Parliament to be prorogued! 28th August 2019. Boris Johnson has announced plans to prorogue parliament! A summer of relatively few jaw-dropping Brexit developments came to an end yesterday as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he will be suspending the

Small businesses appeal over rising rates 28th August 2019. Figures from the Valuation Office Agency show more than 100,000 small businesses in England have appealed against their business rates since a revaluation two years ago. Some 100,740 “non-domestic” properties –

More bad news for retail but could this latest new proposal save the high street? 27th August 2019. Sales plunge at fastest rate since financial crisis The Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) latest health check on the retail industry has

Brexit’s impact on SMEs – 27th August 2019. Augusts bank holiday weekend was a scorcher with records broken and temperatures records broken again with temperatures in West London reaching 33.3C. London was fittingly hotter than Rio, for the Notting Hill

BUPA named and shamed for poor payment practices. 22/8/2019. Paul Uppal, the government’s small business commissioner has named and shamed BUPA  for failing to pay adequate compensation to a small business in a case of late payment of invoices, following