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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.

A third of SMEs don’t know about the government’s industrial strategy

Fewer than three in ten UK small and medium-sized enterprises have heard about the government’s new Industrial Strategy.

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Number of tech start-ups double since Brexit vote

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the Brexit vote, the number of start-ups in the technology sector has doubled over the last year.

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Bosses left confused by what do about religion at work

UK businesses remain clueless as to how to manage diversity in religion in the workplace, a new study reveals.

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Businesses still need to do more to tackle gender pay gap

Young Women’s Trust calls for more action to tackle the gender pay gap, as new reporting measures are implemented.

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Workers on National Living Wage set to grow four times that of typical earners

Pay of National Living Wage workers is set to grow nearly 4 times faster than typical earners this parliament.

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Does your business value you as an individual? Half of Brits remain unhappy at work

New research reveals that almost half of UK employees are unhappy at work, as businesses embrace the varied personality types within the office.

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Tech industry named least sexist sector in the UK job market

Masculine language is heavily used to advertise sales and consultancy roles, as a new study reveals the sexist terms used in job descriptions.

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Is your business the next big thing in British food and drink?

A £20,000 marketing package and listing on Ocado is up for grabs in a new competition for promising small food and drink producers.

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Tech industry named least sexist sector in the UK job market

Masculine language is heavily used to advertise sales and consultancy roles, as a new study reveals the sexist terms used in job descriptions.

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Is your business the next big thing in British food and drink?

A £20,000 marketing package and listing on Ocado is up for grabs in a new competition for promising small food and drink producers.

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SMEs still held back by funding despite record asset based finance sales

Close Brothers welcomes record sales of asset based funding, but warns awareness of the options available remains too low.

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Small businesses still losing data despite warnings to backup

Deploying a backup solution will not prevent users from losing data. Over the last year, nearly one-third of respondents experienced data loss.

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Young professionals entering work better equipped than their predecessors

Half of of the Generation Z workforce were taught about interview process through education, compared with just a fifth of millennials.

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UK graduates fail to land grad-level jobs after finishing university

Research among 2,000 UK adults reveals that the country’s university system is failing both students and businesses.

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What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?

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What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade