Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Small Business Banking
SmallBusiness.co.uk presents the dos and don'ts of approaching banks for funding.
News
Many small businesses are setting their sights on trading abroad for the first time next year, research finds.
News
Self-employed Britons are the happiest workers in the country, research finds.
Advice
Old age doesn't have to be about daytime TV, free bus passes and gardening. SmallBusiness.co.uk meets the older entrepreneurs who have decided to be their own boss a little later in life.
Startup Funding and Grants
Angel investor networks are fast becoming the only funding option for early-stage companies. SmallBusiness.co.uk investigates.
Work life balance
Motherhood is no barrier to starting a company. SmallBusiness.co.uk meets the women who have successfully balanced raising a child while running a business.
News
Online advertising in the UK was up 10 per cent in the first half of 2010 to £1.97 billion.
Business management
There are smaller companies in the UK which are increasing sales and improving margins. SmallBusiness.co.uk finds out how they're making it happen.
Business Technology
Every business needs to move with the times if it wants to stay competitive. Daniel Puddick, managing director of the Sunglasses Shop, says the technology that transformed his business was a stock management system.
Employing & managing staff
Employers may do well to put any changes to their pensions schemes on hold until a decision is made this autumn.
Marketing
Social media like Twitter and Facebook may be easy to use, but it takes time and effort to make them commercially worthwhile for a business.
Accounting
The fear of losing business is stopping many SMEs from chasing bad debt.