The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
B&Q, Five Guys, Serco and Whitbread are among 658 employers named by the government for minimum wage underpayments, repaying £4m to 27,000 workers.
New Companies House filings show Harvey Nichols and Company went into administration owing £270.5 million to unsecured creditors, and administrators FTI Consulting expect no more than…
The former Match of the Day presenter, one of more than 120 signatories to an open letter asking Andy Burnham for a 2 per cent wealth…
London housing costs are limiting the ability of 74% of the capital's business leaders to recruit and retain staff, according to polling for the London Chamber…
Nigel Green, chief executive of deVere Group, says a bank windfall tax in the Chancellor's first Budget would hand a competitive gift to rival financial centres,…
The first competitions under the £100 million Sovereign AI procurement scheme invite British AI companies to build solutions for the NHS, defence, compute and cyber security,…
The Mike Lynch appeal will go ahead after the Court of Appeal gave the late tech entrepreneur's estate permission to challenge the £920m fraud award to…
An Amazon advertising lawsuit filed by the FTC and 22 US states alleges the company manipulated its ad auctions to overcharge more than a million advertising…
Shop price inflation rose to 1.5 per cent in August, the fastest rate in more than two years, as higher energy and commodity costs fed through…
Research for Alan Milburn's review of young people not in education, employment or training has found that employers regard a lack of soft skills and work…
The first Victoria Beckham profit since the label launched in 2008 caps five consecutive years of double-digit growth, with revenue up 15 per cent to £129.8…
Dame Rachel de Souza has thrown her weight behind Hugh's Law, a proposed right to 12 weeks of leave at 90 per cent of pay for…
UK borrowing costs are close to their highest level in almost three decades, with newly issued government debt yielding an average of 3.8 per cent this…
A recommended £5.7 billion takeover offer from Apollo has set up an easyJet return to the blue chip index in this week's FTSE 100 reshuffle, which…
A $220 million Scan.com funding round backed by Aviva will bankroll a bigger push into the American market, as Britain's largest private medical imaging company prepares…