It has been a busy year at SMEWeb.com. Here are 2025’s top 15 most popular posts.
- Autumn Budget 2025: What small businesses need to know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her much anticipated 2025 Budget on 26 November. Here are the measures of key interest to small and medium sized business owners. - Chancellor announces increase to National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage
The UK’s Living Wage will increase to £12.71 per hour and the Minimum Wage for 18-20-year-olds will rise to £10.85, Rachel Reeves announced. - Ex-Gymshark boss Steve Hewitt on culture-driven success
How a promising start-up was transformed into a billion-pound business by focusing on its most important asset: its people. - Autumn Budget 2025: Reaction from entrepreneurs and experts
After months of debate and speculation, chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her 2025 Budget. Here’s the reaction from entrepreneurs and experts. - Autumn Budget 2025: The small business measures entrepreneurs want to see
Ahead of the Budget speech, 34 founders outlined what they would like to see in the speech for small business owners. - Amazon Web Services outage ‘could cost billions in lost sales, disruption and supply chain issues’
An outage at Amazon Web Services in October led to the failure of major websites including Canva, Snapchat and several banks.
- Online marketplaces and payment providers sign pledge for fair treatment of small business users
eBay, PayPal, Temu and B&Q are among the large businesses backing a new pledge organised by the Small Business Commissioner that promotes fair treatment for small businesses with regards to cashflow and payments. Emma Jones, the Commissioner, is a columnist on SMEWeb.
- How to build a profitable e-commerce business that lasts
Running a successful e-commerce business isn’t just about selling a product; it’s about building something people want to return to. Here’s what you need to know. - Three key trends shaping UK businesses in coming year
This article in January looked ahead to potential business trends in 2025. - Entrepreneurs and business group bosses join prime minister on trade trip to India
More than 100 CEOs, entrepreneurs, university vice chancellors and representatives of cultural institutions joined prime minister Keir Starmer on a UK trade mission to India. - Small Business Britain unveils 2025’s most inspiring female entrepreneurs
Small Business Britain announced the 2025 line-up of the UK’s 100 most dynamic female entrepreneurs as part of its f:Entrepreneur #iAlso100 campaign. - How to tighten security measures against cyber attacks
Cyber attacks are on the rise and becoming more sophisticated each year, particularly with the development of AI. - Chancellor suggests a ‘tricky Budget’ is on its way in November
The build up to the November Budget was full of leaks and speculation. In October chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she might deliver a “tricky” speech amid rumours that she would announce new tax increases. - New bank scam is music to a fraudster’s ears
Scammers are using increasingly sophisticated methods to mimic banks’ fraud departments to steal money from customers, a fraud recovery law firm warned. -
Four direct-to-customer trends for SMEs to watch in 2025
From hyper-personalisation to the rise of socially conscious shopping, here are four key D2C trends for SMEs to embrace.