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Unemployment falls by 63,000
Good news from the Office of National Statistics on employment levels.
Tuesday 22 September 2026
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Good news from the Office of National Statistics on employment levels.
George Osborne is to set out his plans to support a "resilient" economy in the Budget, focused on boosting economic security and aspiration.
UK freelancers and small businesses are not getting paid for a third of the time that they actually spend working, according to the country’s market-leading online…
Working parents will be given up to £2,000 per child under Budget plans to ease the cost of child care.
As shadow childcare minister Lucy Powell says that mothers working part-time are often more productive than other employees, mumpreneurs working with GrowthAccelerator have extolled the virtues…
Wm Morrison wiped more than £1.3bn off the value of London’s listed supermarkets after the grocer kicked-off a price war with its rivals.
New figures show that over half of the UKs video, video games and music sales are now purchased from the internet
John Longworth, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has commented on Labour Leader Ed Miliband’s speech on the UK’s membership of the European…
The government has approved a rise in the National Minimum Wage to £6.50 per hour later this year, with more than one million people set to…
The CBI is today calling for action to make careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) more attractive and easier to access.
A survey by the chartered accountancy firm, HW Fisher & Company, has found “worrying” levels of confusion and complacency among company finance departments about imminent changes…
A unique collaboration between the UK’s main alternative business funders aims to make borrowing easier for the country’s SMEs – whilst aiding the main banks to…
Cutting-edge science projects to drive innovation, growth and create jobs in the UK's high performing science sector, will benefit from a £300 million boost as part…
The main people who currently inspire British workers are either dead or approaching retirement, from foreign shores and almost exclusively male according to a new study…