Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Jonathan was the Director of Digital & Social Media at Bonhill Group plc until 2020 before moving on to become Chief Digital Officer at GRC World Forums.
Business Technology
Here, we look at how your company can be helped by one integrated solution.
Employing & managing staff
Kevin Buller talks to six promising companies about how they go about building and maintaining a strong team in their business.
Alternative finance
Bitcoin is the most popular decentralised virtual currency in the world, with its distribution controlled by a complex algorithmic process devised at its inception.
News
The government’s plan to allow councils to retain business rates shouldn’t be used as an opportunity to increase rates, says the BCC.
News
The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has said that banks need to reconsider how they communicate with business customers following today’s ‘disappointing’ lending data.
News
An economic survey of UK business reveals that while the economy has returned to growth, companies’ business confidence is suffering.
News
The British Chamber of Commerce has pointed to February’s retail figures as highlighting the ‘fragility of Britain’s economy’.
Accounting
I want to set up on my own business contracting to two or three companies. I really don’t want to get in to IR35 territory.
Blog
Karen Gill co-founded Everywoman in 1999, shortly after giving birth to her son. With her partner Maxine Benson, she identified a need for accessible business information for women entrepreneurs. The company started as an online information resource, but has since grown to incorporate training and conference events for women in business. SmallBusiness.co.uk asked her to share her story.
Startup Funding and Grants
Funding is the one thorny topic every entrepreneur must tackle if their enterprise is to survive and thrive. Securing the right kind of investor, level of investment and managing the process effectively is often the difference between having a future in business or booking a one-way ticket to bankruptcy.
News
On 21 August 2006, the Royal Mail is changing the way postage is priced to take into account size as well as weight under the new Pricing in Proportion (PiP) system and the campaign to educate businesses is underway.
Accounting
Is your business ready for the Christmas rush? You have a great opportunity to make the most of the annual surge in consumer spending, however, you also need to avoid seasonal excesses. Overtrading is one of these risks, where your business takes on orders and tries to fulfil them at a level that cannot be supported by working capital or current assets.