The total number of businesses in the UK at the start of 2025 increased by 191,000 to 5.7 million compared to the year before, official figures have ...

The government has announced the first 14 projects to receive funding through its new £1m Regional Tech Booster programme. The scheme, which aims to provide businesses and entrepreneurs outside London ...

HM Revenue & Customs has published new guidance for who is exempt from having to comply with Making Tax Digital for income tax which requires certain ...

Working with influencers is one of the smartest strategies in today’s marketing toolkit. No matter what business you are in, these individuals have a ...

Online marketplace eBay and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has launched a new £3 million programme providing AI training for up to 10,000 small businesses. The AI Activate scheme, which is ...

A major annual study of entrepreneurship has found that the percentage of working-age adults either running a new business or intending to start one within the next three years is at the highest level ...

Claims for research and development (R&D) tax credits by SMEs decreased by almost a third in 2023-24, official figures show. The data from HM Revenue & Customs show the overall number of claims by ...

"I will implement the Employment Rights Bill in full", new business secretary Peter Kyle has declared. His comments at the Labour Party conference in ...

The government has announced a new 'youth jobs guarantee' aimed at tackling long-term youth unemployment.  Speaking at the Labour Party conference in ...