Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Accounting
Alternative finance specialist Platform Black outlines how businesses can stay on top of their cash flow management.
Business Technology
Every small business today needs a great website. A website is the voice and face of your business so it's important to get it right.
News
Britain's high streets could soon be invigorated by a new wave of entrepreneurs, according to a study.
News
Face-to-face communication is being neglected in favour of phone calls and emails among business staff, research finds.
Business management
Nick Telson co founded DesignMyNight.com, an online service that helps users plan their evening's entertainment, with a university friend in 2009. He talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about starting up.
News
The key to helping business growth could be working with competitors, according to a survey of UK small and medium-sized enterprises.
Blog
The Federation of Small Businesses is calling for the government (again) to review its National Insurance Contributions holiday to allow more operators to take on staff.
Blog
Sometimes, small business owners have no choice but to make a decision based purely on feel.
Business Technology
Cybersecurity is changing fast, and small business owners need to keep abreast of developments. Kevin Dowd, CEO of network security firm CNS gives some tips on how.
Accounting
If a leased company car is not left at the premises of the company for security purposes overnight, can I reclaim 100 per cent VAT rather than the cap of 50 per cent on the lease hire of the vehicle? Does 50 per cent VAT reclaimable apply to the purchase of fuel?
Business Ideas & Planning
SmallBusiness.co.uk talks to Sohail Rashid, founder of venture capital-backed property finding app Property Place, which launched in January 2012.
Blog
Kelvyn Gardner, managing director of the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association, explains how licensing can work for small businesses.