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A VW-backed car hire giant just posted a £43m loss. The two reasons it gave are on every small business's P&L too.
Europcar UK swung from a £7m profit to a £43.2m loss and pointed at minimum wage rises and employer National Insurance. Those are not boutique corporate problems — they are the same two cost lines sitting in every small employer's accounts, just with more zeros.
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Downing Street is having second thoughts on youth pay rises. Here is what that actually changes for hiring a young worker.
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The BCC has handed the Chancellor a shopping list. Here is what each item is actually worth to you.
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Business confidence just hit a five-month high. That is a survey, not your order book.
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The Treasury is reviewing how pubs are valued. The method matters more than the multiplier.
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Two numbers land in the next month that decide what your money costs. Only one of them matters to you
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The hiring slump just ended after 45 months. The useful bit is what did not recover
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The tourist tax row is about £1bn. For a small B&B, it is about who does the paperwork
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The government is pointing £1bn of pension money at start-ups. Almost none of it will reach a business like yours
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A storage giant is cutting staff and automating after a business rates hit. What smaller businesses should take from it
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Why more UK tradespeople are turning down work — and what it says about demand
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The quiet rise of the four-day week among UK small employers
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Big firms have stopped hiring. Here's why that's quietly good news for small ones
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Why more UK shoppers are choosing to 'buy British' from small businesses
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Apple is suing OpenAI over trade secrets. Here's what it means for a business your size
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Europe 'made a major mistake' on energy, says IEA chief — what it means for UK business costs
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Why more UK founders are staying lean in year one
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Making Tax Digital: what it actually means if you're a sole trader
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The rise of the UK side-hustle economy
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Employer National Insurance changes: what small business owners need to know
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Why 'quiet hiring' is replacing job ads for small UK businesses
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