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               T Small and micro‑business employers need to prepare for the new unfair dismissal landscape once the Employment Rights Act 2025 reforms come into force.

               T The latest minimum wage rates kick in today (1st April 2026). 389 employers were fined last year for failing to comply with the

            Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk …. to protect cities and critical infrastructure The UK will urgently commit an additional £100 million for air defence support to Ukraine, helping to defend

                 Which? says businesses should be doing everything they can to help their customers. According to research from the consumer association half of households

            Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk RAF personnel become first ever drone ‘aces’ during operations in the Middle East Crack gunners from the

                                            Lt Col Stuart Crawford is a defence analyst

               Small suppliers, long beleaguered by overdue invoice payments and long payment terms in their contracts with customers are waking up this morning to an

               High youth unemployment is hitting the headlines and it’s not just a short‑term labour‑market issue. It is a strategic economic threat that will shape

               Nearly 9 in 10 entrepreneurs think the Government doesn’t understand their needs and a fifth of them want to leave the UK in the

               The Bank of England is ruminating on interest rates and is expected to announce around midday that rates will stay at their current rate

            Updated MoU will focus on enhanced maritime cooperation, cyber defence, air domain information sharing, and increased joint procurement. Comes as the Prime Minister meets

               Britain’s traditional jewellers — long the glittering anchors of our high streets — are quietly disappearing as rising costs, falling footfall and online competition

            Traditional networking events may still fill diaries, but growing evidence suggests that authentic, relationship-driven connections — not transactional handshakes — are what truly unlock

               Britain could be sleepwalking into a youth jobs crisis just as new employment reforms take effect, with retailers warning that rules designed to protect

              Britain’s defence policy is facing one of the fiercest backlashes in decades as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East expose the limits

               The warning lights for Britain’s small businesses are beginning to flash. Conflict in the Middle East is already pushing up fuel prices, threatening fertiliser

               High Street shops are increasingly accepting only card or phone payments, taking security, costs and the way customers are behaving into account. This comes

            Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk UK Indo-Pacific Minister Seema Malhotra visited Manila to deepen cooperation, marking 80 years of ties and advancing

            Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk ACE developed a data gathering and analysis proof of concept for more accurate air drops that lays

            While ministers hail G7-leading growth, fresh small business data shows slowing sales, cautious hiring and mounting pressure on retail and hospitality margins. What’s really

            The Chancellor spoke of stability and growth, but with confidence falling, costs rising and global turmoil intensifying, many small businesses fear the economic reality

              All eyes turned to Cyprus earlier this week when it came under one-way drone attack in an unexpected expansion of the Iran war.

            Business confidence is a fickle thing. The latest index from the IoD (Institute of Directors) shows that the confidence figure in February was -63,

            The Supreme Court said no to the way Trump’s tariffs were implemented when he became President but there’s ways around that ruling and so

            We can’t afford to have almost 1 million young people out of work but small businesses can no longer afford to employ them. This

              After months of signs, US and Israeli strikes on Iran risk igniting wider regional war. There can be few surprised that the USA

              The Government is promising an extra £1bn of lending for small and medium-sized businesses over the next five years, unveiled by the Small

            There is some welcome relief on energy bills — but only if you’re a household. From April, the Energy Price Cap will cut typical

            It’s been an interesting day as far as opinions about business are concerned. In the blue corner we have a new consortium of entrepreneurs

            Walk down almost any high street and you can see the strain. Chocolate bars locked in cabinets, empty shelves where shops used to trade,

            When you’re grappling with cashflow, customers and compliance, insurance probably isn’t at the top of your agenda as a small business owner. It’s in

            The Chancellor is popping the champagne over a surprise £30bn tax windfall, but out on the high street and in workshops across the country,

              As America Prepares to Strike, Starmer Says No — and the Special Relationship Wobbles The countdown may already have begun. As the United

            Britain is starting businesses at a healthy clip, but it’s not creating jobs to match. New firms are launching at the fastest rate in

            In this GB News interview on 18 February 2026, Liz Barclay warns that falling inflation does not mean falling pressure for the UK’s small

            Inflation Falls, Unemployment Rises – And Small Businesses Are Still Paying the Price On paper, this week’s economic figures look like progress. Inflation is

            I had a distress call first thing yesterday morning. It came from a wonderful business adviser I know who cares passionately about the clients

                   

                     

              GB News    @GBNEWS ‘Surely the lesson of history is Britain needs America’s help?’ GB News Political Correspondent  @OliviaUtley asks Former British Army

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            0.1% ‘Growth’? Britain’s Small Firms Left on Economic Life Support My take on our bloodless (never mind anaemic) growth The UK economy essentially flatlined

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              Venezuela After Maduro: What Britain Must Learn from the Chaos A new documentary released this week — Venezuela: A Month After Maduro’s Capture

             Two award-winning novelists Sally Gardner and Francis Spufford talk about their latest works, The Bride Stone, the story of a late 18th-century marriage of convenience,

            Copyright and all rights reserved – .gov.uk This story has been provided by the Defence and armed forces division of http://www.gov.uk and does not

             This article was originally produced here – https://www.kallipolis.co.uk/cuba   When the Centre Stops Thinking: How the Mutual Admiration Society Imploded by Frederick Lauritzen  The mutual admiration

            LT COL STUART CRAWFORD: We cannot afford complacency. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the USA and Russia, commonly known as “New Start”, and

            Small business owners will be watching the Bank of England at midday with growing frustration. Many rely on borrowing just to keep trading, and

              As the Middle East once again awaits a possible US strike on Iran, American and Israeli navies have recently carried out a joint