About
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.
Marketing
What is a royal warrant and how do you get one?
A royal warrant is seen as being a stamp of approval from the King himself. But they’re not just for luxury products, they can be for roofing and even a can of baked beans. What is a royal warrant and how do you get one?
Employing & managing staff
Zero-hours staff can ask for predictable hours
Zero-hours workers who have given 26 weeks of service will be able to request more predictable hours from employers
News
Half of businesses press pause on investment
Small businesses scrap plans to immediately invest in technology and training, citing economic uncertainty and rising costs
News
Spring Budget 2023 small business checklist
Hello and welcome to our Spring Budget 2023 live coverage of what today's announcements mean for small business owners
News
Budget 2023 what small business can expect
An extension to the ‘super-deduction’ tax break for business investment and tax breaks for companies that help long-term sick and disabled get back into work are being mooted
News
Businesses to be offered healthcare subsidies
Chancellor to announce trial of subsidies covering up to 80% of costs for private health assessments of workers in small and medium-sized businesses
News
Average wait time to be paid now 31 days
January saw a sharp spike in the length of time clients are waiting to pay overdue invoices to small businesses
Starting a Business
One fifth of all new companies are founded by women
All-women teams established over 150,000 new businesses last year, with young women aged 16-to-25-years-old the most active entrepreneurs
Accounting
Sole traders pay most tax since records began
Self-employed paid £22bn in income tax in January – the biggest-ever figure since records began in 1999 and one-third higher since last year
Accounting
Sole traders increasingly avoid charging VAT
Tens of thousands of small businesses deliberately stay small to avoid charging VAT, which means you have to hike prices if you wander over the £85,000 threshold
News
Nearly 60% of businesses face going under
Six out of ten business owners consider throwing in towel, buffeted by inflation, soaring energy bills and an economy heading into recession
Business management
Businesses face £34bn pension black hole
Businesses offering final-salary pension schemes pushed towards safer investments in move that could see underfunded schemes facing bills of tens of billions of pounds
