Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Small business owners have become faced with continuous pressure to appeal to their potential clients and partners. To impress and to appear professional, luxuries such as upscale cars and hotels can do wonders for a company's representation.
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Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece, Kati McKeon shares six crucial tips to ensure your one-person business will thrive.
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Small business owners have become faced with continuous pressure to appeal to their potential clients and partners. To impress and to appear professional, luxuries such as upscale cars and hotels can do wonders for a company's representation.
Business Ideas & Planning
In this piece, Kati McKeon shares six crucial tips to ensure your one-person business will thrive.
Accounting
Here's how adapting how your business goes about the auditing process could free up finances and create value.
Productivity Zone
North West SMEs report productivity levels that are double that of their London counterparts, despite all regions struggling to motivate staff.
Advice
Here, Dessy Ohanians, managing director of executive education at the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF), writes about five essential characteristics that entrepreneurs should have in order to be successful.
Advice
On International Women's Day, we assess the current state of female entrepreneurship and ask whether it is easier today to launch a business as a woman.
News
A recent study by MoneySuperMarket has revealed the UK’s Best Business Hubs for Start-ups looking for the most efficient options for their business’ development, covering all areas from freelancers to smaller businesses looking for co-working spaces.
News
Charitable giving boosts SMEs bottom line, yet only 20 per cent give regularly, and one in four SMEs are not interested in giving to charity.
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.
News
One of the leading players in the contact centre industry has issued a warning that up to one million UK jobs could be at risk in the sector, due to smaller businesses being wiped out by a crisis in market conditions.
Business management
In this article, Simon Joyce, managing director, Anchor Vans explains how making alliances between competitors can help your business.
Advice
Picking a location to start up your business can be tricky, with outlying costs and likely survival of your business a priority. We break down the 15 best cities to start a business.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
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.