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The news section on Small Business UK allows you to keep up to date with the latest news, economic trends and regulatory developments affecting new and established UK small businesses.

Businesses call for £12bn tax hike to be scrapped

Lord Bilimoria, head of lobby group CBI, is just one voice calling on the Government to drop a £12bn tax raid on businesses in April, while the gym sector asks for business rates to be scrapped

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Omicron and small business – what are the rules?

Working from home guidance, mandatory face masks and Covid vaccine passports for events. What are the new omicron rules and how do they affect your small business?

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MBH wants to buy up to 20 small businesses a year

MBH offers way for entrepreneurs to enjoy advantages of being publicly listed company while retaining 100% control of their business

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Tweet questions to Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis

Join the Dragons’ Den star and small business cheerleader for a special Twitter Q&A this Thursday at 4pm using the hashtag #AskTheoPaphitis

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Shoppers spend more with firms online than in-person – study

People commonly spend more if they shop with a small business online than they would if they were to spend with them in-person

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Business rates relief fund yet to pay out single penny

Government's bruited £1.5bn business rates relief fund for businesses most affected by Covid has yet to make single payment, leaving over 400,000 businesses dangling

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Businesses say taxman taking ‘aggressive’ approach

Company directors say HMRC twisting arms to pay overdue tax, combined with landlords wanting rent owed and worry over Bounce Back Loan repayments all add to pressure

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Autumn Budget 2021 and your small business

What Autumn Budget 2021 means for small business - expert analysis, reaction and live coverage from the House of Commons as Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers the Budget

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Businesses say taxman taking ‘aggressive’ approach

Company directors say HMRC twisting arms to pay overdue tax, combined with landlords wanting rent owed and worry over Bounce Back Loan repayments all add to pressure

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Autumn Budget 2021 and your small business

What Autumn Budget 2021 means for small business - expert analysis, reaction and live coverage from the House of Commons as Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers the Budget

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Half of small businesses poisoned with ‘toxic debt’

Recovery expert Begbies Traynor says hospitality and property particularly vulnerable to carrying debt they might struggle to repay over the coming year

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Recovery loan scheme to be extended for six months

Take-up of the scheme has not been as strong as expected, mainly because of more onerous credit decisions.

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76% of small business yet to act on carbon emissions

Small businesses account for 50% of all carbon emissions put out by UK business, and a third of total UK emissions

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SMEs will bear brunt of supply chain crisis until 2023

Small businesses will have to cope with supply chain problems, worker shortages and rising inflation until at least 2023, MPs are told

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