Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Startup Funding and Grants
A case study for SmallBusiness.co.uk reveals how companies can increase their chances of funding by getting their investor presentations right.
Small Business Insurance
If you're running your own small business, make sure you insure against hard times and disaster.
News
Concern for the environment is having a major impact on office working habits, research reveals
Business Ideas & Planning
A business plan is not only essential for starting a business or for raising funds, but it is vital for running the business. It will help you keep on a specific course or alert you to situations when things are not going to plan and force you to take action.
Advice
SmallBusiness.co.uk investigates how executives can gain value from an assessment of their performance as a leader.
Finding and selling to customers
How do I choose the right CRM system for my small business?
Advice
Serial entrepreneur Frank Joshi learned about business the hard way. He reveals the trials and tribulations of his career before he started social business software company Mvine.
News
Company owners are worried about the potential damage caused by this month's changes to paternity leave, finds research.
Getting Online
Poor quality websites are scuppering the trade of small businesses, finds research.
News
Some 85 per cent of employees who have dogs would bring them into the office given the opportunity, finds research.
News
Almost £2 billion is being lost from the UK's small business sector each year by firms unnecessarily paying inflated electricity charges, research reveals.
News
A record 5.26 million people worked unpaid overtime last year, the highest since records began in 1992, finds research.