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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.

Brexit blamed for sharp fall in the number of UK start-ups

Fewer UK start-ups were established in the between 2017 and 2018, even in areas with promising growth in recent years.

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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

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How to prepare your small business for a no-deal Brexit

Boris Johnson is preparing for a no-deal Brexit on October 31. What does this mean for your small business and how can you survive it? Giles Dixon shares survival strategies for SMEs braced for no-deal

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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

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Businesses increasing prices, avoiding investment to cope with rising pay

Latest Federation of Small Businesses survey shows how ever-increasing minimum wage demands are hurting investment and productivity

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Retailers call for Chancellor to fix ‘broken business rates system’

Fifty retailers call for Chancellor Sajid Javid to freeze increases in business rates to help reform 'broken business rates system'

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Michael Gove orders taxman to help small business if there’s no deal

Michael Gove, the cabinet minister in charge of no-deal planning, says HMRC has been told not to pressure SMEs when it comes to paying tax if it comes to no deal

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SMEs say late payments are a greater issue than they were a year ago

The latest ICAEW figures reveal another consecutive month of negative business confidence and a concerning rise in issues with late payments.

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Michael Gove orders taxman to help small business if there’s no deal

Michael Gove, the cabinet minister in charge of no-deal planning, says HMRC has been told not to pressure SMEs when it comes to paying tax if it comes to no deal

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SMEs say late payments are a greater issue than they were a year ago

The latest ICAEW figures reveal another consecutive month of negative business confidence and a concerning rise in issues with late payments.

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Over 140 industry leaders attend inaugural Women in Finance Summit

Thirty speakers address inequality in financial services at well-received event in central London

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Whitehall fails its own test, rewarding outsourcers who pay SMEs late

Outsourcers who fail to pay small business on time could be barred from Government contracts. But Whitehall has form when it comes to ignoring its own test, according to research

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Small business will be especially badly hit by no deal, warns CBI

CBI makes 200 recommendations as to how Government and EU can prepare for no deal, with Britain ahead of Europe in emergency preparations

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Boris Johnson hires Andrew Griffith to lead Downing Street business team

Andrew Griffith, COO of Sky TV, will build a large team as bridgehead between Downing Street and business

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