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The news section on Small Business UK allows you to keep up to date with the latest news, economic trends and regulatory developments affecting new and established UK small businesses.

Growth in permanent hiring despite uncertain outlook

Permanent and temporary placements rise 1 per cent year-on-year, yet permanent vacancies decline within IT and Finance, research reveals.

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Overworked Brits give 180 extra hours to companies for free

Almost three quarters of British workers put in an extra 180 hours a year for free, new research reveals.

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Financial distress edges up as economy prepares for uncertain year

Quarter of a million UK businesses finished 2016 in a state of ‘significant’ financial distress, 91 per cent being SMEs, new research reveals.

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Are you at risk of losing your job to automation robots?

Drivers and receptionists are most at risk from losing their jobs to automation by 2020, finds new data.

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Workers reveal the top perks that they’re after this year

Forget the ‘fads’, employees are seeking more money and flexibility from their employer over nap rooms and free office snacks, research reveals.

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Death of the cold calls? Study reveals drop in nuisance calls

Cold calls to businesses have reduced dramatically over the last five years with a 73 per cent decrease in the number of nuisance marketing calls being made to businesses.

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Start-up companies continue to thrive across the nation

In the face of a politically uncertain year for SMEs, young entrepreneurs are diving into the economy and setting up their own companies.

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Young entrepreneurs’ ambitious growth undeterred by Brexit

Two thirds of millennial entrepreneurs predict their business will grow over 2018, despite Brexit leaving a sour taste in the younger generation.

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Start-up companies continue to thrive across the nation

In the face of a politically uncertain year for SMEs, young entrepreneurs are diving into the economy and setting up their own companies.

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Young entrepreneurs’ ambitious growth undeterred by Brexit

Two thirds of millennial entrepreneurs predict their business will grow over 2018, despite Brexit leaving a sour taste in the younger generation.

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SMEs cash in as overseas visitors hit the UK for Chinese New Year

Worldpay predicts a golden week at the tills for UK retailers as Chinese tourists flood to the country to spend over the year of the Rooster.

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Confidential information at greatest risk in new businesses

Bad information management practices leave fledgling business over exposed to risk of cyber security breaches.

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Self-employed earn more and work less than salaried workers

UK self-employed generate mean annual revenues of £32,623 (£5,000 more than the average UK salary), despite working 10 hours less per week.

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Getting back to business: how to avoid poor commuter posture

British commuters encouraged to avoid postural problems by unwinding after their journeys to and from work.

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