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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.

Recruiting talented workers is the biggest challenge facing SMEs

Over a third of SMEs identify recruitment as the most challenging HR process, ahead of staff training, staff turnover and maintaining morale, research finds.

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Majority of small companies do not last beyond five years 

Business survival rates have fallen significantly since the financial crisis, research finds.

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Small businesses cite skills shortage as reason for bad hires

A skills shortage is having a negative impact on small business recruitment, with more than half of small businesses claiming that a lack of applications is resulting in bad hires, research finds.

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Small businesses benefit from modernised street trading rules

Reforms to street trading rules will make them both stronger and fairer, a government minister has said.

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University education no longer a useful barometer of capable workers

SME owners are skeptical about the value of a university education when taking on staff, research finds.

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Small businesses considering introducing apprenticeship initiatives 

Nearly one in four small businesses are looking to develop apprentice schemes to compensate for skills shortages, research finds.

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Small companies hit by increased costs 

Small business costs have continued to rise during 2014 despite falling inflation, research finds.

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Good news for exports as Brand Britain is revealed to be valuable concept

Products labelled 'Made in Britain' command a considerably higher premium when sold abroad than those with no declared country of origin, research finds.

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Small companies hit by increased costs 

Small business costs have continued to rise during 2014 despite falling inflation, research finds.

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Good news for exports as Brand Britain is revealed to be valuable concept

Products labelled 'Made in Britain' command a considerably higher premium when sold abroad than those with no declared country of origin, research finds.

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Small businesses unimpressed with young talent pool 

Company owners feel that young people are not ready for the workplace upon leaving the education system, finds research.

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Call to bring entrepreneurship into the classroom

Britain lacks the kind of education that facilitates entrepreneurship and innovation, a research report finds.

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Most company employees unsure about auto-enrolment

More than half of workers find the term auto-enrolment confusing and could not say what it relates to, research finds.

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Smallest companies fly the flag for UK enterprise

UK businesses are increasingly 'micro' in size while the proportion of high-growth companies has fallen considerably in recent years, research finds.

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