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Larger firms are behind the majority of late payments to small businesses, according to new data from insurance firm Zurich.

For small business owners, managing their business takes a great deal of time, effort and concentration, not least when it comes to finances.

One in five UK SMEs have revealed funding concerns ahead of Brexit, citing a lack of knowledge regarding potential options as a major barrier to success.

Small construction firms are being severely limited by decisions from larger contractors to delay payments, the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group has warned.

Thousands of small business across England and Wales are facing backdated hikes to business rates as the Valuation Office Agency has altered the way it assesses staircases.

The Government has warned businesses across the UK that they risk large fines from next year if they fail to have adequate cyber-security in place.

HMRC efforts to tackle the underpayment of VAT has seen an additional £3.4 billion collected from small and medium sized businesses.

Small technology firms have revealed that they believe Brexit will have little impact on their Software of IT Services (SITS) business, although many are proceeding with caution.

National rates of corporate insolvencies may be declining according to government figures, but risk levels in the Midlands buck the trend.

Economic and political uncertainty are denting business confidence, according to the latest data from the ICARW Business Confidence Monitor.

A buyer has been found for the assets of UK software Group, TDB Fusion, which entered liquidation on 3rd August 2017.

Arron Kendall and Simon Thomas, Partners at Moorfields Advisory, were appointed joint administrators of the UK arm of upmarket women’s fashion brand Basler on 1 September 2017.

Economic and political uncertainty are denting business confidence, according to the latest data from the ICARW Business Confidence Monitor.

A buyer has been found for the assets of UK software Group, TDB Fusion, which entered liquidation on 3rd August 2017.

Late payments are not just impacting on small businesses, as new research highlights that 94% of medium-sized firms are also facing issues.

Late payments are not just impacting on small businesses, as new research highlights that 94% of medium-sized firms are also facing issues.

Small firms in south London and the commuter belt could be hit hard by the ongoing engineering works at Waterloo station throughout August, a business lobby group has claimed.

Insurance firms are often too slow to react to small business losses, which can leave the firms at risk of going out of business, one insurer has claimed.

Uncertain economic conditions should delay the implementation of forthcoming rises to the National Living Wage, small businesses have claimed.

Small construction firms are increasingly reliant on their directors to plug funding gaps in the wake of stricter bank lending criteria, according to new research.

The majority of the nation’s small businesses have lamented high absenteeism rates, claiming that it is influencing both their profits and their productivity.

Businesses in the West Midlands are more at risk of insolvency than they were at the turn of the year, according to the region’s branch of trade and restructuring body R3.

The UK’s small and medium sized businesses are not taking sufficient action to protect themselves from a rising number of cyber-attacks, new research claims.