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New small claims track for businesses with IP disputes
A new small claims track has today been introduced to the Patents County Court (PCC), which will speed up the court process and make it cheaper…
Tuesday 22 September 2026
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
A new small claims track has today been introduced to the Patents County Court (PCC), which will speed up the court process and make it cheaper…
A key meeting concerning the UK's roll-out of 4G mobile network services is due to take place later as rival operators threaten legal action as EE…
Canary Wharf Group has announced plans to open Europe’s largest accelerator space for technology businesses innovating in the financial services sector.
The Dragons' Den star, entrepreneur and one of our columnists, Duncan Bannatyne is set to be discharged this afternoon (Monday) following tests that he suffered a…
Hundreds of live music venues will be exempt from licensing laws and small firms will benefit from more flexible audit and accounting rules as thousands of…
£13 million of funding has been awarded by the Government to help 10,000 more British firms export. The funds will go to UK Trade & Investment…
A leading expert on the UK’s small and medium sized companies has welcomed Vince Cable’s £2bn British Business Bank, but warns that finance alone is not…
“Engagement” is the new buzzword: employee engagement, community engagement, stakeholder engagement. But what does engagement mean in relation to strategy, and is it more than just…
With trust in business falling in the wake of high-profile scandals such as those in the banking sector, new research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)…
Retailers reported a slight rise in sales volumes in the year to September, along with the expectation that growth will strengthen somewhat next month, the CBI…
Small enterprises looking for a “no strings attached” financial boost to aid the development of innovative, low-carbon business ideas can now apply for an award from…
Despite more than one million young people being unemployed many UK employers are finding it difficult to recruit young British workers.
The government's plans to restrict income tax relief has given rise to concern that small businesses could be unfairly affected by HMRC's campaign to crack down…
Running a business at school almost doubles your chances of self-employment later in life, according to independent research by Kingston University Business School for Young Enterprise.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently confirmed that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI), will start on 1 October 2012, meaning that…