About
Tim Adler is group editor of Small Business, Growth Business and Information Age. He is a former commissioning editor at the Daily Telegraph, who has written for the Financial Times, The Times and the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of three nonfiction books, the most recent of which was reviewed by The Sunday Times as “compulsively readable” and by the Daily Mail as “dazzling”.
Since becoming editor of Small Business in 2019, the website was named alongside the BBC, the Guardian and the Telegraph as a top live blog covering the coronavirus pandemic by journalist trade magazine Press Gazette.
Export & Import
How Brexit is going to affect your business – #1 imports
Importing from the EU post Brexit will involve more paperwork. Follow this guide to post-Brexit imports to help ease the headache
Sole trader
Checklist for going self-employed – a Small Business guide
Deciding to go self-employed is a big step for anyone. Follow this guide to going self-employed and be confident. We’ve got your back
Business Technology
Call for digital adoption fund to boost small business productivity
Tech start-ups call for a Singapore-style fund to help small businesses cover the cost of upgrading digital solutions, boosting the UK’s woeful productivity
Government Grants
When and where to apply for the new 80% self-employed grant
Newly self-employed, company directors and part-time self-employed still excluded from third self-employed grant
Uncategorized
Government extends business furlough scheme until December at 80%
Small businesses will also be eligible for grants of up to £3,000 per month per premises plus targeted local authority grants
Setting up a company
2020 set to be record year for new companies created
Extra 85,000 new businesses expected to be created this year, as Covid redundancies trigger people into setting up on their own
Government Grants
Nearly half a million self-employed face having universal credit cut
Government set to reintroduce cap on universal credit, bringing self-employed in line with those in full-time work on minimum wage
Tax
1m self-employed face having to pay tax bill larger than what they earnt
First HMRC prepayment deadline for self-employed tax looms in January, based on what freelancers earned pre-Covid
The Start-Up Series
What winning The Start-Up Series meant for me – Phil Daneshyar, Kanda
Kanda began as a way for tradespeople to know they would get paid when a job was done. Today it’s a quote, invoicing and finance solution for tradesmen and customers
Government Grants
Job Support Scheme changes what they mean for your business
Grants of £2,100 for businesses caught in Tier 2 restrictions, slashed employer contributions to Job Support Scheme and doubling of help for self-employed
Government Grants
Government positive about small business Brexit transition voucher
Michael Gove says Brexit transition voucher idea will be looked into and requires ‘intense discussions’
Tax
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, business rates return in April
Government stays silent on whether retail and hospitality business rates holiday will be extended, as 170,000 businesses appeal against rates
