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The UK's SMEs may be rich in innovative ideas, but it seems they're not that good at filling in forms.
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Just weeks before the deadline for filing tax returns, fraudsters are targeting individuals with scam emails.
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Cash-strapped SMEs are spending a significant proportion of expenditure on taxation, research by debt protection group Creditsafe reveals.
Business Ideas & Planning
I am a sole trader in my eighth year in business and am considering going limited. What are the advantages?
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The century-old chain of Woolworths is the first high-profile casualty of the year. As it closes its doors for good, what lessons can be learned?
Business management
Karin Ridges founded Mad Promotions, a PR company for ethical businesses, back in 2005.
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Firms should consider the ultimate cost of redundancies and use them as a last resort to cut outgoings, after it was revealed it comes at a price of over £16,000 per employee.
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Half a million small businesses are closing their doors for the two-week period over Christmas, which is the highest figure since the 1990s.
Finding and selling to customers
No matter what your business, when it comes to sales the customer is king. Having a good Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system in place can help you increase turnover today as well as spot where tomorrow’s sales might come from.
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The majority of office workers have admitted to lying on behalf of their manager, with many taking the heat for a managerial mistake.
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Businesses are not sufficiently protecting their intellectual property (IP), with many taking no action, according to new research.
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Almost £2 million of European funding has been given to the Institute of Digital Innovation (IDI) to help start 90 new companies in the north-east.