Marketing
Ben Lobel
About
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.
Startup Funding and Grants
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.
Marketing
Almost half of consumers say they now count on social media when making an online purchasing decision, research finds.
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Employee engagement in UK organisations is highest in the voluntary sector, research finds.
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Bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme has begun to show improvement, according to government figures.
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UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are underestimating the security risks that come with increasing use of new technology, finds research.
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Cash flow management remains a significant challenge to large numbers of UK businesses, finds research.
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The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are unknown quantities for many UK entrepreneurs, research finds.
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The majority of UK start-ups are clubbing together to share core business functions with other companies, according to a study.
Startup Funding and Grants
Ed Molyneux, founder of Freeagent, tells SmallBusiness.co.uk about how he raised money for his business.
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Almost half of Britons would consider setting up their own business, but 68 per cent think it would be too difficult to get funding for their venture, finds research.
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The vast majority of entrepreneurs feel that the Business Bank will not make a significant difference to boosting lending to UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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More and more UK small enterprises are moving online in order to become more competitive, research suggests.
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More than 120 million transactions are lost each year in the UK through shops not accepting card payments, research finds.