Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
More than a third of UK employees say their working environment is having a negative effect on their mental state of mind, and one in two feel that their workplace ‘does not manage mental health issues well’.
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Almost two thirds of UK workers have experienced nepotism in the workplace, with 27.9 per cent witnessing underqualified candidates being hired for jobs because they were favoured.
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Failing to identify and track key metrics is stunting small business growth, according to a study.
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The UK's small companies face being slapped with around £25 million of fines for missing the government's auto-enrolment deadline, a study finds.
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Our October 20th celebration of small businesses will celebrate not only the country's small business stars but the vendors, partners and advisers that helped them start, run, grow and succeed.
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Idea generation is more effective when meetings are conducted face to face as opposed to via video conference, a study finds.
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The majority of companies across England and Wales would like the government to offer more grants and tax breaks towards the costs of energy efficiency measures.
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The Federation of Small Businesses and other business groups have signed for a change to careers advice in schools to give young people a better chance of finding well-suited jobs.
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The majority of companies across England and Wales would like the government to offer more grants and tax breaks towards the costs of energy efficiency measures.
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The Federation of Small Businesses and other business groups have signed for a change to careers advice in schools to give young people a better chance of finding well-suited jobs.
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Freelancers' contribution to the UK economy soared to £109 billion in 2015, according to research.
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Small companies retain strong trust in their banking provider, but there remain barriers to adoption of different types of payment services, research finds.
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Business owners say that, if they could start their company again, they wouldn't rush in so quickly, research finds.
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Only one fifth of small businesses have used financial support, including business loans, invoice finance, peer-to-peer lending and finance leasing, in the last 12 months, research finds.
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