About

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.

Marketing

Why small businesses should be mindful of timing when sending marketing emails

Marketers should avoid sending emails in the early hours in an attempt to top inboxes for the following morning, a study suggests.

News

Entrepreneurial Britain: Eight million in the UK operating online business from home

One in six people in the UK are operating as an 'online business from home', specifically purchasing goods to resell, or making their own products to sell for profit, finds research.

News

Business bank launches with £300 million pot for small and medium-sized businesses

Businesses struggling with raising finance have been handed a potential lifeline by the launch of a new initiative put in place to facilitate the flow of cash to needy companies.

News

Unlicensed software use rampant among small businesses

A third of UK small businesses are infringing copyrights by using unlicensed software, research finds.

Blog

Small business opinion on the death of Margaret Thatcher

Company owners hail Thatcher as a powerful leader and strong influence on private enterprise.

Startup Funding and Grants

How I financed my software business: Guy Mucklow, Postcode Anywhere

In the first of a new series of Q&As, SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to entrepreneur Guy Mucklow about raising money for his business, which offers web services and software to look up UK and international addresses.

News

Small businesses to be greeted by cuts in red tape

Dozens of cuts to red tape are set to come into force in response to issues raised by businesses.

News

UK small retailers believe America is the hardest overseas market to crack

Nearly half of British retailers believe the US remains the hardest market in which to achieve commercial success despite being the current export destination of choice.

News

Small businesses ‘far more vulnerable’ to distributed denial of service attacks

Cyberattacks of the kind that resulted in last week's global internet slowdown are capable of destroying small businesses, warn tech entrepreneurs.

News

Hull leads the way as more businesses report promising growth

The number of businesses reporting strong year-on-year growth is on the increase, finds research from Experian.

News

Copyright information ‘Hub’ set to be launched to educate on intellectual property 

A one-stop-shop website about rights ownership and copyright licences has been announced by the government.

News

Companies get innovative in response to tough times for business

Two thirds of small businesses in the UK have been forced to overhaul how they work in reaction to poor economic conditions, according to a new report.