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Outlook

This section provides the latest reports and studies on the Uk small business industry, including economic indicators and business confidence.

UK Small Business Events and Exhibitions Calendar

A diary of upcoming events of interest for UK SMEs and small business owners. We have listed out each event or exhibition, telling you what each one is about and also where and when all the events are.

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Trading with EU getting increasingly hard, say firms

Small businesses especially are finding trading with the EU increasingly difficult when it comes to selling goods and services, firms complain to Institute of Directors

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Budget 2023 what small business can expect

An extension to the ‘super-deduction’ tax break for business investment and tax breaks for companies that help long-term sick and disabled get back into work are being mooted

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Nearly 60% of businesses face going under

Six out of ten business owners consider throwing in towel, buffeted by inflation, soaring energy bills and an economy heading into recession

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Brexit is not working, say small businesses

Nearly 80% of firms that trade with the EU say that the current Brexit deal is not helping them increase sales or grow their business

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Firms may be offered grants to pay for energy

Energy grants could be offered to small businesses using Covid support mechanisms to head off thousands going bust

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Businesses in distress increase by a fifth over a year

Insolvency expert Begbies Traynor calls on government to take softer line with small firms struggling to repay Covid debt

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Britons starting a new business hits record high

Nearly 13% of UK adults are running fledgling businesses, according to research, the highest percentage since the late 1990s

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Businesses in distress increase by a fifth over a year

Insolvency expert Begbies Traynor calls on government to take softer line with small firms struggling to repay Covid debt

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Britons starting a new business hits record high

Nearly 13% of UK adults are running fledgling businesses, according to research, the highest percentage since the late 1990s

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UK must improve export support scheme for SMEs

The FSB has laid out a five-point plan to help the government create a better export support scheme for small businesses

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Defaults on Bounce Back Loan repayments lower than feared

Estimates show that defaults on Bounce Back Loan repayments will be substantially lower than past predictions have shown

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Retailers call for half of rent backlog to be waived

The Commercial Tenants Association is calling on the government to adopt a different strategy to deal with commercial rent debt

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Over half of SMEs have already bounced back from the pandemic

The majority of UK SMEs feel positive about recovery from Covid-19, with over half meeting or exceeding pre-pandemic turnover

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