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.
Buying and selling a company
An impressive 75 per cent of entrepreneurs are dedicated to their business, wishing to stay on after they sell it off.
Success stories
Stuart Hearn is CEO of Clear Review, a performance management platform. He talks about changing employee appraisals and how archaic models drove him to build his business.
News
It's officially less than 40 days until Christmas, meaning SMEs might not be paid for their work before the big day.
News
Brighton is the best place to start a business in 2018, according to new research by Informi. Here's why they rate it.
Advice
Starting a business in an industry unknown to you? We explore how to make the transition and ask two other entrepreneurs for their advice.
Blog
Here, I outline why you as a small business owner have more creative freedom than a corporate, even without the big budget.
News
Overall, the Autumn Budget contained a lot of positive nuggets for small businesses – here are the key points from the Chancellor's speech.
Business management
It's all well hearing what the Chancellor is doing for small businesses off the back of this year's Autumn Budget, but what do entrepreneurs actually want?
News
The Autumn Budget 2018 is on 29th October and small business owners should be paying close attention. Here are a few predictions of what will feature in the Chancellor's speech.
Employing & managing staff
Here, we explore the benefits of working outside the office and the best practices for managing remote staff.
Business Technology
We chat to Christal Bemont and Dafydd Llewellyn of SAP Concur about growing access to technology and how SMEs are shaping the business world.
News
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has extended its remit to include a further 210,000 additional UK SMEs.
