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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George Osborne's Budget pledge to extend a scheme that provides employers with a grant for each apprentice they train has been well received by business commentators.
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Almost two thirds (63 per cent) of small and medium-sized businesses believe that the domestic market represents the greatest growth potential for their business.
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The proportion of small businesses that see the current economic climate as a major obstacle to business success has almost halved from its peak at the start of 2012, research finds.
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Office workers feel Tuesday is the best day for making big decisions, research finds.
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The UK high street has seen a dramatic number of women starting businesses compared to previous years, research finds.
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The London underground strikes in early February cost London small businesses £600 million in lost working hours, business and productivity, research finds.
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Small businesses are owed more than £55 billion in unpaid or outstanding invoices, research finds.
Office & home working
In this piece, brought to you in association with .co.uk, the number one domain for British business, we explain how utilising your website and working remotely, or employing staff that do, could help improve efficiency and save your business money.
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Over-55s are significantly more confident in their own abilities to start a business than 18-24 year-olds, research finds.
Business Technology
In this piece, brought to you in association with .co.uk, the number one domain for British business, SmallBusiness.co.uk looks at the key things to consider when producing your company website.
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More than two in five employees say that they would forgo a pay rise of between 1 and 3 per cent for employer-sponsored protection insurances, research finds.
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The prime minister has pledged to remove 3,000 business regulations which are holding back small business growth.