The government has launched pilots to overhaul the fit note system, with the aim of moving away from a tick-box process and towards more practical support for people who are off sick or at risk…
Applications have opened for operators that want to run taxi, bus and private hire-style self-driving passenger services in Great Britain, creating a new pilot route that transport, mobility and technology SMEs should watch carefully. The…
Small poultry businesses in Lincolnshire have one less immediate restriction to manage after the government confirmed a local bird flu protection zone has ended near Market Rasen. In its latest avian influenza update, Defra said…
Retail crime is hardly new, but the tone of the conversation has sharpened this week for a reason. Marks & Spencer has publicly called for tougher action after a run of incidents involving shoplifting, staff…
Small poultry businesses in England and Wales have been given a date to work towards. The government has confirmed that mandatory bird flu housing measures will be lifted from Thursday 9 April, meaning birds can…
UK businesses that rely on memberships, software plans, refill boxes, food subscriptions or other repeat-billing models have just had an early warning shot from government. The Department for Business and Trade has confirmed a tougher…
Patent news is easy to ignore if your business is not inventing anything new. But for product startups, engineering firms, design-led manufacturers, specialist software businesses and smaller companies hoping to protect an idea before pitching…
Late payment is one of those small-business problems that can quietly turn a decent trading month into a cashflow headache. So a new figure from the Small Business Commissioner is worth noticing: the office says…
The CMA says it will investigate Microsoft’s business software ecosystem and is pushing Microsoft and Amazon on cloud switching barriers. For UK small businesses, the practical issue is not Westminster process but whether your contracts, data and AI tools are about to become harder or easier to move.
The Competition and Markets Authority has opened five new investigations into fake and misleading online reviews, including cases involving Just Eat, Autotrader, Feefo, Dignity and Pasta Evangelists. On the surface that looks like a story…