Business news 27 November 2025 Autumn Budget Special A comprehensive breakdown of the Autumn Budget 2025 and what it means for UK small businesses, including threshold freezes, dividend tax changes, capital allowances, compliance measures and market movements. James Salmon, Operations

Every business owner knows that cash flow is the fuel that keeps the company moving. When customers pay late, that fuel runs low — and suddenly growth stalls, stress rises, and the smooth running of the business becomes choppy. Suddenly

Business news 14 November 2025 A wave of last-minute tax reversals from the Chancellor dominated today’s news, with income tax hikes, LLP levies and exit charges all pulled back — but SMEs still face growing stealth-tax pressures through frozen thresholds

Business news 13 November 2025 The UK economy barely grew in the third quarter — and September actually contracted. For SMEs, that’s the worst possible backdrop ahead of a high-stakes Budget expected to include tax rises, ISA cuts and tighter

Business news 12 November 2025 Markets, Westminster and the business community were all shaken by a sharp rise in UK unemployment, intensifying expectations of both income tax increases and a possible Bank of England rate cut in December. Investor behaviour