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Britain’s ‘missing middle’ businesses are being squeezed from all sides 

With Innovate UK narrowing its funding toward high-growth businesses and the FCA reviewing whether lending rules are restricting SME finance, there’s a growing gap between policy direction and what most UK b...

Only one in five small businesses regularly use AI, major new research finds 

Only one in five of the UK’s 5.7 million small businesses are using AI regularly, indicating a widening gap as larger businesses race ahead, new research from Enterprise Nation’s Tech Hub, in partnership with Google, Sage, Dell Technologies and Square...

UK’s next generation of entrepreneurs has the drive but not the...

Young people in the UK aspire to own their own business, but the path feels financially out of reach, according to new research from Xero, a global small business platform.  New survey findings reveal...

Lloyds and Stripe join forces to modernise payments for small businesses    

Lloyds is collaborating with Stripe to deliver the latest payments technology to small businesses. Stripe’s global payments infrastructure is now integrated into Lloyds’ Business Account through a new suite of tools called Lloyds Accep...

Half of small businesses skip paying themselves to stay afloat rather than...

Qonto, a leading business finance solution for SMEs and freelancers, has published new research into the financing habits and attitudes of Europe’s small businesses. The quantitative study surveyed 1,659 solo...

Tax rises drive 20% growth in SMEs spreading the cost of tax bills

SMEs are increasingly looking to spread the cost of their tax bills as they grapple with higher rates, new data from Premium Credit, a leading provider of finance, shows. It saw a 20% rise in the number of companies...

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