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

Is there a business crime crisis? 4th September 2019. FSB warns of ‘business crime crisis’ The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the Government to boost police funding, saying more officers are needed to combat a “business crime crisis”.

Brexit readiness fund is launched 30th August 2019.   Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom has launched a £10m grant scheme for business organisations and trade associations to support businesses in preparing for Brexit ahead of October 31st.   The fund is open

Would a no-deal Brexit lead to factory closures? 29th August 2019. A no-deal Brexit has been predicted to cause massive damage to the country’s manufacturing sector. Workers from some of the UK’s biggest manufacturers have warned the Government that a

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