Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
News
Small business confidence in UK economic and international trading conditions is the highest for six months, research finds.
Office & home working
I want to register my home address as my company address (it will be a limited company). Do I have to inform the landlord and do I have to pay any extra tax?
Employing & managing staff
Small businesses should look into what the Youth Contract could do for them.
Business Ideas & Planning
Martin Hayward explains how businesses should prepare for the infrastructure challenges posed by the Olympics.
News
Some £20 billion of government-backed loans will be made available to small and medium-sized businesses through a new credit easing scheme.
News
An increasing number of small and medium-sized businesses are facing cash flow crises, research finds.
News
Businesses want to invest in more bilingual staff, with 79 per cent of companies regarding language learning as a main focus in their workplace development plans.
Employing & managing staff
SmallBusiness.co.uk explores why leadership programmes can be horses for courses.
Small Business Banking
My business partner and I recently were rejected for a business account application. (My credit score is excellent). Is a credit check performed only on a company director (my business partner) or the company secretary (myself) as well?
Accounting
If I were to use my home as part business and install solar panels, can the capital be part-offset against profits and if so, how?
News
The UK trade deficit in goods and services widened to £2.6 billion in November 2011, from a revised £1.9 billion in October, according to Office of National Statistics figures.
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Small business owners have been ‘locked in a capital battle’ which has resulted in lost opportunities to grow their business, research finds.