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A year after the first lockdown, new research shows how the pandemic has left many UK freelancers and small business owners struggling.

A survey of UK professionals has shed new light on why Brits leave their jobs and what persuades them to take new ones.

There has been a 16% uplift in mobile traffic in the past year, according to analysis of 20 billion web sessions.

The government is asking businesses to make sure their employees take COVID-19 tests on a regular basis to prevent the spread of the virus.

The fourth SEISS grant will be open to those who became self-employed in the tax year 2019 to 2020 but there will be extra hoops to jump through for some.

A new survey of freelancers has found that 50% plan to stop contracting in the UK after changes to off-payroll tax rules come into effect in April - unless they can get contracts unaffected by the changes.

The fund is intended to help smaller businesses adapt to new trade rules with the EU; however, the latest data shows that UK trade with the EU has already fallen dramatically since the UK left the EU at the end of January this year.

A new survey by Small Business Britain has found that almost one-fifth of women are thinking about starting their own business.

Half of UK employers don't have a financial wellbeing policy, despite the financial impact of COVID-19 on employees.

In spite of the coronavirus pandemic, 468,371 businesses were registered in the UK in 2020 according to data from Companies House.