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
Three quarters of UK small business owners work throughout their holidays, with almost half spending as much as three hours per day on such tasks, research finds.
News
Some 59 programmes supported more than 1,100 start-ups in 2014 alone, research finds.
Business Ideas & Planning
Matthew Levington and Rod Davies of Business Doctors reveal how to give yourself one day to get you working on your business, rather than in it.
Alternative finance
In the wake of the FSB's concern over small companies being subjected to poor payment practices, we look at three businesses that were aided by invoice finance.
News
Small businesses are being subjected to a 'serious deterioration of payment practices', putting their cash flow under threat, according to a prominent lobbying group.
Business management
Here, we look at three Scottish businesses demonstrating the rude health of companies North of the border.
News
There are more first-time business owners in the UK than ever, research finds.
Alternative finance
Here, we look at some commonly-asked questions on small business finance and reveal some of the best solutions available for each situation.
News
Chancellor George Osborne has announced an extension of the Funding for Lending scheme, which underwrites loans to businesses, for another year to January 2016.
Blog
Rich Preece explores the nuances of how Americans run early-stage companies compared to Britons.
News
More than half of the public (55 per cent) find it difficult to support local small firms because many of these businesses aren't online.
Marketing
Here, Meera Sapra discusses how to create a personal voice on social media.