In this bite-sized weekly episode of the Future Positive Breakfast Show, we’ll take you through the business stories of the week that you may have missed that are impacting small businesses and their trusted advisors.

Hot topics discussed this week:

• Costs down, costs up - Sterling drops 40 year low

https://www.yourmoney.com/investing/pound-crashes-to-near-40-year-low-how-it-affects-you/

• Interest rate rises plus energy support

https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/businesses-get-energy-bills-capped-for-six-months

https://twitter.com/telebusiness/status/1572543012126838784?s=21&t=S8MdlJ6PteXAwo3Y_ZVwcQ

https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/reserve-bank-hikes-interest-rate-once-again-giving-no-reprieve-to-south-african-consumers-76388f69-3f6c-48c9-b360-4463a59e384d

• The emergency budget

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/liz-truss-growth-prime-minister?CMP=share_btn_tw

• Company insolvencies 42% higher than in August 2019

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/wasps-rugby-administration-high-court-25075964

• Alex's Fun story: Roger Federer announces that he is retiring.  And Alex puts Kirsty up for a quiz to test her knowledge!

Tune in next week!