Business news 23 November 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. UK is second-worst performing economy in rich world. Post of small business minister returns. UK watchdog calls for reform of consumer credit rating market. R&D relief cut will drive small firms

Business news 22 November 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Who are the best and worst payers? The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has revealed analysis of late payments by large cap listed businesses on the the FTSE

Business news 21 November 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Company insolvencies up by a third Figures from the Insolvency Service show there were 38% more company insolvencies during October in England and Wales than in the same month last year

Business news 14 November 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. GDP shrinks, Hunt warns of “tough road ahead”. Everyone will have to pay more tax. Contraction bleak news for small businesses. SMEs struggling to get loans. SMEs face energy bill ‘cliff-edge’. 

Business news 7 November 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. UK almost certainly going into recession. Small firms will bear the brunt. Recession fears knocks output and confidence. Real incomes face tight squeeze. But inflation is the number one enemy.  And