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Small business owners preoccupied with chasing payments

UK small business owners spend 10 per cent of their working day chasing payments, with an average having to wait an extra 14 days before invoices are settled.

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Line managers lacking confidence in their employer

HR and line managers are responsible for upholding their company’s corporate values and ensuring employee engagement, but many lack confidence and faith in their employer, research finds.

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Small business leaders refusing to take sufficient holidays

Two in five business decision makers (43 per cent) do not have a holiday lasting more than five working days booked in the next 12 months.

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Managers unable to cope with crises at work

Unsupportive working cultures are leaving managers to struggle with the fall-out of workplace crises, research finds.

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Mortgage brokering goes online with new website

A start-up has taken aim at disrupting the £95 billion mortgage brokering market by launching a new site that identifies the best mortgages for hopeful house-hunters.

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Companies urged to adapt their business models or die

Well over a third of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that if they don’t adapt their business models they will go out of business in five years, but only 2 per cent have done something about it.

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Businesses turn to ex-hackers to improve cyber security

A fifth (20 per cent) of UK businesses have already invited hackers to assess their security systems and a further 37 per cent are open to the idea.

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Consumers feel misunderstood by brands

Companies are misunderstanding over a third of their costumers, research finds.

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Businesses turn to ex-hackers to improve cyber security

A fifth (20 per cent) of UK businesses have already invited hackers to assess their security systems and a further 37 per cent are open to the idea.

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Consumers feel misunderstood by brands

Companies are misunderstanding over a third of their costumers, research finds.

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UK would favour summer business shutdown

Almost 60 per cent of the UK would welcome an annual summer ‘shutdown’ among businesses, research finds.

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Brexit 2016: The positive view for small companies

Small business owners have presented the optimistic side of the Brexit argument and how it might not be doom and gloom for many businesses.

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Eight small businesses talk about the likely impact of the Brexit result

Here, we speak to small company owners and managers about the likely affect the Out vote will have on the running of their business.

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Unpredictability for SMEs as Britain votes out

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and advisers have highlighted the uncertain future ahead for the small business landscape following Britain’s exit from the European Union.

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