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The news section on Small Business UK allows you to keep up to date with the latest news, economic trends and regulatory developments affecting new and established UK small businesses.

Why working overtime could be the first sign of poor management

Terry Koutsios, managing director of fivesquid explores overtime and why it could be a sign of poor management.

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Consumers turn to mobile shopping in the run up to Christmas

Salmon identifies a Black Friday-style upsurge in mobile orders this Christmas, with an average 26 per cent rise in mobile traffic compared to 2015.

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Online merchants lose nearly half of Christmas shoppers at the checkout

Online merchants are failing to offer shoppers their preferred online payment method leading to a loss of sales, new research reveals.

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Where are the best hotspot start up areas for SMEs in London?

SE1 (Southwark, London Bridge, Waterloo) is the most popular location for SMEs to rent serviced office space in London, a new study reveals.

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Outsourcing to become vital digital strategy as SMEs face digital skills gap

Small businesses should consider outsourcing their work to specialist companies to cover the growing skills gap.

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New b-leisure trend is secret to combating UK’s stress epidemic

Business travellers are looking to mix business with pleasure when travelling internationally in a new trend called b-leisure, a new study reveals.

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UK SMEs expect accelerating revenue growth in the New Year

Q4 report finds that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) predict revenue and hiring will accelerate in 2017, with three in four saying it is business as usual since the Brexit vote.

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SMEs urged to make connections needed for growth a priority

Research by NatWest shows that almost all small businesses acknowledge new business connections boost their growth, yet a third are still struggling to make them.

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UK SMEs expect accelerating revenue growth in the New Year

Q4 report finds that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) predict revenue and hiring will accelerate in 2017, with three in four saying it is business as usual since the Brexit vote.

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SMEs urged to make connections needed for growth a priority

Research by NatWest shows that almost all small businesses acknowledge new business connections boost their growth, yet a third are still struggling to make them.

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Young British workers consider turning their hobby into a business

Young British workers believe they can make more money from creating a business surrounding their hobby, but don't know how to get started.

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High demand continues through Christmas season for UK SMEs

More than a third of businesses believe they could make additional revenue during the holidays if their business ran at full capacity.

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Retailers report rise in festive furniture sales

Research has shown that British families are set to use over four million so-called ‘emergency chairs’ this Christmas day, prompting furniture retailers to report a rise in sales the run-up to the festive period.

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Trade workers face plunging temperatures this winter

Office workers continue to groan about working in cold offices, despite trade workers regularly working in plummeting temperatures this winter.

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