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 Banking
Cashplus plans to lend £400m to small business from next year
Cashplus aims to have a 10pc market share of all new UK business accounts by 2024, with nearly 100,000 business customers already
Small Business Banking
Co-operative Bank to revolutionise small business banking offer
Co-operative Bank plans to bolster its small business banking offer through re-introducing relationship managers, revamping its technology and easing up cash flow facilities
Employing & managing staff
Tory minimum wage pledge ‘not realistic’ for businesses, says IoD
Chancellor Sajid Javid’s pledge to increase minimum wage to £10.50 an hour seen as unrealistic for small businesses already suffering because of rising costs
News
Only one fifth of small businesses have prepared for no-deal Brexit
Small businesses that have prepared for Brexit have spent £3,000 each so far on preparations, according to first survey of SME no-deal planning
Business Loans
HSBC adds billions to its £14bn small business loan fund ahead of Brexit
SME loan fund ringfences cash for agriculture and companies that want to expand overseas post Brexit
News
Business rates reform key, says Labour business chairman Rachel Reeves
Labour politician slams Tory government for favouring large corporations over small businesses at Labour Party conference
News
Labour promises £60bn of interest-free loans to help SMEs switch to e-cars
Labour would enable loans of up to £35,000 to help small businesses upgrade to an electric vehicle as part of green technology push
Business Loans
Knight Capital to open London office offering small business loans
UK offshoot of Malaysian financier Knight Capital promises personal service to small business borrowers.
News
Government launches Business Finance Council to help small businesses
Business secretary Andrea Leadsom will co-chair Business Finance Council to help small business access working capital and investment in post-Brexit Britain
Small Business Banking
Government mulls small business funds to limit impact of no-deal Brexit
Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove expected to meet bankers on Thursday to urge them to keep small business loans flowing in event of hard Brexit
Export & Import
Government issues small traders with EORI numbers as no-deal ramps up
The Treasury will automatically enroll small business that trade with the EU with customs identification in bid to stave off chaos of a no-deal Brexit.
News
Amazon retailers could find their businesses blocked in a no-deal Brexit
Leaked Government document laying bare consequences of no-deal Brexit says thousands of retailers who use Amazon and Google to sell online could find their businesses blocked
