Truss slashes regulation for thousands of newly-defined small companies

Bid to cut red tape and boost growth

Valeria Martinez
clock • 2 min read

Prime Minister Liz Truss is changing how a small business is defined to increase the amount of companies exempt from certain regulations, in a bid to cut red tape and boost economic growth.

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Companies

Shawbrook Group expected to list in London

Shawbrook Group expected to list in London

Previously rumoured in July

Patrick Brusnahan
clock 06 October 2025 • 1 min read
Friday Briefing: Who actually reads Assessment of Value reports?

Friday Briefing: Who actually reads Assessment of Value reports?

Friday Briefing

Cristian Angeloni
clock 06 October 2025 • 3 min read
Tech experts in high demand for UK financial services boardrooms

Tech experts in high demand for UK financial services boardrooms

Boards' tech experts now 45% female

Patrick Brusnahan
clock 06 October 2025 • 1 min read
Trustpilot