The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Fuel.Ventures, a newly formed venture capital fund led by one of Europe’s leading technology entrepreneurs and investors, Mark Pearson, has partnered with Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to launch an innovative crowd funded investment vehicle aimed at democratising access to high growth European e-commerce venture capital investments.
To coincide with Export Week, which starts today, a quarterly report has been published that British manufacturing firms are rising to the global challenge, reporting increased export orders and sales in Q1 2015.
UK SMEs have laid out a manifesto of their own for the new Conservative Government, with simplifying the PAYE system their most acute priority.
A third of small business owners have said a commitment to remain in the EU is of paramount importance among their wishes for the new Conservative government, ahead of taxes and a highly skilled workforce.
A skills shortage in the UK construction sector is putting many firms in the difficult position of having to turn away work according to new findings from ECIS, the employee benefits company for the construction industry.
The introduction of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 it is being predicted that the rate of director disqualifications are likely to increase as a result of new legislation.
Businesses and app developers are being urged to educate consumers around wearable technology to help with uptake, as new research reveals that nearly half of Brits currently feel that it poses a threat to their privacy.
The number of SMEs in Scotland increased by 4.1 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013, which represents around 6,500 new businesses, according to analysis of new official data.
New research by a money saving website in the UK has revealed that Britons believe that Sainsbury’s will be the next big company to go bust, with the majority thinking this will happen within five years.
UK SMEs are set to benefit from a corporate frequent flyer programme to be launched by Singapore Airlines later this year.
Scredible, the developer of socially driven education technologies, has announced the launch of the mobile version of its education and knowledge-building platform.
The salary gap between London and UK wide salaries has dropped by 6% in the last 12 months
One of the areas that will be high on the new Minister for Pensions to-do list will be the forthcoming review of Automatic Enrolment (AE). The outgoing Minister had regularly said that AE contribution levels would need to be revisited early in this parliamentary term; and new research reveals employer support for such proposals.
A subsidised trade mission to China, aimed at helping Britain’s smallest firms find firm trade links with the Far East, has been announced.
Questions such as “do you get PMT?” and “Are you planning on having children soon?” are amongst some of the questions that prospective employees face, according to a recent study.
