Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR.
News
The majority of the UK’s SMEs are not prioritising better online security in the next 12 months, despite the impending impact of the EU’s new data protection legislation.
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More than a quarter of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK suffer from bad debt to the extent that they have had to write off money in the past year.
Setting up a company
Here's how one company, Wizzle, is challenging the big guns in the car buying space.
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Nominate TODAY for the British Small Business Awards for your chance to reward your company with one of our prestigious gongs.
Export & Import
This article looks at why financial services are so important to the UK’s economy, how financial rules are decided in the EU and whether this is a good thing.
Marketing
In this piece, in association with Vistaprint, we look at how three companies successfully gained marketing exposure in the early stages of business.
Advice
If you are planning a trip to Qatar, it’s good to know the different laws in the country in order to have a peaceful and pleasant stay.
News
British investors are resoundingly confident in the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises as an investment vehicle, research finds.
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Regulation, reputation and employee issues, such as the rising costs of minimum wage, top the list of business concerns for UK small companies, a study finds.
Office & home working
Here are some pointers for making sure your business move goes as smoothly as possible.
Tax
In this piece, in association with Boost Capital, we look at some of the things small businesses can and cannot claim for.
News
A large majority of British business owners do not like to delegate tasks to their staff, research finds.