About

Anna is Senior Reporter, covering topics affecting SMEs such as grant funding, managing employees and the day-to-day running of a business.

Funding your small business

Business grants for women

Female entrepreneurs face unique challenges in accessing funding, which is why we've listed these business grants for women.

Advice

How to start your own coffee shop

Fancy opening your own coffee shop? We explain what you need to know about cash flow, hiring staff and of course, finding the right coffee.

Business management

Small Business Minister calls for prompt payment as thousands of firms face closure

The Small Business Minister has made fresh calls for small businesses to be paid promptly by larger companies

Podcasts

Megan Rossi and Jon Walsh: ‘Be charmingly persistent with buyers’

In this episode of Small Business Snippets, Anna Jordan meets Megan Rossi (The Gut Health Doctor) and Jon Walsh, founders of Bio&Me.

Employing & managing staff

How to manage an employee’s pay rise request

If an employee has come to you with a pay rise request, what do you do? Here are five tips to help achieve the best outcome for both parties

News

Sunak eyes plans to entice over 50s back to work

The Government is looking at plans to encourage the over 50s and long-term sick back into work, but won’t budge on immigration

News

How the new energy support scheme will work for SMEs

The Government has announced the Energy Bills Discount Scheme, which will replace the current energy support from April. Here are the details

News

Small firms forced to use savings to survive

Investec research shows that SMEs are running down their savings to keep their businesses afloat in the face of rising costs

Marketing

How to market a physical therapy practice

Your physical therapy marketing consists of lots of moving parts. We'll break them down here so that you can get started

News

Apply for this £5,000 software discount before February

The Government is closing its flagship Help to Grow: Digital scheme in February 2023. Apply for your software discount before the deadline

Business management

National Grid Demand Flexibility Service – what is it and how much would my business be paid?

The Demand Flexibility Service is a series of sessions where energy customers reduce their energy usage in exchange for a financial incentive

Podcasts

Grace Beverley: ‘The onus can’t be on women to fund other women’

In this episode of Small Business Snippets, Anna Jordan meets Grace Beverley, entrepreneur, author, investor and podcaster