News

Gender pay gap narrows

The gender pay gap narrowed during the past 12 months.

News

SMEs to vote Tory

Many small businesses say they will vote Conservative in the next election.

Business management

Rising Star: Rosalind Rathouse

Rosalind Rathouse quit teaching and started her company Cookery School six years ago.

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Say goodbye to retirement

The number of people working beyond retirement age will double to 1.8 million by 2019.

News

Adversity creates entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs owe their success in business to personal adversity, reveals a new study.

Blog

Access to finance 

Small businesses are being promised the world as the next General Election looms closer.

Business management

Rising Star: Tony Burns

Tony Burns has come a long way from sleeping rough on the streets of Liverpool. He is now managing director of legal helpline Claim Angel.

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Family businesses more employee-friendly

Small family-owned firms are seen as more employee-friendly.

Business management

Rising Star: Andrew Valentine

Revved up with the idea for a pay-as-you-go car hire company five years ago, Andrew Valentine has since steered his business Streetcar on to fast-track success.

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Richard Branson voted top business guru

Despite their omnipresence on our screens, TV celebrity entrepreneurs would be a less popular ‘hire’ than Richard Branson for a business guru.

News

New rules for tips and wages

Businesses in the hospitality sector can no longer subsidise staff pay with tips.

Blog

Get back to the future

Failure, not necessity, is the mother of invention.