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.
News
Thousands of small companies are to be spared from red tape after a government shake-up on business regulations.
News
The most unpopular administrative tasks among entrepreneurs are chasing payments and processing expenses, research finds.
Government Grants
David Kelly applied for a range of grants for his pre-revenue social business platform Shareflow. He tells SmallBusiness.co.uk about them.
Employing & managing staff
The introduction of real-time information reporting could prove to be a time-consuming nuisance, small business owners fear.
Business Loans
Almost three quarters of small company owners launched their new business venture with working capital of £2,000 or less, research finds.
News
Bargain hunting and rampant discounting have become the norm in a tough economy, according to new research.
Government Grants
Liz Mowatt secured a government grant for business coaching for her company A Giving Tribute, which offers tribute cards for funerals.
News
One in three bosses are judged as 'badly-behaved' by their employees, according to a survey of more than 1,000 British workers.
News
The Forum of Private Business is urging changes to the Prompt Payment Code after it has learned firms with payment times as long as 90 days are planning to sign up.
News
The majority of UK small businesses do not understand their finances, according to the accountants that represent them.
Financing
A lack of understanding of alternative forms of borrowing such as asset-based finance could be hampering UK business growth, a study suggests.
Alternative finance
New website www.pitchfor.it will offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to attract potential investors by uploading video pitches. SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to founder Peter Hart.