Low Carbon Hub launches share offer for Yarnton solar and battery scheme
Low Carbon Hub has opened a community share offer via Ethex to help finance a new solar park and battery storage site near Yarnton in Oxfordshire.
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- London pharmacy company Wellbrooke Products enters administration
- London real estate company Seaforth Land Holdings to be wound up
- East Sussex chemist Newhaven Pharmacies enters administration
- Solvent company closures rose 80% in October as 2,020 firms entered insolvency, Gazette notices show
- Begbies Traynor handled the most new company insolvencies in October, Gazette notices show
- Allcures plc and five linked pharmacy companies enter administration
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Low Carbon Hub launches share offer for Yarnton solar and battery scheme
HMRC confirms changes to capital allowance rates for business investment
HMRC has set out plans to raise the main rate first-year allowance to 50% and cut the main rate writing-down allowance to 12%, affecting 600,000 UK businesses from 2027.
HMRC sets out changes to SEIS, EIS and VCT investment rules
HMRC says changes will stop firms losing all tax relief for minor breaches of SEIS, EIS and VCT rules, with most changes taking effect from 6 April 2027.
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Turkish corrosion protection firm Desi Kimya buys UK's Technology Packaging
Builth Wells gift shop expands Welsh-language birthday card range to 65 designs
Russell Roof Tiles completes switch to electric forklifts at Burton factory with £300,000 order
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.
Launches
View all Launches storiesNorth Devon designer launches READY/, a range of printable resilience and continuity planners
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.
People
View all People storiesBelfast firm Excalibur Press says it has entered liquidation, founder Tina Calder says
Tina Calder, who ran Belfast-based Excalibur Press, has told clients and contacts that the company has closed and entered liquidation.
Macclesfield print firm teams up with Rossendale Trust ahead of charity fashion event
Mail Boxes Etc. on Park Green in Macclesfield has become an event partner of the Rossendale Trust, offering discounted printing and free photography support for the charity's Fashion Show & Christmas Market.
Budget 2026: National Living Wage rises 3.9% to £13.21, adding £1,046 a year per full-time worker for employers
Every minimum wage rate rises 3.9% from 1 April 2027, while employer National Insurance and the £10,500 Employment Allowance stay unchanged.
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Premier Veins named Best Varicose Veins Clinic UK for fifth year running
Cardaq named UK's fastest growing financial services firm after 1,353.1% turnover rise
The London card issuing and payments firm won two awards at the UK Fast Growth Awards on 22 October 2026 and ranks 10th in the index's UK Top 200.
Data & Surveys
View all Data & Surveys storiesSolvent company closures rose 80% in October as 2,020 firms entered insolvency, Gazette notices show
970 solvent companies began members' voluntary liquidations in October 2026, against 539 in September 2026. Company insolvencies were 2,020, up 1.3% from 1,995.
Begbies Traynor handled the most new company insolvencies in October, Gazette notices show
Begbies Traynor was appointed to 197 insolvent companies in October 2026, ahead of FRP Advisory with 77 and Business Guardian with 57.
Quarter of firms pick senior leader for first overseas hire, Teamed research finds
Employer of Record firm Teamed says a growing share of businesses now bring in senior leadership as their opening move into international hiring, rather than building teams from the bottom up.
Green Business
View all Green Business storiesRussell Roof Tiles completes switch to electric forklifts at Burton factory with £300,000 order
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.
Regions
View all Regions storiesLondon pharmacy company Wellbrooke Products enters administration
RSM UK Restructuring Advisory was appointed on 29 October 2026 to the company, incorporated in 2002, and on the same day to Allcures plc, which Companies House lists as a person with significant control of it.
London real estate company Seaforth Land Holdings to be wound up
Buchler Phillips was appointed on 27 October 2026 to the company, which filed group accounts and is listed at Companies House in real estate management.
East Sussex chemist Newhaven Pharmacies enters administration
RSM UK Restructuring Advisory was appointed on 29 October 2026 to the company, incorporated in 1961, and on the same day to Allcures plc, which Companies House lists as a person with significant control of it.