A top banking figure warned “major failures” surround the interest rate swap scandal, as Labour demanded changes to help smaller firms to tackle their banks over the issue.
Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
60 per cent increase in energy costs harming business profitability
With business energy costs now representing 0.51 per cent of businesses’ total annual profits, what can UK businesses do to overcome this latest financial setback?
Businesses urged to help employees plan their travel ahead of the Games
Olympians Sally Gunnell and Chris Boardman share their tips on how employees can get around London quicker and easier during Games time
Employers continuing to struggle to fund wages that keep pace with inflation
Good management to support employees and maintain employee engagement is more important than ever
Deborah Meaden backs Make it in Great Britain
Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden is backing a Government campaign to tackle outdated perceptions of manufacturing and seek out new, innovative ideas it has been announced today.
L&D needs new skills to engage senior leaders in the learning process
L&D practitioners must develop their strategic and commercial acumen if they are to convince senior leaders to engage with L&D and to champion learning
Cohabiting couple? Don’t trust your business to luck
Cohabiting couples who run a business together need to cut out complacency and take appropriate measures to protect themselves and their business should the relationship break down.
Cameron’s enterprise advisor: UK plc must match US growth rate for start-ups
The Prime Minister’s enterprise advisor Lord Young is urging Government to facilitate a fast expansion of flexible business space, to foster the same levels of entrepreneurship in the UK as in the USA.
Hidden cost of office pilfering
Workers who ‘borrow’ things from their offices are racking up costs of £2 billion a year and unwittingly leaving their employers open to security breaches with far-reaching implications.
£50 million Business Angel CoFund invests first £7.2 million in five SMEs
The Angel CoFund has announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to SMEs.
Taking business rates “begging bowl” from councils ‘worth £10bn’
Plans to allow councils to keep a share of the business rates they raise will add £10bn to the economy over the next seven years, the Government has estimated.
Enterprising students to discover new route to employment
A new Government led initiative to boost enterprise will see up to 4,000 entrepreneurial university students and graduates in England connecting with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Get your company logo on the Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes F1 cars
Vodafone UK is offering one small to medium size business customer the chance to win its own piece of F1 glory and the chance to put your brand in front of a global television audience.
Business doesn’t need government to crack the whip to get growth going
In a speech to senior business leaders and politicians at the CBI Annual Dinner in London this evening, the organisation’s President, Sir Roger Carr, made clear that business didn’t need ministers to “crack the whip” to get growth going.
Mary Portas set to run hotel with Gordon Ramsay training unemployed service staff in new Channel 4 show
The retail expert Mary Portas is joining forces with the celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to focus on the hotel industry taking on the challenge of running a hotel for a new Channel 4 TV series.
