Treasury committee says ‘debanking’ and use of personal guarantees for loans is putting small businesses at riskUnfair banking practices and “damaging” financial regulators are harming small businesses...
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Read MoreExclusive: Shadow City minister Tulip Siddiq to reveal plan for target to end financial exclusion of womenLabour plans to set targets for funding female-led businesses through the state-owned British Business Bank and to launch...
Read MoreChancellor disappointed some conservatives with only limited rise in threshold, but said he was restricted by Northern Ireland protocolJeremy Hunt has privately admitted to colleagues that he cannot further raise the VAT...
Read MoreReport shows Labour move to scrap many rules and processes as party denies plan will dilute consumer protectionsMartha Lane Fox: green economy must be next UK government’s No 1 priority Labour has pledged to...
Read MoreThough Johnson promised ‘no non-tariff barriers’, firms say they are struggling under ‘compliance burden’ of customs and safety checksAlmost two-thirds of British exporters have said selling to the EU has...
Read MoreMake UK report says post-Brexit structural shift in trade is particularly hurting factories in north-west and West MidlandsFactories in England and Wales are seeing a downward trend in the share of their trade going to the EU,...
Read MoreExclusive: Fabian Society says rights of employees should be extended to 4 million who work for themselvesUK politics live – latest updatesLabour should match employees’ entitlements to a string of workplace...
Read MoreOfficial figures show in a 15-month period at least 50% of disqualified bosses are accused of fraud or abuse of coronavirus support schemes More than half of all company directors struck off in Britain in the past 15 months were...
Read MoreThe once humble, low-cost staple more than doubles in price, putting many fish and chip shops at riskWhether it’s fried, baked or mashed, potatoes have traditionally been a low-cost staple food in the UK – but not...
Read MoreTrade groups say many firms had to renew contracts at market peak in ‘biggest mis-selling scandal since PPI’More than 1m small businesses may be paying energy bills significantly above market rates after becoming...
Read MoreBills could rise by as much as 133% when new cap is introduced this weekend, say analystsThousands of small businesses risk going bust as “brutal” energy bills are to double with the end of a government support...
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