Small businesses fail to grow because of complex tax rules - especially surrounding employee incomes.

UK business groups have joined forces to call for the proposed 1% increase in National Insurance Contributions (NIC) to be scrapped.

Proposals for mothers and fathers to share maternity leave and paternity leave over the space of a year have been put on hold by the Government due to the current economic difficulties.

UK middle managers are feeling the squeeze as a result of the economic downturn, according to the CIPD quarterly Employee Outlook survey of 2,000 employees, published this morning.

The full economic impact of the pandemic will not be known "until the government’s furlough plaster is ripped off", says Rhys Moon, director at outplacement specialist Renovo.

Mary Portas published her review and her vision to breathe economic and community life back into high street retail.