Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
News
Small companies struggle to make effective use of the internet and social media to market themselves, finds research.
Employing & managing staff
The difference between a successful business meeting and a futile one is in the preparation and the staging.
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.
Business Ideas & Planning
Interview with Matthew Newbury, founder of Newbury Developments, who has come from losing his leg in a road accident to starting his own home building business this year.
Accounting
Large companies that fail to pay their small business suppliers promptly will be named and shamed online, a cabinet office minister says.
Business Technology
Business leaders believe mobile payments will be mainstream within four years with mass-market acceptance only two years away, research finds.
Blog
The long-awaited UK Bribery Act is now upon us, and could have far-reaching consequences for organisations of all sizes.
Legal advice
Last week the controversial Bribery Act came into force in the UK, bringing with it strict consequences for companies deemed to have committed corporate bribery and corruption.
Blog
Jamie Lyons, co-founder of FundedApps, Adi Gaskell, editor for the CMI's management blog, and Nigel Botterill, founder of Entrepreneur's Circle, offer their views on Wednesday's The Apprentice, in which the teams had to produce and market a new brand of biscuit.
Accounting
If you are at the stage in your business development where you can begin to employ staff, there are various issues to consider, including costs of recruitment and establishing the right pay levels for prospective employees.
Business management
Courier company Anyvan launched in January 2010 and aims to change the public perception of moving goods. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to founder Angus Elphinstone.
News
Some 7.6 million British workers are willing to move overseas to improve their job prospects, research finds.