The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Coughlans Bakery, the 89-year-old chain co-owned by comedian Romesh Ranganathan, has gone into liquidation. Owner Sean Coughlan blames National Insurance, business rates and soaring costs.
MPs on the public accounts committee warn Northern Powerhouse Rail risks an HS2-style fiasco, with no detailed design after 12 years and a £45bn budget "decoupled…
Royal Mail is capping festive business collections at three times normal capacity, and small firms warn the limit could throttle growth during their make-or-break Christmas trade.
Getty Images has scrapped its $3.7bn merger with Shutterstock after the UK's CMA made approval conditional on selling Shutterstock's editorial arm.
Britain has overtaken India to claim the world's third-highest number of unicorns, with a record 80 billion-dollar start-ups worth £242.4bn, led by fintech and AI.
UK business confidence slipped again in June as the Middle East war entered its fifth month, with factories hardest hit by energy costs, Lloyds finds.
Brompton has sold a 15% stake to Decathlon and China's BA Capital in an £18m deal to fund expansion in France and China, its largest market.
Barclays has bought a 999-year leasehold on its One Churchill Place global HQ for £750m, in a deal hailed as a "strong endorsement" of Canary Wharf…
UK Export Finance has unveiled a £50bn Defence Export Fund, lifting its total capacity to £130bn to help British defence firms of all sizes win major…
Rising employment costs are forcing thousands of owner-managers to absorb the bill themselves, squeezing profits, pensions and hiring alike
Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill says Brexit has left Britain exposed to 'self-sustaining' price rises, making inflation harder to tame and squeezing SMEs.
US tariffs have nearly halved Scottish salmon exports to America and cut whisky shipments by a quarter, with total UK food and drink sales to the…
Industry minister Chris McDonald has officially launched Lotus's Hethel Performance Hub in Norfolk, opening the sports car maker's site to rivals and partners.
Donald Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on any country imposing a digital services tax on US tech giants. Here is what the move means for…
Britain's largest trade union has thrown its weight behind Ed Miliband to become the next chancellor, a move that sharpens an increasingly bitter contest for control…