The challenges involved in securing external finance are preventing many small businesses in the UK from achieving their growth potential.

A new survey has found that a staggering one million UK small businesses have no business insurance, leaving them at financial risk in the event of an accident or a lawsuit.

Three in ten (29%) business owners said that they under-budgeted their entire forecast in the last financial year according to a new survey by Capital on Tap.

Small business-friendly government policies could help to create more than one and a half million new jobs in the UK, according to a new survey.

The Conservative Party has pledged to scrap the main rate of National Insurance for the self-employed by the end of the next Parliament. Meanwhile, Labour Party plans for supporting small firms include replacing business rates and cracking down on late payments.

Two new polls have found that many freelancers and small business owners have yet to decide how they will vote in the general election on 4 July.

A new survey has found that increased demand from clients for a full spectrum of services is driving accountants to rely on technology to stay ahead of the curve.

Freelance body IPSE says the next government should take more responsibility for HMRC's actions to boost trust with the self-employed.

The British Chambers of Commerce and the CBI have laid out their proposals for the new government ahead of the general election.

Coastal towns, including Felixstowe, Bournemouth, Sidmouth and Bexhill-on-Sea, are seeing a boom in micro-businesses according to new data.