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UK SMEs are losing revenue to payment failures and churn. Access PaySuite says the average annual hit is £159,500, as finance teams spend hours each week chasing preventable failures, abandoned checkouts, and customer losses.
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Sole traders are increasingly asking AI for support with tax. Starling’s research suggests speed is driving adoption as new HMRC digital reporting rules push sole traders towards faster, simpler, and more integrated financial workflows.
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Access PaySuite says SMEs are leaking revenue through payments friction. New research puts average annual losses at £159,500 per business across the UK.
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Conflict has made quarterly earnings harder to read this year. Shell and Exxon have shown how hedges, cargo delays, and working-capital swings can leave reported performance out of step with underlying operations.
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SMEs are prioritising safety over returns on reserve cash balances. Flagstone says many still favour high street banks, despite lower rates and uneven FSCS coverage.
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Strong ESG performance can materially reduce tourism companies’ failure risk. New research links stronger ESG scores to lower earnings volatility and better survival odds across the sector.
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TreviPay says friction and AI expectations are reshaping buyer loyalty. A survey of 550 buyers across Europe and the UK points to invoice accuracy, onboarding speed, ERP integration, and payment flexibility as competitive requirements in supplier selection.
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Imagination names Harsharan Travers UK finance director with immediate effect. The agency says the former Ogilvy UK finance leader will oversee commercial and financial operations, supporting growth, efficiency, and client delivery across the UK business.
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Oracle is redesigning Fusion to work more directly with AI. The update shifts finance and procurement tasks toward prompts, agents, and automated execution, as the software group tries to prove enterprise applications remain central to business decision-making by becoming the layer where data, workflows, approvals, and AI actions meet securely.
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Metro Bank is expanding hedging tools for business customers further. The bank’s new FX Forwards offer, powered by Equals Money, is designed to help corporate and commercial clients manage exchange-rate risk and plan payments with greater certainty.