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Budget 2026: Four of 11 Business Cost Lines Moved. Most Start in April 2027.
The Budget moved the wage floor, business rates, fuel duty timing and Making Tax Digital. Employer NI, VAT, Corporation Tax and dividend tax did not move.
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News That small business visibility report did not survey a single UK business
Ads From 30 October, OpenAI Rewrites Your Ads. The ASA Still Holds You Responsible.
News A Fake Countdown Cost Wayfair £4.8m. A Four-Gym Chain Was Fined on the Same Day.
AI Google Made Its AI Answers More Clickable. It Still Will Not Count the Clicks.
News Britain’s Biggest Brands Cannot Say If Their Discounts Make Money. Can You?
Ads Google Ads Starts Lifting Offers Off Your Website on Monday. Check What It Will Find.
SEO Google built a fast lane into Search this week. Your website cannot use it.
SEO The stars disappeared from healthcare search results, and nobody told anyone
News WhatsApp Now Charges Businesses to Reply. Check Whether That Bill Is Yours.
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October 2026
September 2026
News 146 Investigations Since April. The Whole of Last Year Was 148.
News You Do Not Employ Anyone. On Thursday That Stops Being the Test.
Ads Nobody Bought an Ad. The ASA Ruled on Their Sale Prices Anyway.
News Less Than 40% of Vets Published Prices. Now They Have To.
Ads The Ad Fraud Figure Everyone Shared Was Not Measured. It Was Multiplied.
Law HMRC Has Started Signing People Up. It Is Using Your Old Tax Return To Do It.
News November Is Not Your Deadline. Your Confirmation Statement Date Is.
News A rival reported their website to the ASA. Twelve months of call logs is what saved them.
News The Late Payment Bill Promises 11.75% Interest. You Can Charge It Today.
Reviews The CMA Reports Back on Fake Reviews This Month. Your Testimonials Page Is Already In Scope.
Ads Ofcom Is Not Regulating Your Ads. It Is Regulating Whether Platforms Believe You Exist.
Ads Google Will Not Reject Your Ads. It Will Just Stop Showing Them.
SEO Google Just Switched Off a Spam Penalty in Europe. Your UK Customers Still See It.
Ads Google Rewrites Your Ad Campaigns This Month. The Setting Is Not the Problem.
Ads The ASA Scanned 60 Million Ads Last Year. No Complaint Required.
August 2026
SEO Google Will Now Show You How Often AI Mentions Your Business. It Will Not Show You If Anyone Clicked.
AI Google’s AI Answer Now Opens in Full. The Blue Links Moved Down the Page.
Ads Google Auto-Upgrades Ad Accounts on 1 September. Check Two Boxes First
SEO Your Google numbers fell in August. Google says that never happened.
News Pizza Hut Changed Its Name. It Did Not Change Its Numbers.
News “Subject to Availability” Is Not a Shield. The ASA Just Proved It.
Ads Your Contact Details Are an Advertising Claim. The ASA Just Ruled on It.
News The CMA Fined the AA £4.2m Over a £3 Booking Fee. Now Check Your Own Pricing.
Ads Google Just Changed the Rules on Local Services Ads. Here Is the Real Lesson for Your Business.
SEO Google Just Stopped Letting You Answer Your Own Customers
SEO Meta Just Overtook Google. Do Not Move Your Budget Yet.
Ads Google Ads Is About to Take You at Your Word. That Should Worry You.
Ads The world’s biggest ad agency just jumped 29%. It wasn’t because it spent more.
News Next Beat Its Forecast by £70m. The Word That Made the Difference Was “Profitable”
July 2026
Reviews The iPad on your counter is now breaking Google’s review rules
SEO Google just made your free listing measurable. Most businesses still won’t look.
Your Instagram Posts Have Been Ranking On Google All Along. You Just Could Not See It.
SEO Ranking Number One Is No Longer the Prize
News Your Customers Want to Be Known. They Just Won’t Be Tracked.
News The Chancellor Just Made It Easier to Borrow. Most Businesses Should Not.
Reviews Google just plugged your Business Profile into Analytics. Most businesses cannot use it.
News An AI Will Now Answer Your Customers in Seconds. That Is the Easy Part.
News Three everyday marketing habits that can now get your business fined
Ads Google’s new ads write themselves from your website. That is a problem if your website is thin.
SEO The Google traffic you lost is not coming back. Stop waiting for it.
SEO Google’s spam update just landed. Panicking is the wrong move.
June 2026
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