Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR.
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Last year SmallBusiness.co.uk and flexibility experts Timewise ran a competition to find out the UK’s most flexible small business. And the winner is…
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A new service has been launched that allows small companies to benefit from offering discounts to their online customers.
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Almost three quarters of UK small businesses see 'better management of financials' as key to future growth, research finds.
Government Grants
Kevin Lonergan of the Alba Innovation Centre gives tips on approaching grant funding applications and reveals what assistance is out there.
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Some 23 per cent of all small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still lack basic digital skills, according to the latest UK Business Digital Index.
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The growth of UK SMEs is being undermined by spiralling costs of doing business, suffocating red tape and bullying tactics from larger companies, according to a study by a business lobbying group.
Business Ideas & Planning
Starting a business from scratch can be a challenge for most people, but especially so for individuals without previous experience. Tim Fouracre, founder and CEO of cloud accounting company Clear Books, outlines some of his key learning points on starting and growing a business.
Tax
James Fredlund reveals how affected businesses should proceed in accordance with new VAT rules.
Blog
Here, in association with Wigan Council, we look at Wigan’s promising characteristics that make it a worthy home for small and growing companies.
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Apprenticeships develop skills that can only be gained through employment, say 77 per cent of companies.
Work life balance
Caroline Crabbe, general manager at Jo Jingles, discusses how to balance the responsibilities of work and raising a family.
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UK businesses are seeing overall cost deflation for the first time since 2009, giving companies cheaper input costs to support growth, research finds.