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.
Business management
How to sell your small business without a broker – Small Business guide
Not every business needs to be sold through a broker. Many microbusinesses could be sold direct, saving you, the owner, thousands in fees
Government Grants
Small businesses will have to cover a quarter of cost of furlough
Chancellor Rishi Sunak to announce this week that employers must cover 20-30% of furlough scheme cost plus national insurance
Government Grants
Businesses may have to cover insurance and pensions of furloughed staff
Government considering asking small businesses to cover national insurance and pension contributions of furloughed workers from August onward
Business Loans
Nearly half of small businesses do not intend to repay government loans
Either small business owners do not believe government will take them to court for non-repayment or they fear they will have gone bust within a year
Business management
Coronavirus small business diary – Alessandro Savelli, Pasta Evangelists
When the pandemic hit, artisanal pasta delivery start-up Pasta Evangelists was forced to scale up - and fast
News
Government looking at bringing in part-time furlough immediately
MPs and retailers pushing government to allow furloughed shop staff back to work part-time, as they start reopening from June
News
Only allowing part-time furlough work from August doesn’t make sense
Shops are being told to reopen from June but furloughed staff can only work part time from August. Indie retailers face a dire couple of months
Government Grants
Self-Employed Income Support Scheme now open for applications
HMRC has opened the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme, where freelancers and contractors can apply up to 80% of lost earnings in a £7,500 lump sum
Government Grants
Rishi Sunak extends job retention furlough scheme to October
Chancellor announces that coronavirus job retention scheme will be extended for another four months with no change to 80% wage grant
Government Grants
Government eyes extending 60% furlough scheme until September
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could be extended until September with government covering 60% of staff wages
News
Ceiling for self-employed coronavirus support may be dropped to £30,000
Government eyes lowering ceiling for those who qualify for coronavirus self-employed support even before the scheme has launched
Government Grants
HMRC opens self-employed income support early on May 13
Taxman to start accepting applications for Self-Employed Income Support Scheme on May 13, earlier than announced
