Google searches for "side hustle ideas" are up 326% as Brits look for ways to pay for rising living costs.

Prime minister Liz Truss has unveiled plans to cap energy prices for consumers and businesses but there are fears that the timeframe for business support is too short.

Women who run their own businesses across the UK are being encouraged to apply for a place in a line-up of Britain's 100 most impressive female entrepreneurs.

Almost half (47%) of SMEs want to see the government introduce energy grants, as the 'cost of doing business' reaches record highs.

Some small businesses have already had to shut up shop because of soaring energy bills and others are finding that energy companies are refusing to supply them because of fears they could go bust.

Business insolvencies are on the rise and more than half of small firms expect to stagnate, shrink or fold in the coming year, according to a new poll conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses.

Despite the tough economic climate, new analysis of Companies House data has found that 90 new businesses were created every hour across the UK in the first half of this year.

A government survey of individuals and small businesses has found that Starling and Monzo are the most popular banks - both for business and for consumer banking.

Two new surveys reveal the concerns that are stopping would-be entrepreneurs from starting their own enterprise as the cost of doing business soars.

Over two million of the UK's smallest businesses believe reducing their own carbon emissions "will not make a significant difference to climate change" according to a new survey.