Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS), the voluntary ombudsman set up to handle any banking dispute between small businesses and high-street banks, has cost £23m to establish. Seven high-...

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business Small businesses are struggling to get loans through the Recovery Loan Scheme launched earlier this month to replace emergency schemes such as Bounce Back Loans, according to the Federation of...

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business With lockdown measures easing, many small businesses are busy preparing to welcome back customers over the coming months. With social contact restrictions still in place, however, it won’t qui...

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business Bank lending to small businesses hit over £100bn last year as SMEs scrambled for Government-backed Covid debt facilities. Overdraft applications flatlined, despite gross bank lending to SMEs r...

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business One in five small businesses have not had any emergency Covid-19 help during the pandemic. That is around 1m of Britain’s 5.9m small businesses and sole traders left without financial support,...

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business Over one in two working women in Britain have experienced sexual harassment at work, according to a TUC and Everyday Sexism Project survey. That rises to a shocking nearly two thirds of women ...