Measures designed to make the UK the best place in the world to start and grow a business have become law following Royal Assent for the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act being given today (26 March...
Rich Branson seems keen on investing in small and medium sized business, and even ideas! If you have a business in need of investment, or an idea that you want to get off the ground,...
Seven and a half weeks before the general election, and Chancellor George Osborne has revealed an extremely entrepreneur friendly budget (reported in today’s Guardian). Self employed people will no longer have to pay National Insurance...
You may already know that a new bank is about to be launched specifically for small businesses in the UK. This, plus political support and attention for small business certainly seems to be creating a storm of interest...
The Guardian reports that a third of the UK’s private sector finance come from small businesses. As we head towards the general election, the three main political parties are keen to win the support from...
Close Brothers bank is reporting via the London Evening Standard that demand for loans is on the up from small and medium sized businesses. “This is the first time that small and medium sized business...
The Guardian is reporting that the Government Growth voucher scheme has not used up all of it’s budget. The scheme, which is due to close and the end of this month, gives small businesses a...
The Guardian is reporting that business growth is expected to be slow, due to anxiety over the Eurozone and general election anxiety. What does this mean for small and medium sized businesses? If economic growth...
The Independent is reporting that a recent survey reveals 60% of the working population are working for small or medium sized businesses. Instead of focusing on growth, MP’s are now keen to increase productivity in...
The Nation’s most reliable source of evidence on enterprise, otherwise known as the BIS’ Small Business Research Survey 2014, at the Small Business Research Conference in London, has published it’s results for last year. Asked...