Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Employing & managing staff
What is the official HR policy on smoking breaks? One member of staff has complained about another taking excessive time out.
Setting up a company
I've got an idea for a company to run an sporting event that will start in mainland USA but finish in Hawaii and have participants from around the world. How do I go about registering the company?
Tax
Tim Lyford, director in the Corporate Tax division of Smith & Williamson, discusses the limitations of an OTS discussion paper on a tax solution for microbusinesses.
Business Technology
Mobile payments are becoming increasingly useful for consumers on the move, and there is evidence of more and more SMEs adopting a mobile payments strategy to capitalise on the smartphone market.
News
Small companies struggle to make effective use of the internet and social media to market themselves, finds research.
Employing & managing staff
The difference between a successful business meeting and a futile one is in the preparation and the staging.
Financing
Adam Rowse, customer and commercial director at Barclays Business, offers his perspective on the state of financing and relationships between business clients and banking institutions.
Business Ideas & Planning
Interview with Matthew Newbury, founder of Newbury Developments, who has come from losing his leg in a road accident to starting his own home building business this year.
Accounting
Large companies that fail to pay their small business suppliers promptly will be named and shamed online, a cabinet office minister says.
Business Technology
Business leaders believe mobile payments will be mainstream within four years with mass-market acceptance only two years away, research finds.
Blog
The long-awaited UK Bribery Act is now upon us, and could have far-reaching consequences for organisations of all sizes.
Legal advice
Last week the controversial Bribery Act came into force in the UK, bringing with it strict consequences for companies deemed to have committed corporate bribery and corruption.