Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Office & home working
When deciding what sort of property is best to house your business, there are a plethora of issues to consider. This list brings together all the business premises questions you need to think about into one place.
Finding and selling to customers
What price you charge is a tricky proposition. Should you go for dirt cheap or reassuringly expensive? This short guide will help.
Advice
When first setting up a business there are many issues to consider, not least what whether to register as a company or not.
Small Business Banking
Business owners are increasingly using personal credit cards to fund their businesses, particularly when it comes to major purchases such as vehicles and equipment.
Business Technology
Most businesses are aware of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which aims to stop discrimination faced by disabled people in accessing a company's goods or services, but many don't realise that accessibility also applies to their websites.
News
SMEs are lagging behind their bigger brethren when it comes to knowledge of the Competition Act and how it could benefit them, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
News
Already known for helping young people, The Prince's Trust has this year launched the Women Working campaign to help disadvantaged young women turn their lives around, including helping them starting their own businesses.
News
A survey by employment law specialists ELAS shows that more than four-fifths of owner/managers would never utter Sir Alan Sugar's dramatic catchphrase, 'you're fired'.
Accounting
More than two-fifths of small businesses are offering credit to new customers without checking their creditworthiness, leaving themselves open to bad debts.
Accounting
If you have expenses in respect of your self-employment in the seven years before you commenced trading, you may be able to claim these items against your profits.
News
Transport woes are costing small businesses an extraordinary £755 million in profits and lost productivity, according to recent research.
Tax
Determining whether a partnership exists, particularly in respect of VAT, can sometimes be a difficult task.