2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (308+ words) At the Office for Small Business Commissioner, we often find small businesses chasing payments they expected to receive within 14 days, only to discover that their client thought (or at least says they thought) they had 60 days to pay. The frustrating…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (362+ words) New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has brought his plans to ban subscription traps forward to January, ahead of their original spring timeline. The move is part of a series of everyday fixes he’s rolling out to help lower the cost…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (307+ words) If you spent last week watching your kitchen team sweat through their whites while your dining room transformed into a convection oven, welcome to the club. According to a spot-on piece by Startups.co.uk, Britain’s relentless heatwaves may be…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (591+ words) Making Tax Digital’s (MTDs) first quarterly deadline passed on the 7th of August. If you missed it, you’re in good company, with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) estimating that around 400,000 self-employed workers and landlords are yet to submit updates....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (783+ words) Britain’s small and medium-sized businesses are leaving thousands of pounds exposed, underperforming, and eroding in real-terms value. Every business owner knows cash flow keeps the lights on. But in an economy shaped by inflation shocks, geopolitical uncertainty, and domestic policy…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (692+ words) UKHospitality is fighting back against the government’s proposed “overnight visitor levy”, which would give local mayors the power to charge tourists an extra fee per room, per night when they stay in hotels, B&Bs, or campsites. The trade group…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (552+ words) Going self-employed has never been an easy option, but new research by Taxfix has found almost half of UK entrepreneurs are currently considering throwing in the towel due to HMRC’s new Making Tax Digital (MTD) plan. In order to evade…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (684+ words) As of the 1st of July, the EU has replaced its €150 duty-free customs exemption with a temporary €3 customs duty per item charge, creating complex ripple effects for UK-based online retailers selling to European customers. To understand how these shipping changes are…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (635+ words) Beauty brands are having a moment on social media, with online beauty sales growing at roughly triple the rate of the wider retail sector, and haircare and skincare emerging as some of the sector’s strongest-performing categories. As more consumers discover…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (563+ words) As social commerce continues to disrupt traditional retail, over 300,000 UK small businesses are now selling on TikTok Shop, while the number of new sellers joining has increased 200% year-on-year, TikTok has reported. From butchers’ shops racking up millions of likes, to…...