Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
The entrepreneurial lifestyle is seductive; come and go as you please, make all the decisions and answer to nobody, but it takes a lot of time, money and hard work.
Buying and selling a company
Advice
If you're looking to make a purchase on your first property and you're self-employed, how can you maximise your chances? Darren Fell looks into the matter.
Buying and selling a company
The entrepreneurial lifestyle is seductive; come and go as you please, make all the decisions and answer to nobody, but it takes a lot of time, money and hard work.
Advice
If you're looking to make a purchase on your first property and you're self-employed, how can you maximise your chances? Darren Fell looks into the matter.
Employing & managing staff
Halfway through National Apprenticeship Week, Tracy Ewen discusses the factors to consider for a small business thinking of an apprenticeship programme.
Alternative finance
Here, we look at the options for SME funding that have emerged since the recession and how there is a method of finance for every business need.
Business Ideas & Planning
Here, we talk to two entrepreneurs and reveal why you shouldn't dismiss starting your own business.
Business Loans
Here, we look at three small businesses and their efforts to secure finance through the Coventry and Warwickshire Reinvestment Trust.
Buying and selling a company
Finding a suitable site for a business is best done by preparing a list of requirements before starting any search.
News
More than half (53 per cent) of Britain's small companies are owed money from late payments, with estimates totalling as much as £255 billion outstanding.
News
London’s small businesses are abandoning traditional bank funding and embracing alternative finance, research finds.
News
Ineffective planning could mean Britain's small businesses will lose out on £25 billion in extra revenue in 2016, research finds.
Startup Funding and Grants
Andrew Weaver discusses the options to consider when injecting cash into an early-stage e-commerce business.
News
More than one in ten small businesses are being forced to wait over 90 days to get paid by their suppliers, research finds.
Partner content
Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Employing & managing staff
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?
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade