Business Ideas & Planning

Martin Hayward explains how businesses should prepare for the infrastructure challenges posed by the Olympics.

Tax

If I worked from home in a spare bedroom on a computer trading foreign exchange virtually and there would be no visitors to my home, no deliveries, and no post to do with the work as statements sent via email, would I be liable to pay business council tax?

Business management

UK exports to Sub-Saharan Africa are on the rise. SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to some of the companies that instigated trade relationships in such lesser-known markets.

Small Business Banking

I am sure that like me, you have seen headlines about banks not lending to small businesses with depressing regularity.

Employing & managing staff

Companies are empowering staff at all levels of authority to contribute key ideas and strategies and the resulting intrapreneurs can benefit businesses in multiple ways, writes Ben Lobel.

Financing

Adam Rowse, customer and commercial director at Barclays Business, offers his perspective on the state of financing and relationships between business clients and banking institutions.