Simply Business, one of the UK’s largest small business insurance providers, has launched its annual nationwide hunt for the country’s funniest small business name – and this year’s winner will walk away with a £2,500 cash prize. Whether you’re a locksmith called Surelock Homes, a landscaping firm known as Easy Lay, or a takeaway with […]
More than two thirds (68 per cent) of leaders of small and medium-sized businesses believe that their company is resilient after weathering the recent storms brought on by external events. The annual American Express Business Barometer found that this sense of resilience was matched by growing optimism. Almost three quarters (73 per cent) of SME […]
Berry Bros. & Rudd, the historic British wine merchant favoured by the Royal family, is set to open its first US store in Washington, marking a significant expansion as demand for luxury British heritage brands surges across the Atlantic. Founded in 1698 and holding a Royal Warrant since the reign of George III, the company […]
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has called on Sir Keir Starmer to go beyond the government’s recent EU “reset” deal and forge deeper trade and financial links with Brussels, warning that the economic fallout from Brexit and Donald Trump’s resurgent protectionism pose mounting risks to UK growth. In a major speech delivered in Dublin, […]
Pensions tax relief may be in the firing line in the upcoming Autumn Budget, with growing concern among financial experts that HMRC is targeting popular salary sacrifice schemes as a way to raise revenue. According to Blick Rothenberg, a leading audit and tax advisory firm, a new HMRC report points to the Treasury’s increasing focus […]
Jeremy Clarkson, once feared by car manufacturers for his savage TV reviews, is now being hailed by British farmers for helping drive a surge in demand for homegrown food. According to Waitrose, the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm is fuelling a spike in sales of British-grown produce, as viewers rally behind UK agriculture. Launched on […]
The UK’s once-booming craft beer industry is facing a sobering reality, as new data reveals that 43 breweries went insolvent in the year to February 2025 — the highest number in recent memory. According to figures compiled by UHY Hacker Young, the surge in insolvencies highlights the intense pressure facing independent brewers, many of whom […]
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first quarter of 2025, coinciding with the start of Donald Trump’s second term as US President, according to new data from the UK Home Office. Between January and March, 1,931 US citizens submitted applications for UK citizenship, marking the highest quarterly total since records […]
In a dramatic departure from its traditional focus on calorie counting and group weigh-ins, WeightWatchers has announced a new strategic partnership in the UK with CheqUp, a provider of GLP-1 weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Mounjaro. The move marks a major shift for the iconic brand, which is now aligning itself with the booming […]
Strava, the fitness tracking app that has become a lockdown staple for millions of runners and cyclists, has confirmed a new valuation of $2.2 billion following its recent acquisition of Runna, a UK-based running coaching platform. The deal, announced in April and completed on Thursday, marks a major step in Strava’s push to deepen its […]