Category: News

TSB’s new owner Banco Sabadell plans to use its entry into the UK banking market to support SME exports, according to the Spanish group’s chairman.

A study by Acas has found that amongst callers to the organisations helpline, agency workers were often unaware of their employment rights and afraid of raising workplace concerns due to fears over job security.

Zurich’s SME Risk Index shows that the overwhelming majority, at just under 90 per cent, of SMEs are interested in what the general election could mean for their business, but opinion is divided about the potential consequences.

Over one quarter of people have used social media to complain about a company, while 20 million complaints were made in the UK last year through Facebook, Twitter and consumer forums.

Small Business Saturday names the day for 2015 with free workshop programme to Inspire small business owners

Women over 30 taking the plunge and starting their own businesses increases by one third in a year.

Richard Branson has taken his Virgin brand from records to planes, trains, spacecraft, cruise ships and it seems that indeed automobiles are next on his list.

The EU VAT campaign backed by Business Matters has gained incredible traction over the past week culminating with a delegation meeting the Prime Minister’s team today as David Cameron has pledged to press EU president Jean-Claude Juncker to revise new European laws applying to value added tax on digital services amid concerns the changes could force thousands of small businesses to close.

We talk to Sandy Ruddock, co-founder & MD Scarlett & Mustard to find out how the business has grown from a table outside their house to being stocked by major retailers.

Small businesses are to receive a productivity boost, thanks to a new fund from the government’s skills experts, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has been given has given additional funding by chancellor George Osborne to support firms looking looking to grow their exports to China.

Lenovo announced a new corporate responsibility collaboration with United Way, the world’s largest privately-supported nonprofit organisation, to improve lives with technology.

John Cridland, CBI Director-General spoke to us at Business Matters to give his organisations response to the final Budget speech of this Parliament, by Chancellor George Osborne

He described it as a Budget that “works for you”, but Chancellor George Osborne’s speech should be regarded as a Budget of aspiration and is clearly aimed at ensuring that the Conservatives are voted in with a majority in May, but what does the Red Book hold for you and your business?