Brent crude climbed back towards $96 a barrel after fresh disruption around the Strait of Hormuz, and while the UK is not facing an immediate fuel shortage, small businesses have another reason to stress-test transport, pricing and cash-flow plans.
Nearly 160,000 uninsured vehicles were seized on UK roads last year, and that is a timely warning for small firms to check named drivers, business use, temporary cover and any van or car that might be slipping through the cracks.
HMRC has refreshed its guidance on choosing software for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, and the update is a useful prompt for sole traders and landlords to check whether their current setup will actually handle quarterly updates, final returns and future changes.
HMRC has published new VAT road fuel scale charges for the year from 1 May 2026, and while this is not the biggest tax story on any owner-manager’s desk, it is exactly the sort of…
HMRC has updated its Corporation Tax online service guidance with several workarounds and timing gaps that smaller limited companies should understand before their next CT600 filing.
A government expansion of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme could cut electricity bills by up to 25% for more than 10,000 manufacturing businesses from 2027, with a backdated support payment planned in the same year.
HMRC’s latest Employer Bulletin flags a cluster of issues that matter to smaller employers now, from P11D deadlines and payroll IDs to higher Small Employers’ Relief and sick pay changes.
A new UKAEA guide points smaller British firms towards real fusion supply-chain openings, from engineering and robotics to digital systems and specialist services.
Big industrial policy announcements often sound impressive but feel too distant to matter to ordinary small firms. Today’s life sciences investment package is a bit different. The government says more than £80 million of new…
Small business owners do not always expect good news when a government funding announcement lands. But for independent games studios and creative-tech SMEs, today’s package from the UK government looks like one of the more…