The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Starling founder Anne Boden has sold her remaining 2.7 per cent stake in the bank at a £1.7bn valuation, as she starts a new AI venture.
A Google Cloud outage traced to a power event at a London data centre has disrupted banks, delivery firms and websites, with Revolut hit hardest.
The jobless rate fell to 4.7 per cent in the three months to August, strengthening market bets on an interest rate rise by the Bank of…
British companies are set to win more than £330m of contracts on nine infrastructure projects in Guinea and Benin, backed by £1.1bn from UK Export Finance.
Oxfordshire's Equinox 2035 strategy targets 20 unicorns, more than £1bn a year in venture investment and 30,000 new innovation jobs within a decade.
UK-listed companies issued 65 profit warnings in the third quarter, the most since late 2024, EY-Parthenon says, as Healey prepares his first Budget.
John Healey is considering a family business tax change that would charge income tax, not capital gains tax, when owners hand firms to their children.
Microsoft has pulled out of Nscale's planned £2bn Loughton data centre in Essex, but Nscale says it will press on and explore other power sources.
Nuveen Private Capital, comprising Churchill and Arcmont, says committed capital has passed $100bn, up more than 50 per cent since its creation in 2023.
A third of investors would pause or cut UK investment if business taxes rise sharply, a Teneo survey has found ahead of John Healey's first Budget.
The CMA has proposed Microsoft strategic market status, which could lead to curbs on its software bundling, with a final decision due in February.
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang told a London event that UK firms and government should use open AI models for mission-critical tasks rather than opaque ones.
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says businesses are cutting costs and taking a hit to margins rather than passing rising energy costs to customers.
Intuit Sequence deal: the Nasdaq-listed group has agreed to buy the British revenue management start-up, co-founded by Riya Grover, for a reported $200m.
More than 200 employers have urged John Healey to deliver business rates reform, proposing a 2 per cent online sales levy to fund a 37 per…