The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
LinkedIn, owner of the professional-networking website, has been sued by customers alleging it appropriated their identities for marketing the site without their consent by hacking into their external e-mail accounts and downloading contacts’ addresses.
Research has revealed that while 65 per cent of those running businesses agree that it is important to measure their social media’s ROI, a staggering 83 per cent of managers do not actually have any tools in place to measure how successful their social media strategy is.
While charities increasingly need to borrow money in pursuit of their mission, they are often unsuccessful in obtaining affordable finance from high street banks, according to a new survey from Charity Bank.
The ongoing row over zero-hours contracts has led to an unprecedented surge in the number of businesses wanting to adopt the controversial working arrangements, it has been claimed.
Changes to public procurement rules in Scotland that will make it easier for small businesses to bid for public contracts have moved closer, as a reform bill goes to Parliament.
Research has found that access to finance is still an issue for UK SMEs but over have of the respondents to a new survey said they had no requirement for any additional funding.
The Cabinet Office has announced a series of measures to make it easier for SMEs to work with public sector bodies which are set to be introduced by the end of the year.
Online retailers are more optimistic than the high street about the business landscape over the next 12 months, according to a survey of UK SMEs by web hosting specialists 34SP.com
New measures that will strengthen and streamline the UK’s new competition regime have been outlined by the Competition Minister Jo Swinson.
Six months after the launch of the real time information PAYE system by HM Revenue & Customs, Britain’s SMEs are counting the cost of complying with reforms that a third deem “unnecessary”, according to new research from accountants HW Fisher & Company.
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced his intention to legislate for reforms to improve the transparency around company ownership and the accountability of company directors. His proposals come as the deadline to the ‘Trust and Transparency’ discussion paper draws to a close.
Retailers must take action immediately if they are struggling to meet their quarterly rent demands, warns Midlands-based corporate recovery and insolvency experts Cranfield Business Recovery.
Antony Jenkins, the chief executive of Barclays, says the UK housing market pickup could turn into another bubble
Aspiring entrepreneurs from across Britain will get financial backing from the government under a £69 million package of support that will help create tens of thousands of new businesses, David Cameron announced today.
Apple’s shares fell more than 5 per cent as investors worried that the firm’s latest iPhone models may not help it increase its share in emerging markets.
