Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Business management
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has provided businesses with guidance on how to run their shops once lockdown starts to ease
Small Business Banking
New breed of fintechs becoming disenchanted with ever joining the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, despite British Business Bank adding four more lenders
News
Shadow business secretary Ed Milliband says business support for travel, tourism and hospitality needs to go further as they will have to wait longest to reopen
Financing
As many of 1m microbusinesses could benefit from 100% guaranteed loans and overdrafts for up to £25,000 per small business
News
Due to rising pressure on tenants, the government has banned commercial landlords from using aggressive rent collection tactics
Getting Online
Coronavirus is creating new challenges to the survival of small businesses. vcita CEO Itzik Levy shares his advice on making it through
News
Most customers will stay away from gyms, pubs and beauty salons despite being given all-clear to visit once again
News
Business department names and shames six worst performing local authorities when it comes to handing out coronavirus small business grants
News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he is ‘not persuaded’ by calls to lift state guarantee for coronavirus business interruption loans to 100 per cent
Financing
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he is open to studying what other countries such as Switzerland are doing to help small businesses get through coronavirus crisis
News
One in four businesses in Britain has already shut its doors, according to latest Office for National Statistics survey
News
Santander-backed fintech firm, Ebury, have launched a fund for SMEs struggling to secure funding during the coronavirus pandemic
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