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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.
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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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A one-stop-shop website about rights ownership and copyright licences has been announced by the government.
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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.
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Cash-strapped British businesses have declared their support for business minister Michael Fallon's proposals to name and shame the members of the FTSE 350 refusing to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code.
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Lending to small businesses under the government’s lending scheme, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG), has fallen to a new record low amount.
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The SME sector is losing out on up to £122 billion in sales by allowing marketing to slip off the radar, according to a study.
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Making friends online is great, but social media is a waste of time unless it boosts sales.
Marketing
Rebecca Scully, managing director of PR agency Smarts, discusses how changes in SEO mean businesses should be more scrupulous than ever in their online ranking efforts.
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Experts respond to the 2013 Budget and explain what it means for small businesses.
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In a dramatic move, the Chancellor George Osborne has promised to take the first £2,000 off the national insurance bill of all employers, meaning that almost half a million businesses will pay no national insurance contributions at all.
Office & home working
Seven in ten office workers say they can get more done working away from the office and more than one third say they can be more creative when they are able to work flexibly, finds research.
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New rules have been announced in an attempt to streamline the employment tribunal process to make tribunals more efficient and easier to understand.
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A two-year government initiative that aims to assist retailers to grow internationally has been launched.