Business rates continue to cause suffering 24th September 2019. Bailiff figures prompt business rates call Business rates continue to cause suffering for Britain’s small businesses and the Chancellor is being urged to ease the burden of business rates after research

Inflation slows to lowest in three years 19th September 2019. UK inflation fell to its lowest point in three years in August, the Office for National Statistics has said, after prices rose by an annualised rate of 1.7% – well

Britain’s ‘Broken economy’ causing record levels of household debt 19th September 2019. Analysis from the TUC has shown that unsecured debt per household has risen to record levels. The average household debt rose to £15,880 in the first quarter of

Government council will support post-Brexit lending to SMEs 10th September 2019. The Treasury and the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have announced the creation of a finance council to support lending to smaller businesses after Brexit and

Late payments cost SMEs £51.5bn 5th September 2019.   Late payments have cost SMEs an estimated £51.5bn in the last year, research from Hitachi Capital UK has found.   The sum was extrapolated from a poll of 1,000 SME owners