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Ben Lobel
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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.
Business Ideas & Planning
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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More than a third (35 per cent) of employees say they would look for a new job if their employer paid them incorrectly just once, research finds.
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Britons generate more than 13,000 new business ideas per hour, according to a study.
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UK micro-businesses are owed over £16.9 billion by their customers, research finds.
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The majority of micro-business owners in the UK have received hands-on assistance from their family members and friends when starting up, saving on average £1,036 in wages during this crucial period, research finds.
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Almost half of female entrepreneurs claim they are interested in starting another business in the next three years, compared to just one in five men, research finds.
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Britain's manufacturing firms reported the biggest decline in optimism this month since March 2013, research finds.
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Just over a third of British staff are highly engaged at work, while 48 per cent claim to be only moderately engaged with the remainder having no or low engagement, research finds.
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Some 11.6 million people plan to start their own business within the next two years. Some of these will utilise pop-up shops to begin their entrepreneurial journey.
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London and Manchester are way behind Oxford, Liverpool and Teesside in a league table of UK areas creating new goods and services, according to research.
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Almost half of small and medium-sized businesses are 'permanent non-borrowers', research finds.
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The UK pub industry has seen a rise in turnover and injection of new owners in the last three years, research finds.
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Small company owners are actively seeking to improve energy efficiency in their business, and not just for cost reasons.