Business news 24 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Current crisis worse than pandemic, Brexit or the 2008. Boris Johnson pulls out. Hunt’s Halloween budget could hit high earners. Lord King: We’ll pay for pandemic money printing. UK Downgraded. Government borrowing

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 18 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. More U-turns. Energy bill support to be reviewed and reduced. Hunt praised but told not to rest on his laurels. No cuts without ‘detrimental’ hit to services, experts warn. Bosses torn

Business news 13 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. UK economy shrank in August as cost of living crisis bites. Share of state spending on SMEs falls. Truss under pressure to make tax cut U-turn. COVID-19 rescue schemes lost billions

Business news 12 October 2022 James Salmon, Operations Director. Blow for campaign against late payments. GDP’s surprise decline. Energy price support package for British businesses expanded. UK grocery inflation climbs. UK unemployment falls.  Kwasi Kwarteng promises ‘relentlessly upbeat’ economic plan.