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Government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, a new online training course for small business leaders.

• Updated: 24 April 2024

The next generation of business leaders have received over £100 million worth of support from the Government backed Start Up Loan Scheme

• Updated: 15 February 2024

Small Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake urges everyone to support their local small businesses

• Updated: 2 December 2023

Withholding tips from staff becomes unlawful as the Tipping Bill achieves Royal Assent, with more than 2 million workers to have their tips protected.

• Updated: 2 May 2023

The government’s Start Up Loans scheme has achieved another landmark milestone as the 100,000th business loan is granted.

• Updated: 2 February 2023

Overseas organisations owning UK land must have publicly declared their true owners, under world leading UK laws to crack down on dirty money.

• Updated: 1 February 2023

Government announces closure of Help to Grow: Digital scheme

• Updated: 15 December 2022

The Business Secretary has widened eligibility of Start Up Loans scheme to businesses trading for up to 3 years.

• Updated: 25 September 2022

Support for households, businesses and public sector organisations facing rising energy bills has been unveiled.

• Updated: 21 September 2022

Help to Grow: Digital Scheme eligibility expanded to businesses with at least one employee, meaning up to 1.2 million businesses could benefit.

• Updated: 25 July 2022

The ‘Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises’ will support women entrepreneurs, tackle investing barriers, and increase the number of women-led fast-growing businesses.

• Updated: 26 May 2022

Reforms to the Prompt Payment Code announced today, encouraging companies to stand by smaller suppliers.

• Updated: 19 January 2021

Consultation launched aimed at giving Small Business Commissioner more power to support businesses and resolve late payment issues

• Updated: 1 October 2020

Two new leadership programmes to help small business leaders grow their companies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic have been launched today (3 August).

• Updated: 3 August 2020

Government to provide guarantees of up to £10 billion to Trade Credit Insurance schemes for business-to-business transactions

• Updated: 4 June 2020

A discretionary fund has been set up to accommodate certain small businesses previously outside the scope of the business grant funds scheme.

• Updated: 2 May 2020

High street shops and other companies under strain will be protected from aggressive rent collection and asked to pay what they can during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Updated: 25 April 2020

The Department for International Trade outlines support available to 160,000 exporters and international investors.

• Updated: 6 April 2020

Today high streets begin to receive £22 billion coronavirus boost, with grants of up to £25,000 already being paid into bank accounts of high street businesses

• Updated: 1 April 2020

Government unveils almost £3 million new fund for visionary, entrepreneurial female innovators.

• Updated: 8 March 2020