The essential guide to starting a business in Birmingham
Is Birmingham the right place for starting your business? We explore the city's key lifestyle indicators and speak to firms who set up there.
Setting up a company
Is Birmingham the right place for starting your business? We explore the city's key lifestyle indicators and speak to firms who set up there.
Setting up a company
Business Loans
We ask Richard Bearman, managing director of Start Up Loans, what brand-new businesses should do to secure that loan.
Setting up a company
Is Birmingham the right place for starting your business? We explore the city's key lifestyle indicators and speak to firms who set up there.
Business Loans
We ask Richard Bearman, managing director of Start Up Loans, what brand-new businesses should do to secure that loan.
Podcasts
In the latest Small Business Snippets podcast, Anna Jordan meets entrepreneur and investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick.
Small Business Banking
B-North plans to open network of eight branches across England, combining face-to-face lending with cutting-edge technology
Podcasts
In the latest Small Business Snippets podcast, Anna Jordan talks to supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice.
Setting up a company
Edmund Hillary's son, Peter, tells us about recreating Edmund’s expedition gear in a new clothing line and keeping his father's legacy alive.
Business management
Simon Willmett outlines the seven main challenges facing every small business, and offers ways to overcome them.
Financing
Government economic development bank supported over 89,000 start-ups and scale-ups with £6.6bn of finance in 2018-19 - an uplift of 27pc
Government Grants
Government-funded body, Innovate UK, is providing £125 million to help businesses develop their ideas. Here's how to apply.
Podcasts
Anna Jordan talks to Penny Power, an author, public speaker, mentor and business owner, about lessons she learned after a mental breakdown.
Business management
Lorely Burt, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Women and Small Business, talks to Small Business about the policies the party would like to see.
News
The Bank of England's governor also said that thousands of businesses don't have the correct paperwork to export to the EU after a no-deal Brexit.
Business Technology
To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis
Investing in a franchise
Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.
Partner content
Read here for 16 tried and tested tips and tricks to improve potential cash flow problems