Bootstrap your way to start-up success
If you manage costs correctly, a tight budget shouldn't necessarily hold back your desire to start your own business.
Advice
If you manage costs correctly, a tight budget shouldn't necessarily hold back your desire to start your own business.
Advice
Business management
Grandmother of four, Sue Scott-Horne decided to start educational resources company Egar after a broken ankle ended her 25-year career– with a little encouragement from Peter Jones.
Advice
If you manage costs correctly, a tight budget shouldn't necessarily hold back your desire to start your own business.
Business management
Grandmother of four, Sue Scott-Horne decided to start educational resources company Egar after a broken ankle ended her 25-year career– with a little encouragement from Peter Jones.
Startup Funding and Grants
Although winning the lottery to get funding for your start-up might seem like an easier option than getting a bank loan, there are still other forms of finance out there.
News
The East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) has revealed that almost 30 growing firms have been accepted into one of its flagship initiatives.
News
Wales has established a new fund to support small firms with their capital investments.
News
A £1 million package of support has been unveiled to help small firms in the Peak District.
Business management
Investors in the North East are on the hunt for entrepreneurs with great ideas and a whole load of ambition.
News
Entrepreneurs in Cambridge are starting their own bank as a reaction to the institutions' reluctance to lend.
Blog
The UK's SMEs may be rich in innovative ideas, but it seems they're not that good at filling in forms.
Business Ideas & Planning
God supposedly built the world in seven days, so why not do the same with a business? Naturally, you would have to do some serious planning in advance and know your business idea inside and out.
Business management
At SmallBusiness.co.uk we receive a staggering number of questions from entrepreneurs and those looking to start their own business about the particulars of forming a company, registering an idea or name, grants and keeping ahead of the barrage of legislative changes that SME managers and owners face.
Success stories
By 2042, almost a quarter of people living in the UK will be aged 65 or older, up from 18 per cent in 2016. The number of people aged over 70 who are in full- or part-time employment is steadily rising too, with around one in 12 of those still working compared to one in 22 working 10 years ago. Is starting your own business another option?
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