UK small businesses

Rising costs have created a “ticking timebomb” for UK small business owners, the chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned, with almost half a million firms at risk of going bust within weeks without a fresh wave of government support. While the FSB chairman, Martin McTague, applauded the chancellor Rishi Sunak’s latest support for consumers heir jobs unless the government rolled out targeted measures for their employers. The chancellor dealt “We don’t have any problem with the way the chancellor dealt with consumer needs,” told BBC Radio 4’s . “But there is still a massive problem with…