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.
Office & home working
How the nature of technology is changing the nature of the modern workplace at an unprecedented rate.
News
Business decision makers think listening skills are essential for a good salesperson but do not rate asking questions as a very important trait, research finds.
News
Company owners are used to missing out on festive moments, research finds.
Business Loans
Looking at why banks need to receive funding with a higher liquidity risk than they would find in bank deposits.
News
Britain's SMEs are confident of ending the year in a growth phase, although certainty is beginning to wane from the peak recorded in Q2 this year, research suggests.
News
More than one in ten small businesses are being forced to wait over 90 days to get paid by their suppliers, research finds.
Advice
Here's how to make sure your company meetings are worth your time.
News
Recent data has shown a meteoric rise in consumers turning to independent, local shops and tradesmen over recent years.
Employing & managing staff
Younger and older employees are clashing at work, according to research.
Office & home working
Ben Lobel talks to employers and staff about what it means for morale, and sometimes marketability, to bring a faithful friend to work.
News
The UK ranks alongside Germany for entrepreneurial ambition, research finds.
News
Pension provision among the UK's self-employed has collapsed, storing up future income problems for individuals and welfare problems for the taxpayer, a pensions expert says.