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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.

Small businesses blindsided by Growth Street demanding its money back

Growth Street tries to claw back £18m in loans from dozens of small businesses in order to repay panicked peer-to-peer investors

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20% of small businesses can’t reopen with social distancing in place

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the chancellor to help small businesses reopen and run safely post lockdown

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No Government help yet for small businesses as rent quarter day looms

So far Government has rejected extending moratorium on landlords repossessing shops during Covid, but shopkeepers hope officials will see sense

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What the revamped furlough scheme means for your small business

Rishi Sunak tightens up coronavirus jobs scheme, asking small businesses to cover increasing share of costs from August onward including national insurance and pension contributions

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MPs urge Government to do more to help self-employed through Covid-19

Treasury select committee says over 1m self-employed workers have slipped through the Government emergency coronavirus packages through no fault of their own

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Legal & General launches £6m grant fund – how to apply

Legal & General's grant is open to businesses promoting health ageing. If you're eligible, here's how you can apply.

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Only 10% of customers planning to go back to shops when they reopen

Shops are preparing to throw open their doors this Monday, June 15 but will there be anybody to walk through them?

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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

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Only 10% of customers planning to go back to shops when they reopen

Shops are preparing to throw open their doors this Monday, June 15 but will there be anybody to walk through them?

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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

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Treasury mulls employment allowance boost for small business hiring

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

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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

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4 ways small shops can reinvent themselves post coronavirus

Embracing technology such as click and collect, shoppable Instagram posts and even making queuing part of the personal shopping experience will help, argues Chris Giddins.

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.

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