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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.

Prompt payment still a problem for customers of small businesses

UK micro-businesses are owed over £16.9 billion by their customers, research finds.

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Assistance from family and friends crucial to early stages of business

The majority of micro-business owners in the UK have received hands-on assistance from their family members and friends when starting up, saving on average £1,036 in wages during this crucial period, research finds.

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Women show greater entrepreneurial ambition than men

Almost half of female entrepreneurs claim they are interested in starting another business in the next three years, compared to just one in five men, research finds.

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Manufacturing confidence falls to lowest level in two years

Britain's manufacturing firms reported the biggest decline in optimism this month since March 2013, research finds.

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Employee engagement low in SMEs

Just over a third of British staff are highly engaged at work, while 48 per cent claim to be only moderately engaged with the remainder having no or low engagement, research finds.

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London trumped for innovation by other regions of the UK 

London and Manchester are way behind Oxford, Liverpool and Teesside in a league table of UK areas creating new goods and services, according to research.

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Small companies focus on remaining debt free

Almost half of small and medium-sized businesses are 'permanent non-borrowers', research finds.

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Pub sector bullish with higher revenues and increase in younger landlords  

The UK pub industry has seen a rise in turnover and injection of new owners in the last three years, research finds.

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Small companies focus on remaining debt free

Almost half of small and medium-sized businesses are 'permanent non-borrowers', research finds.

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Pub sector bullish with higher revenues and increase in younger landlords  

The UK pub industry has seen a rise in turnover and injection of new owners in the last three years, research finds.

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SMEs mindful of environment in energy efficiency drive 

Small company owners are actively seeking to improve energy efficiency in their business, and not just for cost reasons.

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Quality of data suffers as consumers are reluctant to disclose personal information 

Customers are deliberately providing the wrong information when asked for personal details, scuppering organisations' growth plans, research finds.

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UK employees worst offenders in Europe for watching adult content at work

One in ten admits to viewing adult content at work, higher than France and Germany, research finds.

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Small businesses reveal what they want from new government

More than a third of small company owners rank a sustained economic recovery as the most important priority for the new government, research finds.

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