Best Business Bank Account and Business Account platforms
A challenger bank is a smaller, newer retail bank created to compete with established UK banks, such as Barclays, HSBC and NatWest. In...
How to get a business grant from the council
By Ben Lobel on Small Business UK – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs A business grant from the council...
How AI is changing data subject access requests for SMEs
By Douglas McLachlan on Small Business UK – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Data subject access requests (DSAR) are...
9 of the best business energy suppliers based in the UK
With the war in Iran affecting global energy supply chains, energy costs look set to skyrocket for small business owners, especially those that...
Small business energy grants – what’s available
As part of the Government’s pledge to reach net-zero by 2050, it is running grant schemes to help UK businesses become greener. There...
Looking to switch? Compare green business energy suppliers
By James Earnshaw on Small Business UK – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Choosing a green business energy supplier...
Standard Chartered to swap 7,800 back-office jobs for AI as UK labour market wobbles
Standard Chartered has fired the latest, and loudest, warning shot in the City’s march towards an artificial intelligence-led workforce, confirming plans to shed...
ICO Warns SMEs: one month to comply with new Data Complaints Law
Britain’s small and medium-sized businesses have been put on notice. From 19 June 2026, exactly one month from today, every organisation that handles...
The ’43 club’: why Britain’s typical entrepreneur has barely aged a day in 25 years
For all the column inches lavished on hoodie-wearing teenage coders and so-called “Silver Starter” retirees launching second-act ventures from the kitchen table, the...
Greene King pulls the plug on supermarket strategy with sale of Old Speckled Hen to Spain’s Damm
After more than a quarter of a century pouring Old Speckled Hen down the throats of British shoppers, Greene King has decided enough...