Fuel Finder enforcement starts in May: what UK forecourt businesses should fix now
If you run or manage a UK forecourt, this is one of those admin jobs that has just become harder to …
Vaping duty approvals are open: what UK vape businesses should sort out before October
Most small businesses can ignore this one. But if you make, import, warehouse or sell vaping product…
New UK patent portal goes live: what innovative SMEs should check before filing
Patent news is easy to ignore if your business is not inventing anything new. But for product startu…
£1.5m recovered in overdue invoices: when smaller firms should use the Small Business Commissioner
Late payment is one of those small-business problems that can quietly turn a decent trading month in…
CMA turns to Microsoft software and cloud lock-in: what UK small businesses should check now
The CMA says it will investigate Microsoft’s business software ecosystem and is pushing Microsoft an…
Keep Britain Working ramps up: what smaller employers should watch now
A new government-backed push to keep more people in work is gathering pace across the UK, and small …
England’s new local food procurement grants could open doors for small suppliers
A fresh procurement push in England will not put a public-sector contract on anyone’s desk overnight…
Welsh income tax freeze pledge: what sole traders and local employers should watch before May
Welsh Labour says it would freeze Welsh income tax rates in the next Senedd term if it wins May’s el…
Teen weekend jobs are drying up: what small shops, cafés and local employers should do now
Weekend jobs used to be a fairly normal way into work for teenagers. For many small firms, they were…
UK consumer confidence slips again: what small retailers and hospitality firms should plan for now
UK shoppers are getting more cautious again, and that matters for the smaller firms that rely on eve…
HMRC updates MTD record-keeping directions: what sole traders and landlords should set up now
HMRC has updated two key Making Tax Digital for Income Tax publications just over a week before the …
HMRC trade figures show the smallest UK goods firms were hit hardest in 2024
New HMRC trade figures suggest the very smallest UK goods-trading businesses had a much tougher 2024…