Andy Burnham urged to rule out a UK wealth tax as advisers warn speculation alone is pushing millionaires, capital and investment…
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England’s semi-final gives pubs their biggest night of the World Cup
England v Argentina gave pubs and bars a 145% sales surge, Square data shows. See which cities cashed in and what…
Traders will pay to see Trump’s posts before you do
Trump Media’s Truth API will sell trading firms millisecond access to the president’s market-moving Truth Social posts. What it means for…
One in three small firms expect to shrink, sell up or close
Small business growth expectations have hit their lowest since 2014, the FSB warns, as one in three firms expect to shrink,…
HMRC moves to scrap separate EMI notifications in red tape win
HMRC’s draft Finance Bill scraps separate EMI grant notifications from April 2027, folding them into the annual return. What SME employers…
British Steel nationalised as ministers refuse to let it go bust
British Steel nationalisation secures 2,700 Scunthorpe jobs and the UK’s last virgin steel supply. What public ownership means for SME supply…
Ofcom investigates TikTok over ‘serious doubts’ its age checks work
Ofcom launches an investigation into TikTok’s child age checks, casting doubt on age inference tech. Why the clampdown matters for UK…
Importers face six-year record rule as UK carbon border tax nears
UK CBAM rules hit importers of steel, aluminium, cement, fertiliser and hydrogen from January 2027. What SMEs must do now to…
Stripe and Advent swoop on PayPal with $53bn takeover bid
Stripe and Advent International have made a $53bn takeover bid for PayPal. What the deal could mean for the fees and…
West Northants streets to gain 3,000 EV charging sockets in £2.85m rollout
West Northamptonshire will install over 3,000 on-street EV charging sockets via lamp posts under the LEVI fund. What the rollout means…