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Daily Star
UK’s 6 dullest jobs include oven cleaners and one that’s ‘as boring as it gets’Brits working in these six dull jobs say they’ve never been happier and love what they do. They also claim other high flyers are ditching the corporate life to follow them
Sky News
Weekend Money: What small business owners urgently want to see in the spring budgetThe Money blog is your place for consumer news, cost of living advice and the latest on the economy. We’ll be back with live updates on Monday but for now you can read our weekend features, and submit...
Freelance Informer
IFS report: greater sick pay benefits for self-employed should be up for discussion - Freelance InformerSelf-employed workers offer their views when it comes to having greater government support for the self-employed when it comes to sick pay
CityAM
Fear within UK small businesses peaks as economy shrinksThis year, the number of tax-registered businesses fell for the first time since 2011, with the drop mainly driven by small businesses.
Internet Retailing
Retailers respond to autumn statement - Internet RetailingChancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his autumn statement, announcing business rates will be frozen for small business for a year, as well as extending the 75% discount for retail, hospital and leisure...
Express.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt urged to quit as small businesses ‘implode’EXCLUSIVE: Small business owners have called on the Chancellor to quit, claiming Jeremy Hunt is ‘stifling growth’.
IFA Magazine
GDP Q1 data - “It’s more a question of how long we have left rather than how well we’re doing”Following this morning’s GDP data, which showed GDP fell by 0.3% in March 2023, after showing no growth in February 2023, and grew by 0.1% in the three month
Evening Standard
UK economy stuck in first gear as GDP plunges in MarchBad weather and strikes blamed for forcing down high street sales
Daily Mail
How UK inflation affects YOU: From mortgage rates to fuel costsThe latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed inflation still at 10.1 per cent in March after a surprise acceleration in February.
The Telegraph
Freelancers ‘ignored’ in Budget designed to boost workforceJeremy Hunt failed to encourage more people to work for themselves, critics say
Daily Mail
Budget case studies: Britons react to Jeremy Hunt’s announcementsBritons were today reacting to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt after he said the UK will avoid entering a recession with the economy ‘proving the doubters wrong’.
inews.co.uk
If you really want to understand the economy, leave Canary Wharf and meet the small businesses‘General Melchetts of UK Plc should leave their plush offices and pay a visit to the millions of small businesses fighting to survive’
The Telegraph
‘I feel stuck and hopeless’: Britain’s cost of living crisis morphs into a health emergencyOne in four of those struggling to pay their energy bills live with moderate or severe symptoms of depression
Startups.co.uk
Experiential retail: what is it and how can you get involved? - Startups.co.ukExperiential retail is enticing customers back in-store with an offer they can’t refuse. We outline how SMEs can tap into the trend.
Greatest Hits Radio
Inflation hits double figuresInflation has hit double figures as the cost of living soared again in July,...
Express.co.uk
‘Anarchy in the streets’ this autumn as ten percent inflation leaves UK on brink of chaosBRITAIN is facing the prospect of “anarchy in the streets” and people “starving in their own homes”, small UK businesses and charities have warned on the day inflation moved into double figures.
Startups.co.uk
10 Budgeting Tips to Survive a Recession - Startups.co.ukWith the Bank of England describing a recession as ‘inevitable’, here are 10 canny ways to improve your business budget in an economic downturn.
AltFi
Concerns rise for SMEs as Bank of England warns UK will enter recession - AltFiDemand for loans is rising as three quarters of small businesses express concerns about the possibility of a recession.
inews.co.uk
How I Manage My Money: The female boss of an online gift shop whose income varies from £400 to £2k a month‘We have a great customer following, but I am seriously concerned about rising costs. I feel I am being forced to raise my prices to try to make a profit’
Wealth DFM
Small business owners share their worries ahead of interest rate decisionAhead of the Bank of England interest rate decision today - with a rate rise looking like a nailed-on certainty - 11 small business owners share their views on
InternetRetailing
Fears over war’s impact and cost of living force High Street and online sales down – what are Growth 2000 retailers doing?To gauge how the smaller end of the retail market is responding, we talked to a range of retailers and brands
Daily Mail
Chancellor fails to extend 12.5% rate of VAT for hospitalityThe Chancellor today laid out plans to deflect the worst of the cost of living crisis but small businesses feel his plans do not go far enough as they get back on their feet after the pandemic.
Daily Mail
Families, business owners and self-employed react to spring statementSmall business owners such as Maddy Alexander-Grout (pictured) have criticised Rishi Sunak’s spring statement measures for ‘not going far enough’ and ‘consigning some to poverty’.
Daily Mail
Inflation hits 6.2% ahead of Rishi’s mini-Budget TODAYRishi Sunak has left No11 for the Commons ahead of his Spring Statement, after the headline CPI rate came in above expectations - underlining the pain for families.
CityAM
Cost of living crisis: Practically all micro business owners feel ‘abandoned’As the cost of living crisis continues to bite for retailers and consumers alike, the overwhelming majority of micro business owners say the government is
Londonlovesbusiness
9 in 10 micro business owners finding it “harder to make ends meet” than a year agoNine in 10 (88%) micro businesses say they are finding it harder to make ends meet than this time last year, according to a poll by Facebook group, Not On Amazon, which…
IFA Magazine
Let’s not kid ourselves: the real economy is a messThe UK economy bounced back with aplomb in 2021, data released by the Office for National Statistics showed today.With GDP coming in at 7.5% for 2021, the UK wa
CNBC
Brits brace for ‘perfect storm’ of tax rises, spiraling inflation and an energy crisisBritish households are facing the worst cost of living crisis for decades, as inflation, declining wages and an energy crisis eat into household incomes.
Morning Star
Tesco condemned for adding to the-cost-of-living crisis despite making bumper profitsCompany chairman John Allan says ‘worst is still to come’ after raising food prices by 1%, with increases five times that possible by spring
Gifts and Home
Storm In A Teacup Gifts Founder ‘An Inspiration’Jenny Blyth has been named one of the UKs most inspirational female entrepreneurs...
Enfield Dispatch
Down to a teacupCockfosters business selected to join ‘Small Biz 100’ ahead of Small Business Saturday Cockfosters entrepreneur Jenny Blyth launched Storm in a Teacup in 2014 An online gift shop run by…
Hampstead Highgate Express
‘More than a shop’: Storm in a Teacup in 100 nation-wide small businesses“What’s so special about us is that we’re more than just a shop, we’ve made a community who have truly supported each other over the...