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A nation with ambition: 85 per cent want to start a business

The UK is a nation with ambition: almost nine in ten Britons have an unfulfilled dream, and three quarters want to turn it in to a reality.

News

Advice

Tips from a futurist: Seven ways to prepare your business for the future

Here, author and futurist, James Wallman, has provided seven essential tips for the small business future.

News

A nation with ambition: 85 per cent want to start a business

The UK is a nation with ambition: almost nine in ten Britons have an unfulfilled dream, and three quarters want to turn it in to a reality.

Advice

Tips from a futurist: Seven ways to prepare your business for the future

Here, author and futurist, James Wallman, has provided seven essential tips for the small business future.

Employing & managing staff

Why it’s time SMEs ditched the annual appraisal

For the first time in history we have five different generations in the workplace.

Legal advice

A guide to employee share schemes for small businesses

Here, Alex Boothman of MyLegalAdviser looks at how you can offer your employees an opportunity they can’t get at a big corporate.

Accounting

UK’s late payments culture impacting four in ten businesses

A new report identifies liabilities associated with late payments culture spanning jobs, innovation and investment for medium-sized businesses.

Productivity Zone

Majority of SMEs suffering from productivity woes

New research from Opus Energy finds that 86 per cent of SMEs have admitted to having problems with productivity.

News

Retailers hail the rise of the male shopper

With demand and supply of men’s products increasing in the past five years, one in four retailers now sell predominantly to male shoppers.

Alternative finance

Asset finance and leasing: How does it work?

In this piece, WestWon explores the process of leasing capital equipment.

News

Two thirds of SMEs not prepared for Brexit

More than two in five SMEs lack confidence in the government’s ability to protect their business from the impact of the UK’s exit from the EU.

News

Gender-based career ‘mentoring gap’ revealed in new research

There is a gender-based career ‘mentoring gap’ with more men than women saying they had a mentor. Men also report having had more mentors than women.

News

UK ‘job boom’ proves businesses are remaining confident

Businesses across the UK proved to be resilient in the face of ongoing uncertainty last quarter, as the nation witnessed a widespread job boom.

Business Technology

Taxing the robots – Far sighted or fanciful?

Here, Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells and Alexandra Whittington, of Fast Future, looks at the issue of whether we should be taxing robots.

Export & Import

Avoid delays with exports and imports

Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world

Business Technology

The connection between digital skills and fraud prevention in small businesses

With fraud posing a significant threat to small businesses, Rachael Tiffen from Cifas addresses the role of digital skills in fraud prevention

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.

Partner content

Small business owners: discover alternative funding solutions to help fuel your growth