About

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

Getting Online

6 tips to help you create content that will impress humans and Google

In partnership with the UK Domain, we explain how to create content that is pleasing to humans as well as Google and other search engines.

Podcasts

Jackie Fast: ‘I can say that I didn’t love being in The Apprentice house’

Anna Jordan meets Jackie Fast, an entrepreneur and former candidate on The Apprentice, for the latest Small Business Snippets podcast

Productivity Zone

Ed Vaizey on productivity: ‘Network with other businesses. It’s what MPs do all the time’

Small businesses incur lost productivity costs every second of the day. Ed Vaizey MP leads a panel of industry experts to find out why

News

Sorry, Lord Sugar you’ve been fired by the youth

New research shows that young entrepreneurs don't relate to the UK's leading faces in business despite having just as much ambition.

News

Paul Uppal steps down as Small Business Commissioner

Paul Uppal is no longer in his role as Small Business Comissioner due to a conflict of interest over a banking redress service.

News

Government awards £2m to boost productivity and tackle late payments

The Government has granted £2m to fund projects that are looking for solutions to solve common problems faced by small businesses.

News

Over half of entrepreneurs favour a Norway-style Brexit deal

Many business owners want to stay in the single market after leaving the European Union, according to new research.

News

Businesses would be hit by annual £15bn customs bill under no-deal Brexit

New research from HMRC reveals that UK and EU businesses would be hit with a £15bn customs bill if we leave without a deal.

News

Skills shortage to cost small businesses £145,000 in the next year

The current skill shortage has encouraged business leaders to upskill their teams and avoid rising costs associated with lower productivity.

Advice

The essential guide to starting a business in Oxford

Oxford is a very popular spot for starting a business, so we thought we'd look at what it's like to be based there.

Business management

What small businesses think of the four-day working week

Labour has pledged to make a four-day working week the norm within ten years. We asked small business owners what they think of the idea.

Getting Online

Building a business website: what key steps are involved?

Your 6-point plan to designing and building a business website – from going mobile first through to launching a blog and selling online.