News 15 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Sales at Halfords shifted up a gear in the last quarter of 2020 as the bikes-to-car parts retailer rode a lockdown cycling boom.

Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules insurers must pay small firms for Covid lockdown losses

News 15 January 202115 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Tens of thousands of small businesses are set to receive insurance payouts covering losses in the first national lockdown, following a court ruling.

No vaccination no job: Pimlico Plumbers to make worker inoculation mandatory

News 15 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

A large London plumbing firm plans to rewrite all of its workers’ contracts to require them to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

Covid trains

UK rail services to be reduced to 72% of pre-pandemic levels

News 15 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Rail services in Britain will be reduced to 72% of pre-pandemic levels over the next few weeks, and passengers are being asked to check before they travel that their service is running.

modern fishing fleet

Angry British fishermen tell Johnson ‘You misled us over Brexit deal’

News 15 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

British fishermen have accused Boris Johnson of dishonesty and betrayal over his Brexit fishing deal.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin defies warnings and hits $40,000

News 15 January 2021 Business Matters 0 Comments

Bitcoin briefly bounced back above $40,000 yesterday as the cryptocurrency shook off calls for stricter regulation to resume its upward march.

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