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…
Brent crude has climbed back above $100 a barrel after the latest US-Iran breakdown, and that could feed through to fuel, transport and supplier costs for UK SMEs if volatility persists.
OpenAI’s pause on its planned UK data centre project is not just a big-tech headline. It highlights the same energy, infrastructure and policy pressures that can shape growth plans for smaller British firms.
UK Export Finance has announced support for two export deals worth a combined £128 million to supply submarine rescue systems to Indonesia. On the surface, that sounds like a specialist defence story with little to…
Higher fruit and vegetable costs are starting to hit cafés, takeaways, pubs, independent grocers and other UK SMEs, as energy, transport and growing costs feed through the fresh produce supply chain.
At first glance, this might sound like a niche policing story. It is not. The UK government has launched a call for evidence on radiofrequency signal jammers, with the possibility of making simple possession illegal,…