The government’s Budget Board must focus on easing the cost of doing business, says the Institute of Directors (IoD). The board has been created to link top ministers and 10…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will look at fixing the cliff edges in business rates that can discourage small business investment and growth, according to a report from HM Treasury. Currently when…

The government has launched a voluntary repayment scheme to allow recipients of financial Covid support to repay outstanding money they were not entitled to or did not need with ‘no…

Companies could be prosecuted and face unlimited fines if they fail to prevent fraud that their firm profits from under a new corporate offence. The offence will hold large organisations to…

Lowering the threshold for VAT registration in the Autumn Budget would breach Labour’s manifesto, IPSE, the Self-Employed Association has warned. IPSE says that the government is in a bind both…

Artificial intelligence (AI) could boost the value of cross-border flows of goods and services by nearly 40% by 2040 thanks to productivity gains and lower trade costs, according to a…