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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.

Legal advice

Tenants back to facing eviction for non-payment of rent as shops reopen

Draft voluntary code due to be published this week makes no mention of extending eviction protection for small businesses unable to pay rent

Business Loans

HSBC handling of bounce-back loans branded ‘shambles’ by businesses

Small businesses are being pushed to collapse because of length of time HSBC is taking to process bounce-back loans, say owner-managers

News

Four out of 10 shop workers refuse to go back to work without PPE

With all shops reopening on June 15, 42% of shop workers say they will stay home unless small business owners provide them with PPE

News

Treasury mulls employment allowance boost for small business hiring

Increasing employment allowance would encourage small businesses to take on more staff, Treasury believes

Business Ideas & Planning

5 best ideas to start a small business post coronavirus

With many facing redundancy as businesses emerge from lockdown and those on furlough lose their jobs, here are five low-cost ideas for starting your own business post Covid-19

Business management

What coronavirus small business help is available for free?

What help is out there being offered for free to help small business survive the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic? Small Business lists all the free resources out there

News

Forgive all small businesses coronavirus debt, urges George Osborne

George Osborne tells Treasury select committee that Government should eventually write off all debt lent to small and micro businesses during Covid-19 crisis

Financing

BGF pitches £15bn growth fund for struggling businesses post-coronavirus

BGF joins growing number of finance elders calling for creation of public/private equity fund to invest in viable start-ups.

News

Half of small businesses will never repay Bounce Back Loans, warn banks

Bankers warn the Treasury to expect 40-50% of Bounce Back Loans to be written off, while RBS boss Howard Davies calls for bad debt sinkhole for loan defaults

Government Grants

Self-employed Income Support Scheme what it means for you

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to help Britain's 6m self-employed get through the coronavirus pandemic.

News

One in 10 small business owners contemplating suicide

Small business owners cite cashflow problems, trying to meet COVID-19 workplace guidelines and late payments as biggest factors affecting mental health

Government Grants

New entrants to be stopped from joining the jobs furlough scheme

Treasury wants to stop businesses from putting staff on furlough and then immediately taking them off to work part-time from August