2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (667+ words) Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has denied her party's plans to cut housing benefit would make people homeless, but suggested some would have to "move somewhere cheaper". At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, she had challenged Andy Burnham to commit to…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (414+ words) Community lender BCRS Business Loans has provided support to its mid-Wales business with a finance package to support growth, deployed from the British Business Bank's Investment Fund for Wales (IFW.) The £30,000 funding was provided to Newtown-based Hafren Services Limited, which…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (527+ words) Businesses in Chesterfield and across Derbyshire can access grants to invest in new equipment, technology and energy-saving measures through a new £8.1 million business fund. Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, has committed the funding to help businesses across Derbyshire,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (477+ words) Exclusive: Gypsy and Traveller families on council‑run sites - many facing high electricity costs and unable to choose their supplier and who are not covered by the recent Government energy support schemes - have been told they can apply for help…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (350+ words) LONDON, September 09, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DNA Payments, one of the UK's largest independent payment companies, has expanded its merchant funding offering through a new partnership with one of Europe's largest SME lenders, iwoca. Through this partnership, DNA Payments' clients can now…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (479+ words) A major funding boost is on the way for small businesses across the South East. A new £210 million South East Investment Fund has been launched by the British Business Bank to support the growth of SMEs in the region, including…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (461+ words) A new £10 million pilot scheme has been launched by the Development Bank of Wales, to help high growth Welsh businesses secure larger equity investment rounds and scale from a Welsh base. The Wales Equity Co-investment Scheme will invest alongside qualifying…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (279+ words) Barrow Business Improvement District is investing funds into a grant scheme aimed at helping town centre businesses "grow, improve and thrive." The Business Grant Scheme will see Barrow BID invest £60,000 over the next five years, with around 50 projects hoped to…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (382+ words) British Business Bank funding of £150 million will be used to provide investing to fast growing businesses in the North of England. Chancellor John Healey will make the announcement during a visit to a manufacturing firm where he deliver a speech…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (551+ words) The Cardiff Capital Region is among the regions in the UK to enter into partnership with the fund which hopes to grow and develop financial opportunities. A major Welsh region is to enter into a "strategic partnership" to help "accelerate…...