Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Anna is Senior Reporter, covering topics affecting SMEs such as grant funding, managing employees and the day-to-day running of a business.
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PM Liz Truss wants to review visa conditions to make it easier to recruit key roles, such as broadband engineers
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announces raft of measures to boost business growth, including scrapping planned corporation tax and National Insurance rises, raising the limit on Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme investment, and creating low-tax investment zones to encourage new industry
Finding and selling to customers
Some businesses are opting to switch to cashless and customers have mixed feelings. Is it right for you? We look at the pros and cons.
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Businesses that import are being offered an extra month to move over to the Customs Declaration Service. Here's how to adopt the new system
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A mid-term survey of firms trialling the four-day work week reveals that the majority believe the pilot is going well
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According to research, droves of organsations are missing promised financial support to help navigate Covid, with less than a third of funding being given out
Sole trader
Business formation is one of the biggest decisions you'll make when starting out. Here are seven key advantages of being a sole trader
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As well as sales struggles for small retailers, the late payment problem is getting worse for small businesses across the board.
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Small firms are struggling to secure fixed business energy deals as suppliers become hesitant in taking on new customers
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Digital banking platforms are still relatively new to the market but are gaining the trust of small and medium-sized businesses.
Employing & managing staff
Find out what cybersecurity training information to include, how to deliver it and what follow-up resources to provide for your home workers
