Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Employing & managing staff
Three quarters of employees at Britain's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) work overtime, clocking an additional 1.9 hours a day on average.
Business management
Paul Galpin, managing director of distribution company P2P Mailing, outlines why efficient order fulfilment is so important for e-commerce operators.
Small Business Insurance
Imagine the advice you give your client, which at the time you think is perfectly sound, ends up having a negative impact on their brand.
Business Technology
Discussing the impact of Google's decision to tinker with algorithms.
News
Seven in ten British tradespeople work extra unpaid hours each week, equating to around £4.8 billion in unpaid overtime every year, research finds.
News
Interest rates on loans to small businesses have risen over the last three months, despite the government's flagship 'Funding for Lending' scheme, according to a prominent finance provider.
Accounting
An increasing number of businesses are turning to the law to tackle the scourge of late payment and reduce their losses, research finds.
Accounting
I started a new business eight months ago but was not VAT-registered. Now I want to sell machinery and close the business. Can I claim VAT back and do I need first to register then sell the business?
News
Only one in four small companies is carrying out any kind of online marketing to attract local business, research finds.
Business management
Exploring how customers become 'profit vampires' and how to manage your client roster to ensure they don't suck your business dry.
News
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has been named and shamed by the Forum of Private Business for having increased all non-food supplier payment times from 30 to 75 days.