Business news 25 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Rishi Sunak to become UK prime minister. Restaurants closing every hour as burdens mount. Political turmoil and soaring prices could plunge UK into recession. SME Funding Passports could help bridge funding

Business news 20 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. 600,000 firms in financial distress. Small business confidence sinks. Inflation rises to 10.1%. Record pay rises on the cards. Business rates bill set to jump £3bn. PM promises to keep pensions triple

Business news 19 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. CPI hits 10.1%. Small firms see costs climb and revenues fall. Energy bills may exceed £4,000. Unions will fight to protect workers’ rights, says TUC. IMF welcomes the UK’s mini-Budget U-turn

Business news 17 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Businesses are ‘sleepwalking into a train crash’. Company collapses climbing. Credit cost has hit a decade high. Reaction to new chancellor and tax u-turn. UK set for ‘more significant’ recession. Biden

Business news 14 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Loan defaults expected to increase. IMF criticises Government for ‘undermining’ BoE. Truss set to make corporation tax U-turn. Fraud a ‘persistent threat to businesses, consumers and economic growth’.  And more business news.