Side businesses can earn £3,000 a year tax free from 6 April 2027, but owners selling up face a £500,000 cap on Business Asset Disposal Relief. A new 10% Founders' Relief targets larger firms.
Side businesses can earn £3,000 a year tax free from 6 April 2027, but owners selling up face a £500,000 cap on Business Asset Disposal Relief. A new 10% Founders' Relief targets larger firms.
From 1 April 2027, retail, hospitality and leisure premises in England with a rateable value up to £18,000 pay no business rates, taking around 70,000 more businesses out.
An independent review of the Nations and Regions Investment Funds found small loans behind target in every area offering them, while equity ran ahead. Wales and the Midlands lagged.
The concrete roof tile maker has spent just under £300,000 on four electric trucks, replacing the last diesel forklifts at its Nicolson Way site in Burton on Trent.
Matthew Lilley has launched READY/, 12 printable planning tools priced from £1.99 to £27.99, including a £12.99 continuity pack for small firms.
Every minimum wage rate rises 3.9% from 1 April 2027, while employer National Insurance and the £10,500 Employment Allowance stay unchanged.
Micro businesses are more than four times as likely as large firms to have under a month of cash, and fewer of them have a six-month cushion than two years ago.
Lenders cut credit availability to small firms for a second quarter running, with a net balance of -12.1, and expect to cut it again before the end of November.
Northern Ireland registered 45 company insolvencies in September 2026, up from 28, and was the only UK jurisdiction where the 12-month insolvency rate went up.
The concrete roof tile maker has spent just under £300,000 on four electric trucks, replacing the last diesel forklifts at its Nicolson Way site in Burton on Trent.
Matthew Lilley has launched READY/, 12 printable planning tools priced from £1.99 to £27.99, including a £12.99 continuity pack for small firms.
Northern Ireland registered 45 company insolvencies in September 2026, up from 28, and was the only UK jurisdiction where the 12-month insolvency rate went up.
The concrete roof tile maker has spent just under £300,000 on four electric trucks, replacing the last diesel forklifts at its Nicolson Way site in Burton on Trent.