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The news section on Small Business UK allows you to keep up to date with the latest news, economic trends and regulatory developments affecting new and established UK small businesses.

Apply for this £5,000 software discount before February

The Government is closing its flagship Help to Grow: Digital scheme in February 2023. Apply for your software discount before the deadline

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Government launches Payment and Cash Flow review

The Payment and Cash Flow review will look at existing payment practices to help stop small businesses being ripped off by larger firms

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Sole traders face being named if they took out Covid-19 loan

Tribunal could decide this week if the names of 1.7bn small businesses that took out Bounce Back Loans should be made public – leaving sole traders potentially vulnerable to fraudsters

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Small business spent £24bn on R&D last year

Small businesses spent 4% more on research and development in 2021 than they did in 2020 – calling into question Chancellor’s decision to slash R&D investment incentives

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Introducing our Business Essentials service

Our new Business Essentials membership service offers all the tools and support you will need to help run your business

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Autumn Statement what it means for small business

As predicted, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt clobbers small businesses with stealth tax raids on VAT and National Insurance but there's good news with enhanced help for retailers, hospitality and leisure when it comes to business rates

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Government delays introduction of UKCA product safety mark again

Unpopular scheme to replace EU’s CE product safety mark now due to start in 2025

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Mary Portas calls for more Government help to save high street firms

Retail guru Mary Portas wants the Government to support businesses through the cost of doing business crisis

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Government delays introduction of UKCA product safety mark again

Unpopular scheme to replace EU’s CE product safety mark now due to start in 2025

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Mary Portas calls for more Government help to save high street firms

Retail guru Mary Portas wants the Government to support businesses through the cost of doing business crisis

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What the cost of doing business crisis is doing to small firms

The cost of supplies and stock has rocketed by 21 per cent year on year, with nine out ten small firms reporting higher costs

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Help to Grow may be axed by Government

The Government is eyeing cuts to the troubled Help to Grow scheme, created to help small businesses improve operations

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One in four small businesses fear closure

Small business owners say survival is their key priority over next six months as energy prices rocket and 80% have difficulty recruiting staff

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Who won at this year’s British Business Awards 2022?

Over 200 people attended this year’s British Business Awards 2022, with supermodel businesswoman Caprice Bourret hosting the glamorous event

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