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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.

What does Nadhim Zahawi mean for small business?

Unlike his predecessor Rishi Sunak, the new chancellor of the exchequer has actually run a small business

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Two thirds of firms will increase prices within weeks

More than four in five businesses cite inflation as a growing worry in latest quarterly British Chambers of Commerce survey of business sentiment

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Downing Street pushes for VAT to be cut from 20%

No 10 has proposed a temporary cut in VAT from 20% but Treasury pushes back, worried about real and long-term cost of overstimulating the economy

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Government urging firms to cut prices with no extra help

The government's cost of living tsar has announced an upcoming campaign encouraging businesses to cut their prices

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Firms lose £19bn a year due to poor mobile networks

Poor mobile connection is costing small businesses on average one hour of working time each week per each employee, having a knock-on effect of costing UK economy £8bn a year in lost output

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Hospitality firms want help – only 37% are still profitable

Key hospitality groups are calling for support from the government to help with increasing costs caused by inflation

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Risk of small business failure halves in 2022

The risk of business failure has fallen over the last year because of an increasingly positive outlook from small businesses

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CBI calls for Cobra-style emergency committee for economy

Recession ‘a very live concern’ as CBI outlines 7 interventions to boost growth before autumn budget

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Risk of small business failure halves in 2022

The risk of business failure has fallen over the last year because of an increasingly positive outlook from small businesses

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CBI calls for Cobra-style emergency committee for economy

Recession ‘a very live concern’ as CBI outlines 7 interventions to boost growth before autumn budget

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Nearly 80% of SMEs see cost-of-living crisis as biggest threat

A quarter of Britain’s small businesses ignore their business finances for fear of discovering how bad things really are

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Nearly 500,000 small firms ‘at risk of going bust’

Federation of Small Businesses calls on Rishi Sunak for more support to deal with ‘ticking timebomb’

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Euan Blair firm to train 5,000 SME apprentices free

Multiverse, founded by Euan Blair (son of ex-Prime Minister Tony), aims to train over 5,000 apprentices in SMEs – here's how to get involved

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7 business tips from Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing

Jamie Laing, former Made in Chelsea star and co-founder of Candy Kittens, shares seven tips that he's learned from his time in business

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