01 / People & Operations
Busy being busy: the productivity trap
Why being constantly occupied does not necessarily mean getting anything worthwhile done.
1 November 2026 · 6 min read · Paul Allsopp
FeaturedNews
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is here: who is in now, and who joins in 2027 and 2028
The biggest change to self assessment in a generation is now live. Sole traders and landlords over £50,000 have been filing quarterly updates since April 2026 — and the net widens in 2027 and 2028.
25 October 2026 · 4 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
02 / Startups & Funding
SEIS explained: the tax scheme that de-risks backing a brand-new UK company
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme lets early-stage companies offer investors some of the most generous tax reliefs in the UK. Here is how it works, what the limits are at the time of writing, and what trips founders up.
30 October 2026 · 4 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
01Latest
- 01News
Companies House identity verification: what UK directors and PSCs must do, and when
29 October 2026 · 4 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
- 02Startups & Funding / explainer
EIS explained: the bigger sibling of SEIS, and when your company outgrows the small scheme
26 October 2026 · 3 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
- 03Startups & Funding / guide
Start Up Loans: the government-backed borrowing route when investors are not an option
22 October 2026 · 3 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
- 04News
The Employment Rights Act and small employers: the changes actually worth tracking
20 October 2026 · 4 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
- 05Startups & Funding / guide
Innovate UK Smart grants: how to compete for non-dilutive R&D funding
18 October 2026 · 3 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
- 06Startups & Funding / explainer
R&D tax relief after the shake-up: what the merged scheme means for small companies
14 October 2026 · 3 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
- 07Money & Tax / guide
VAT registration: the £90,000 threshold, what happens when you cross it, and the scheme most owners never check
11 October 2026 · 3 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
- 08Startups & Funding / guide
How to register a limited company at Companies House — and what to set up in week one
10 October 2026 · 3 min read · BusyBusiness Editorial Team
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Startups & Funding
Startups & Funding
Seed schemes, grants, loans and the paperwork of getting a UK company off the ground — what the rules actually say and how founders use them.
Money & Tax
Money & Tax
VAT, HMRC, accounts and cash flow — the numbers side of running a UK business, in plain English.
Growth & Sales
Growth & Sales
Marketing, pricing and winning customers — how UK businesses actually grow.
People & Operations
People & Operations
Hiring, employment law, tools and the day-to-day business of running a business.
04Opinion
“Stop calling it a side hustle”
BusyBusiness Editorial Team — Editorial team
“Britain does not have a startup problem. It has a scale-up problem.”
BusyBusiness Editorial Team — Editorial team