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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Small suppliers waiting months for payment from big businesses

Small business suppliers are suffering as the UK's biggest retailers fail to pay up on time, a new study reveals.

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UK small businesses are confident in bank funding

UK businesses feel confident that bank funding is readily available to help them, a new study reveals.

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Real wages and employment are likely to fall during 2017

UK businesses will find it hard to employ European talent and give appropriate wages to employees, a new study reveals.

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Consumer spending reached six month high in October

Consumer spending is on an upward trend as high street shops and restaurants report continued profits running up to Christmas.

Finding and selling to customers

Answer the phone to get those tills ringing this Black Friday

Paying attention to online reviews and utilising a good strategy for managing websites and phones is the best way to maximise sales during Black Friday, says Reuben Singh.

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British firms can no longer ignore opportunity singles’ day offers

Singles’ Day has the potential to become a global retail day, much like Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Law firm urges employers to act now to close unfair pay for women

Employers need to do much more to close the unfair pay gap that women suffer, new research reveals.

Business management

British Gas urges small businesses to get ready for winter

Simple changes to office heatings systems could save small businesses during the winter period, according to British Gas.

Business Technology

Cisco global cloud index projects cloud traffic to nearly quadruple

Business' reliance on data centres has forced further advances in cloud server technology to keep up with demand.

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Sim Trava named Family Business of the Year by the FSB

Sim Trava, a Costa Coffee franchise, has been named Family Business of the Year following its recent new deal.

Alternative finance

Will president-elect Trump have an impact on UK alternative finance markets?

Sacha Bright analyses the potential successes and pitfalls that Donal Trump could pose the UK alternative finance market during his term in office.

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Employees to encourage business leaders to fight against fraud

Employees in the UK are encouraged to take responsibility for helping prevent fraud by urging their bosses to provide security training.