Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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Cash is still UK businesses' favourite payment method for customer transactions, says a survey of nearly 500 SME ‘decision makers’. More than 40 per cent of businesses say that cash is 'far easier to manage' and the findings suggest that 96 per cent of businesses still deal in this way.
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More than half of all small firms in the UK fall victim to crime every year, but the majority of these incidents are never reported to the police.
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Most owners of small firms are happy to keep their businesses the size they are and have no desire to be the next Bill Gates, according to a survey of micro businesses.
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The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is lobbying the Government to put small businesses at the top of its agenda for 2005 and has identified a list of issues to be addressed.
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Small and medium sized firms are exerting ever-increasing influence on the UK economy, according to latest figures from the Department of Trade and Industry's Small Business Service (SBS).
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Small businesses stand to gain much from a planned restructuring of the Department of Trade and Industry.
Business Technology
Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings
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
With the landline shutdown coming fast, there’s never been a better time to switch to VoIP. Don’t let your small business be left behind!
Export & Import
Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world