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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 management
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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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.
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Customers are deliberately providing the wrong information when asked for personal details, scuppering organisations' growth plans, research finds.
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A simplified payroll system tops the wish list for almost a quarter of UK SMEs, research finds.
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One in ten admits to viewing adult content at work, higher than France and Germany, research finds.
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More than a third of small company owners rank a sustained economic recovery as the most important priority for the new government, research finds.
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Suppliers are bankrolling their customers for an average of 103 days from the point they issue an invoice before they threaten legal action, figures show.
Business management
Here, we look at the topic of cybercrime and the targeting of small businesses by criminals.
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Start-up businesses in the UK create more jobs than those in any other major European economy, research finds.
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HSBC has announced an £8 billion fund set up specifically to help the UK's small and medium-sized businesses.
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SMEs are in favour of the Conservatives' overall majority, supporting the party's pledge to cut red tape and review business rates.
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The majority of small business owners are preparing to vote Conservative in today's General Election, a study finds.