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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.

Accounting

Will digital tax put people off starting a business?

Businesses are either finding the process of digital tax compliance foreboding, or don't even know what it is. Could this be a serious deterrent to start a business?

Finding and selling to customers

Customer reviews: Who shares their business experiences?

Women and movie fans are the most likely to submit their thoughts and feedback about businesses online, according to new research.

News

Business failure: Four in ten small companies don’t make it five years

Small business survival rates are as high as 91 per cent after one year of trading, but after five years just four in ten small businesses will still be trading, research finds.

Accounting

Why late payment hits the construction sector hardest

Businesses in the construction sector have been hit hardest of any UK sector by longer waits for their invoices to be paid, with delays increasing 22 per cent in the last year from 67 days to 82 days.

Export & Import

A weak pound: The Brexit benefit

Here's how international customers are the Brexit benefit for businesses both at home and abroad.

Business management

The UK online gambling industry and the changes to come

Here, we look at the steady growth in the popularity of online gambling.

Employing & managing staff

Employee health issues misunderstood by businesses

Just 37 per cent of UK employers understand the impact of their employee health issues, a study shows.

Accounting

Digital tax remains confusing for large portion of small businesses

Nearly half (43 per cent) of micro-business owners and freelancers don’t know what Making Tax Digital is, a study finds.

News

Brexit is an opportunity rather than a hindrance, finds SMEs

Leaders and decision makers at the UK’s SMEs are confident Brexit will cause no significant disruption to their businesses, research finds.

News

Small businesses writing off mountains of debt

New analysis estimates that Britain’s SMEs wrote off a combined £5.8 billion in the last financial year.

Business management

How getting more sleep can help you be more successful

There are of course many factors that play into what makes a business leader successful, but I bet you never thought that sleep was one of them.

News

Businesses do not feel supported by their banks

More than a quarter of small businesses (26 per cent) do not feel supported by their banks, according to a survey of 500 small and medium-sized enterprises conducted by YouGov.