Two collapsed companies behind Fowey's Ship Inn left HMRC nearly £375,000 unpaid, exposing gaps in the UK's phoenix company and tax creditor rules.
Category: Business
Penfold Tells Small Business Owners to “Get It Off Their Liver”
A first-term Nationals MP wants small business complaints on record by August 28, though as an opposition backbencher her real power is limited to advocacy.
Furloughed Designer Turned a Garage Hobby Into £100k in Sales
A furloughed designer's Etsy wedding stationery bet mirrors the UK's record 2020-21 startup boom, and currency swings still decide who from that wave survives.
Dallas Girl Gang Grew a $600 Facebook Group Into a Six-Figure Business
Amanda Smith's $600 Facebook group, Dallas Girl Gang, now counts 50,000 members and six-figure revenue, outlasting costlier rivals like The Wing and Chief.
North Bay’s Business Award Finalists Reveal a Quietly Diversifying Economy
North Bay's Chamber of Commerce named eighteen 2026 Evening of Excellence finalists, a list pairing local entrepreneurs with a 136-year-old global drilling manufacturer.
The Business-Optimization Statistics Everyone Cites Don’t Check Out
Popular small-business efficiency stats trace to decade-old surveys and unmeasured myths, while real 2026 adoption data show a slower, uneven payoff.
BSP’s Thrive Program Graduates 200 Entrepreneurs Into Fiji’s Tight Credit Market
BSP Fiji's Thrive program has mentored more than 200 entrepreneurs since 2023, yet Fiji's estimated FJ$2.2 billion MSME financing gap remains unresolved.
Clara Shih Left Meta After Her Own AI Agent Cut Jobs
Clara Shih quit Meta after her AI agent taught small businesses to cut jobs, and now she's arming Gen Z with the same tools.
Reynolds Returns as Business Secretary as Small Firms Press for More
Business groups cheer Jonathan Reynolds' return as UK business secretary, but Burnham's first tax move funded household bills, not firm costs.
Anant Raj to Spin Off Its Data Centre Business Into Ashok Cloud
Anant Raj's board approved a demerger splitting its data centre unit into Ashok Cloud, repeating a 2018 scheme that took four years to close.










