An article in the Echo explains that small businesses lack an exit strategy. Although it is inevitable that business owners will eventually leave, sell or hand over their business, making this move will be difficult...
An article on the BBC News website identifies a culture of bullying by bigger firms dealing with smaller firms in the form of late payments. A power imbalance between large and small companies means that larger...
An article in Bidness etc looks at the way Facebook is increasing it’s revenues and notes that a large portion of Facebook’s advertising income is from small businesses. The article explains that Facebook pages are...
An article in the International Business Times highlights nuances in George Osborne’s business budget. When looking into the demographics of who will be most affected by tax and credit changes, they find that ethnic minority...
An article in Thisismoney.co.uk reports that small business owners have an average of one week’s worth of holiday every three years according research published by Worldpay. Small business owners find it difficult to take time away...
An article in Private Equity News is reporting that Beechbrook Capital, (a specialist fund manager that supports big businesses by private acquisition and expansion), is raising a £200 million debt fund aimed at helping small...
In a mission to make British Small Business a safer place to operate, the Government have launched a scheme whereby small businesses can claim a £5,000 voucher to install rock solid cyber security, reports SC...
Lending to small businesses has always been considered risky, however according to an article in pymnts.com, small business lending is predicted to give banks the highest return on investment. Small businesses are predicted by the...
This is Money Blogger Vicki Owen at the Mail on Sunday correctly highlights how George Osbourne ignored the key issues facing small retailers in his budget presentation. Asides from the impact of a pay increase,...
The FT is reporting that one of the main concerns of small businesses is the lack of available skills in the staff who are able and available to work for them. Although very well educated...