About

Owen was a reporter for Bonhill Group plc writing across the Smallbusiness.co.uk and Growthbusiness.co.uk titles before moving on to be a Digital Technology reporter for the Express.co.uk.

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A third of SMEs don’t know about the government’s industrial strategy

Fewer than three in ten UK small and medium-sized enterprises have heard about the government’s new Industrial Strategy.

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Number of tech start-ups double since Brexit vote

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the Brexit vote, the number of start-ups in the technology sector has doubled over the last year.

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Bosses left confused by what do about religion at work

UK businesses remain clueless as to how to manage diversity in religion in the workplace, a new study reveals.

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Businesses still need to do more to tackle gender pay gap

Young Women’s Trust calls for more action to tackle the gender pay gap, as new reporting measures are implemented.

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Workers on National Living Wage set to grow four times that of typical earners

Pay of National Living Wage workers is set to grow nearly 4 times faster than typical earners this parliament.

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Does your business value you as an individual? Half of Brits remain unhappy at work

New research reveals that almost half of UK employees are unhappy at work, as businesses embrace the varied personality types within the office.

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Tech industry named least sexist sector in the UK job market

Masculine language is heavily used to advertise sales and consultancy roles, as a new study reveals the sexist terms used in job descriptions.

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SMEs still held back by funding despite record asset based finance sales

Close Brothers welcomes record sales of asset based funding, but warns awareness of the options available remains too low.

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Small businesses still losing data despite warnings to backup

Deploying a backup solution will not prevent users from losing data. Over the last year, nearly one-third of respondents experienced data loss.

Business management

Sustainable energy solutions for long-term business success

Here, Richard Morgan, industry development director of British Gas Business, tells us how sustainable energy can save your business.

Employing & managing staff

One bad night’s sleep can lead to bad behaviour at work, new research reveals

Once an employee engages in unwanted behaviour in the workplace, such as taking longer breaks, can cost a company a lot of time and money.

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Young professionals entering work better equipped than their predecessors

Half of of the Generation Z workforce were taught about interview process through education, compared with just a fifth of millennials.