About
Tim Adler is group editor of Small Business, Growth Business and Information Age. He is a former commissioning editor at the Daily Telegraph, who has written for the Financial Times, The Times and the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of three nonfiction books, the most recent of which was reviewed by The Sunday Times as “compulsively readable” and by the Daily Mail as “dazzling”.
Since becoming editor of Small Business in 2019, the website was named alongside the BBC, the Guardian and the Telegraph as a top live blog covering the coronavirus pandemic by journalist trade magazine Press Gazette.
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Which small businesses can stay open in Tier 4 lockdown?
The government announced sudden Tier 4 restrictions for London and South East England on Saturday. Here is the list of which types of small business can remain open
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Small business calls for multibillion-pound Covid-19 support package
Package includes German-style reimbursement scheme for lost income, a second round of £10,000 grants and support for the newly self-employed
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Turn Covid emergency debt into shared ownership, urges small business
Small business calls for government to consider turning emergency Covid debt into shares owned by workers, getting Covid-19 off the balance sheet
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What the Brexit deal means for small business
The government has yet to release the actual text of the Brexit deal, but there are things you need to do now before January 1
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Prospect union calls for emergency help for excluded self-employed
Proposals to government include letting freelancers and sole traders submitting tax returns for 2019-20 be eligible for self-employed income support
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Government makes further changes to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Government will cover up to 80% of small business staff wages while the coronavirus pandemic continues, up to £2,500 per employee
Business Loans
How do I apply for a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan?
How to apply for the new Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme to help small business survive during the COVID-19 outbreak
Business Loans
Writing off Bounce Back Loans would be best thing to do, say accountants
MPs say debt recovery plans for business loans remain ‘woefully underdeveloped’ in withering assessment of Bounce Back Loan scheme
Export & Import
Europe’s small businesses call for three-month post-Brexit transition period
Europe's small businesses call for minimum three-month post-Brexit implementation period, even if a UK-EU deal is agreed
Tax
Treasury eyes hitting self-employed gig workers with VAT charge
Slapping VAT on self-employed gig economy drivers or plumbers could rake in £20bn a year for empty Treasury coffers
Financing
MarketFinance offers small business grants of £5,000 each
Small business owners have until December 31 to apply for first round of MarketFinance Business Booster Fund
Starting a Business
Government flags employment law change to cheerlead ‘wave of startups’
Business department consults on the reform of non-compete clauses so ex-employees can go out and start rival businesses
