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

Hunt delays details of business energy support extension

Chancellor wants more time to design replacement of current Energy Bill Relief Scheme – leaving millions of small businesses in limbo

Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital mothballed for millions of self-employed

HMRC postpones Making Tax Digital income tax reporting for millions of small businesses, raising threshold to £30,000 income from April 2026

News

Energy cost support to be extended for all businesses

Previously Government said energy cost support for businesses would only be extended for ‘vulnerable’ sectors post March 31 2023

Accounting

Self-employed Making Tax Digital faces delay until 2026

Treasury set to announce two-year delay to rolling out its Making Tax Digital system to the self-employed and microbusinesses earning over £10,000 from April 2024 to 2026

Marketing

How to market your book

Writing a book can be one of the best things you can do to promote your business or sell yourself as a business coach or consultant. But how do you go about actually getting people to read it?

News

Sole traders face being named if they took out Covid-19 loan

Tribunal could decide this week if the names of 1.7bn small businesses that took out Bounce Back Loans should be made public – leaving sole traders potentially vulnerable to fraudsters

News

Small business spent £24bn on R&D last year

Small businesses spent 4% more on research and development in 2021 than they did in 2020 – calling into question Chancellor’s decision to slash R&D investment incentives

News

Autumn Statement what it means for small business

As predicted, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt clobbers small businesses with stealth tax raids on VAT and National Insurance but there's good news with enhanced help for retailers, hospitality and leisure when it comes to business rates

News

Government delays introduction of UKCA product safety mark again

Unpopular scheme to replace EU’s CE product safety mark now due to start in 2025

Getting Online

What’s the best website builder for my small business?

Do you want your small business to sell through the internet? Basic e-commerce packages offered by six of the most popular website builders compared

News

What the cost of doing business crisis is doing to small firms

The cost of supplies and stock has rocketed by 21 per cent year on year, with nine out ten small firms reporting higher costs

Accounting

Businesses set to pay extra £3bn business rates from April

50% discount for retail and hospitality business rates ends in March, just as inflation sends what companies have to pay soaring