Increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will affect businesses but is projected to raise £25bn Politics live – latest updatesThe budget is likely to mean smaller pay rises for workers because of...
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Read MoreExclusive: Cornwall Insight data shows small businesses paying over £5k extra a year than before energy crisis in 2021Ministers have been urged to intervene to prevent businesses struggling with gas and electricity costs...
Read MoreTreasury 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...
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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...
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