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Ben Lobel
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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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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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Businesses struggling with raising finance have been handed a potential lifeline by the launch of a new initiative put in place to facilitate the flow of cash to needy companies.
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A third of UK small businesses are infringing copyrights by using unlicensed software, research finds.
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Company owners hail Thatcher as a powerful leader and strong influence on private enterprise.
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In the first of a new series of Q&As, SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to entrepreneur Guy Mucklow about raising money for his business, which offers web services and software to look up UK and international addresses.
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Dozens of cuts to red tape are set to come into force in response to issues raised by businesses.
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Nearly half of British retailers believe the US remains the hardest market in which to achieve commercial success despite being the current export destination of choice.
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Cyberattacks of the kind that resulted in last week's global internet slowdown are capable of destroying small businesses, warn tech entrepreneurs.
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The number of businesses reporting strong year-on-year growth is on the increase, finds research from Experian.
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A one-stop-shop website about rights ownership and copyright licences has been announced by the government.
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Two thirds of small businesses in the UK have been forced to overhaul how they work in reaction to poor economic conditions, according to a new report.
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Cash-strapped British businesses have declared their support for business minister Michael Fallon's proposals to name and shame the members of the FTSE 350 refusing to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code.
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Lending to small businesses under the government’s lending scheme, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG), has fallen to a new record low amount.