Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Four in ten female founders say they frequently encountered gender bias while running their start-up and 42 per cent believe gender discrimination will stay the same as they scale up.
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Alternative finance
Microfinance refers to financial products or services aimed at low-income individuals, especially those who are in areas not served by banks or traditional financial services providers and those who don’t qualify for typical financial services.
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Four in ten female founders say they frequently encountered gender bias while running their start-up and 42 per cent believe gender discrimination will stay the same as they scale up.
Alternative finance
Microfinance refers to financial products or services aimed at low-income individuals, especially those who are in areas not served by banks or traditional financial services providers and those who don’t qualify for typical financial services.
Startup Funding and Grants
What are the options available to those planning to open a recruitment business? Here, we find out.
News
According to research from Opus Energy, forty per cent of SMEs agree that costs are one of the biggest challenges they face.
Business Loans
For those entrepreneurs who are looking to expand their business rapidly, acquiring a personal loan can be a sure-fire way to help you grow quickly.
Business Ideas & Planning
Choosing where to launch your start-up is a huge decision that can literally make or break your business. Here, we look at the top candidates.
Advice
If you’re wondering how you begin to expand your business, think about some of these ideas to help get you started.
News
Just 42 per cent of UK family businesses had any form of succession planning in place, with only 30 per cent surviving the transition to the second generation and 10 per cent to the third.
News
Survey of hundreds of business leaders reveals employers believe apprenticeship and training schemes will increase workforce productivity and revenues.
Business Loans
Making ends meet as a small business can be tricky, but day loans can be a saviour for an entrepreneur. Here we discuss how day loans can help pay for emergency expenses.
Startup Funding and Grants
More than half of businesses who have received EIS investment are based in London, despite only making up a quarter of the economy.
Legal advice
In this article by Stevens & Bolton LLP, we explore how pragmatism at the start-up and scale-up phases of a business can you help to navigate waters that may later prove turbulent.
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