The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Plug-in solar panels: Argos becomes the first major UK retailer to stock balcony solar systems, with Amazon, Currys, B&Q and Screwfix expected to follow within weeks,…
Applied Nutrition, the sports supplement maker founded by former Liverpool scaffolder Tom Ryder, has upgraded its sales and profit guidance for the third time this year,…
Somers Forge, the Black Country maker of parts for naval vessels including nuclear submarines, says it will save up to £250,000 a year after forges were…
Energy bills support will be back on the table at the budget, Andy Burnham has signalled, after Ofgem raised the price cap by 4 per cent…
OnlyFans owner dividends ran past $700 million before Leonid Radvinsky died in March, with accounts at Fenix International, the London company behind the adult subscription site,…
TikTok UK legal costs have climbed above $1 billion after the group increased the sum set aside for court cases and regulatory investigations, and the figure…
The taxpayer-backed National Wealth Fund is putting up to £71 million into Tungsten West, the Aim-listed company reviving the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon,…
Retailers, hospitality firms and business groups have urged ministers to rethink planned reforms to zero-hours contracts, warning that new guaranteed hours rules could cost employers up…
A west London start-up has signed a first of its kind agreement with the US Maritime Administration to help build a fleet of nuclear-powered cargo ships.…
The HMRC PAYE review covers around 45 million accounts, with P800 tax calculation letters already being issued and checks running until November 2026. Overpayments are being…
The Start Up Loans London total for female-founded businesses has passed £100m across 10,853 loans, with Hackney, Lewisham and Tottenham the capital's busiest constituencies, and eligibility…
The Phones 4u founder and the former Marks and Spencer chief executive have put their names to a campaign demanding the Chancellor reverse the taxes on…
Andy Burnham has ordered a business rates review of the way pubs and hotels are valued, appointing an expert who has called for "fundamental reform, not…
Restaurant group profits across Britain's 100 largest operators have fallen by almost half in a year, to £204 million, as higher employers' national insurance, a rising…
UK productivity growth has been far stronger than the official numbers show, according to new Resolution Foundation research which says flawed Office for National Statistics measurements…