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.
Small Business Insurance
Small business celebrates win over insurers refusing to pay out over Covid
High Court mostly sides with businesses over Covid insurance payouts but dispute over policy wordings is far from over
News
Boris must ‘act now’ to save businesses from going under
British Chambers of Commerce writes to Prime Minister urging him to raise the threshold for employer National Insurance contributions
Government Grants
MPs back call for ‘targeted’ extension of furlough scheme
Treasury select committee says businesses most affected by social distancing might be viable in the long term
Business Loans
Small businesses should ‘only repay coronavirus debt once back in profit’
Centre-right thinktank Onward argues that HMRC could add debt repayment surcharge to tax owing on profitable businesses, leaving the rest untouched
Government Grants
Where to find your £1,000 small business lockdown grant
Treasury announces new emergency grants for businesses forced to close in sudden coronavirus lockdowns
Business Loans
Lloyds rapped for forcing Bounce Back Loans borrowers to open accounts
Lloyds Banking Group forced SME owners to open fee-charging business accounts if they wanted to borrow state-backed emergency coronavirus funding
Government Grants
Alok Sharma wants to throw small businesses in lockdown lifeline grants
Business secretary to argue case for renewing grants to small businesses blindsided by wildcat lockdowns
Business Loans
Banks ‘will be pushed’ into closing down SMEs unable to repay Covid debt
Treasury turns deaf ear to setting up bad Covid debt bank, pushing banks into foreclosing on SMEs unable to repay government loans
Tax
Rishi Sunak weighs increasing corporation tax to 24%
Business groups dismayed by Treasury move to hit small business with 5% corporation tax increase to help repay Covid debt
News
Bank of England eyes Working Capital Jobs Retention Scheme
Innovative payroll finance technology could protect small business jobs for four more months after furlough scheme ends in October
Business Technology
What winning The Start-Up Series meant for me – Scott Lever, Zobi
Nearly one third of smart home Wi-Fi-connected devices are vulnerable to being hacked or are already compromised. It’s a problem that Scott Lever wanted to solve
Small Business Banking
What do SMEs think is the best business bank account? – survey
Swedish bank Handelsbanken overwhelming favourite when it comes to small businesses recommending a bank to others
