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.
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Almost half of salespeople are concerned about falling sales and identifying new opportunities to replace lost customers, research finds.
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Christmas is the peak time of the year for retailers to offer discounts and promotion.
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More than half (57 per cent) of small businesses employ family members and on average 16 new family businesses open every day, research finds.
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Many of the decisions emerging from Westminster still tend to ignore or actively harm the micro-business sector, argues Jason Kitcat.
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Some 59 per cent of businesses anticipate more than a quarter of their revenue will be generated online in the next three to five years.
Small Business Banking
In this piece in association with HSBC, we hear the views of UK business leaders on how companies can tackle the challenges of talent management
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The bulk of UK small and medium-sized enterprises depend on flexible workers, including freelancers, part-time and project staff, to overcome national shortages in skilled employees.
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Optimism outweighs reality for many small and micro businesses, but 58% lack a business plan to grow.
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UK start-ups are demonstrating the best survival rates since 2015, research finds.
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Only 11 per cent of parents would actively encourage their child to take an entrepreneurial path, according to a study.
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Half of UK workers are trying hard to make long-term changes to their lifestyles but are struggling with the task, research finds.
Finding and selling to customers
Severe discounting can crush profit margins, so here's how to approach the upcoming price war at Black Friday and Christmas.