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.
News
Business Banking Resolution Service opens doors in November
Business Banking Resolution Service will investigate disputes between high-street banks and SMEs going back to 2001
Success stories
What winning The Start-Up Series meant for me – Ed Bird, Bird Eyewear
Ed Bird wanted to create a sustainable fashion eyewear business with a social conscience. Entering The Start-Up Series competition helped him hone his vision
Government Grants
Shops, gyms and restaurants call for £2bn property bounceback grant
Grant would cover 50% of missing rent owed to commercial landlords, saving 375,000 jobs in retail, hospitality and leisure in the process
News
As predicted, Amazon passes on 2% sales tax onto small businesses
Amazon tells small businesses selling through its platform that it is increasing its fees by 2 per cent to cover cost of Government digital sales tax
Success stories
What winning The Start-Up Series meant for me – Les Dawson, Uniblock
Les Dawson was facing an uphill battle trying to change the minds of Britain’s conservative housebuilders with his Uniblock building system. Until The Start-Up Series gave him the investment – and validation – he needed
Small Business Banking
B-North plans to lend £1bn to small businesses within four years
New small business lender B-North to rebrand as Bank North if banking licence is approved within weeks, lending an initial £50m to SMEs to test the water
Government Grants
Where to find your £5,000 small business technology grant
Government announces £20m worth of grants for small businesses to upgrade technology, equipment and hire professional advisors
Government Grants
You have just one month to claim up to £1.6bn in unspent grants
Business secretary Alok Sharma writes to local authorities telling them to return any unspent small business grant money by August 29
Starting a Business
New company launches fell by a quarter between January and May
But company registrations bounced back in May, just 3% down year on year as entrepreneurs take the plunge.
Tax
Small businesses may have to pay 2% online sales tax
Rishi Sunak considering tax on online sales to help high street as part of wider review into business rates reform
Business Loans
Treasury pushes to double bounce back loan repayment period to 10 years
Banks resistant to extending bounce back loan repayment period because it creates more work and credit risk for them
Government Grants
Insurer using small business Covid grants to justify cutting payouts
Small business owners rail against NFU Mutual for cutting coronavirus payouts because insurer says they have already had Government grants
