Category: News

In a survey more than sixty per cent of business owners said their relationship with their bank had worsened over time. Many were scathing in their description of how their bank treats them, with 43 per cent saying they are “frustrated” by their bank’s seeming inability to help them.

Companies that operate online are thriving despite the current tough economic conditions, according to new research, with half of those questioned having produced double digit growth in the last three years.

SMEs are abandoning traditional marketing in favour of online and mobile channels. Recent research shows that just over a quarter of SMEs report that traditional offline marketing accounts for just a tenth of their total marketing activity.

George Osborne is set to boost lending to small businesses as he faces growing pressure over his austerity policies.

More than 3,000 budding entrepreneurs have won funding through the Government-backed start-up loan scheme, a rise of about 50 per cent in the total in a month.

Small, medium and large companies from across the UK are celebrating winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise – the UK’s highest accolade for business success.

Lord Heseltine called for a ‘peasant’s revolt’ at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group’s 200th anniversary dinner.

Addison Lee, the London based minicab company that boasts 10 million passengers across the capital every year, has been bought by US private-equity firm Carlyle Group in a deal thought to be worth close to £300 million.

Britain’s female workforce is craving inspiration in the workplace to empower them to break away from traditional expectations, according to new a new study on flexible working released today by O2.

Increasing public scrutiny over the level of executive remuneration both in the private and public sectors has left many reward and HR professionals with the challenge of balancing public and investor interest with the need to create sustainable reward strategies that engage and develop high performing talent whilst protecting organisational values. The CIPD’s annual Reward Conference, which takes place on 23 May in London’s Cavendish Conference Centre, will examine this challenge as well as other topical issues.

As the country says goodbye to its longest serving and only female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a survey of UK small businesses reveals that more than 65 per cent blame the Coalition Government’s lack of courage for lack of investment and credit available to do them during the recession.

The website, designed by the Government Digital Service, which combines all of the UK government’s websites into a single domain has beaten entries from around the world to win the coveted Design Museum Design of the Year 2013 award.

More than a quarter of UK bank customers – around 12million people – have had problems with their accounts in the last year, and a fifth of those who complained said they were unhappy with the service or resolution, research suggests.

The recent resignation of Britain’s first Youth Police Commissioner (YPC) provides important lessons in social media and recruitment for both employers and employees, writes Kayleigh Leonie, a solicitor in the Employment Team at Vertex Law.

Freezing conditions in March kept shoppers away from the high street with both retailers and small businesses say the exceptionally cold weather in March damaged business.