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Tim Adler is group editor of Small Business, Growth Business and Information Age. He is a former commissioning editor at the Daily Telegraph, who has written for the Financial Times, The Times and the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of three nonfiction books, the most recent of which was reviewed by The Sunday Times as “compulsively readable” and by the Daily Mail as “dazzling”. Since becoming editor of Small Business in 2019, the website was named alongside the BBC, the Guardian and the Telegraph as a top live blog covering the coronavirus pandemic by journalist trade magazine Press Gazette.

Business Loans

What is a working capital loan for your business?

A working capital loan can cover your short-term operational needs, whether that’s payroll, rent and any debt repayments. They are especially useful for seasonal businesses.

Running a Business

What is Extended Producer Responsibility?

Extended Producer Responsibility puts the responsibility for recycling packaging materials back onto the manufacturer or importer. It will come into effect this year and cost UK businesses an additional £1.4bn in compliance fees

News

Trading with EU getting increasingly hard, say firms

Small businesses especially are finding trading with the EU increasingly difficult when it comes to selling goods and services, firms complain to Institute of Directors

Starting a Business

How to start a taxi business

Driving a minicab or a taxi has many benefits. You can work the hours you want to and supplement another career, whether you are a creative, a tradesman or even a teacher. But the biggest benefit could be the sense of performing a service for the vulnerable

Blog

Sage pop-up shop winner #3 – Katie Hanton-Parr, Baboodle

Katie Hanton-Parr, founder of Baboodle, tells Small Business what winning the Sage pop-up shop competition has meant for her online baby equipment subscription business

News

81% of entrepreneurs work while on holiday

61% of small business owners say they feel more like sweatshop workers than the glamorous ‘rockstar’ image put about by Elon Musk

Small Business Insurance

How to reduce employers’ liability insurance

Employers’ liability insurance premiums are currently rising at around 4 per cent a year. Here are some tips as to how to keep those EL insurance premiums down

News

Small business investment fell by 11% in 2022, as market conditions worsen 

Situation for small businesses trying to raise equity even worse this year, with 28% decline in first three months of this year, compared with last quarter of 2022

News

Minister mulls U-turn on VAT-free shopping

Business minister asks businesses hurt by scrapping VAT-free shopping for overseas visitors to provide him with ‘data and information’

News

Business fraud costs firms £16,000 for each incident

Fraud cost companies tens of thousands of pounds each time they are victimised but most do not bother to report incidents to police

News

Suppliers urged to shrink costly energy deals

Over 90,000 businesses face closure or downsizing, being stuck on exorbitant fixed-price energy deals compared to current market prices

Employing & managing staff

A guide to HR outsourcing for small business

Outsourcing HR makes sense for businesses that are too small to have their own inhouse manager. However you need to be clear about what you need from the outset to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach