Business surveys published this month suggest that one in two small business owners are feeling optimistic about their prospects in 2024, with many looking to grow.

Tens of thousands of Brits aged over 50 have started running their own businesses in the past three years, bucking an overall downward trend in self-employment.

Anyone selling goods or services via online platforms needs to be aware of new rules regarding the way that digital platforms such as eBay share information with HMRC; it could affect the amount of tax they have to pay.

Family lawyers call for pensions to be a compulsory part of divorce proceedings as full-scale of pension disparity revealed

HMRC is urging almost 5.7 million people to file their 2022/23 tax return as the 31 January self-assessment deadline approaches.

As Christmas draws closer, the latest economic analysis by the British Chambers of Commerce, the IoD and the CBI suggests that business confidence is still in the doldrums and growth is expected to flatline next year.

Accountants are warning that piecemeal changes to the way self assessment works could cause confusion for UK tax payers.

Christmas is the most profitable period for four out of five small firms, according to research by the Small Business Saturday campaign.

Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt has unveiled what he calls "an Autumn Statement for growth", delivering "the biggest business tax cut in modern British history" and welcomed by the Federation of Small Businesses as "game-changing".

There are a range of predictions for this weekend's Black Friday sales in the UK, with one study suggesting that Brits will spend half as much as they did last year.