The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Businesses are failing to develop plans for international trade as part of their growth strategies, despite the Government calling on the SME community to help drive the UK’s export-led recovery, according to new research by Bibby Financial Services.
National Australia Bank, owner of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks in Britain, is to cut 1,400 jobs at the loss-making arm by 2015.
A growing movement of community entrepreneurs will be equipped with the tools to change hundreds of thousands of people’s lives across the UK in a five-year programme launching this week.
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced a landmark investment in green infrastructure by the Government.
Insurance giant Aviva has announced it will look again at how much it pays senior executives after concerns expressed by shareholders.
The next stage of the Government’s new £10 million ‘Start-up Loans’ for young people pilot scheme has been announced today by Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk.
Worries about prospects for the coming year kept Britons’ economic morale in the doldrums in April, a survey showed on Friday
Standard & Poor’s cut Spain’s sovereign debt rating Thursday by two notches, warning that the government’s budget situation is worsening and that is likely to have to prop up its banks.
Leading business recovery specialists, Cranfield Business Recovery, are urging business owners not to lose faith despite the gloomy forecast that a quarter of small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the UK expect their businesses to fold by 2014
The CBI today (Friday) commented on the first annual funding statement by the Pensions Regulator.
KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank is reporting an even bleaker outlook for UK retailers, with the health of the industry expected to worsen to record levels before any signs of recovery.
Despite recent advances in the science of how people learn, most organisations are slow to incorporate new advances in training and development, instead relying on decades-old analysis and techniques
An increasing number of young people leaving university are bypassing the career ladder altogether and setting up their own businesses.
UK bank Barclays has said it has made an “encouraging” start to the year as it reported its first-quarter results.
A new online toolkit has been launched today by Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb, which provides first-time employers with a step-by-step guide through their obligations when taking on a member of staff.
