Truss slashes regulation for thousands of newly-defined small companies

Bid to cut red tape and boost growth

Valeria Martinez
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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.

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