Exporters across the UK are being urged to take part in producing the most accurate picture yet of the health of Britain’s export industry.
Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The search is on for the UK’s most enterprising places
If you live in an area with a thriving business community looking to grow and become a real force both here and abroad, then you could be living in the most enterprising place in the UK.
SME manufacturers expect to see a rise in orders and production
Business sentiment among the UK’s small and medium-sized manufacturers rose for the first time since mid-2011, and orders and production are expected to grow solidly over the next quarter.
UK businesses look to leasing
47 per cent of UK businesses wait three years before updating their technology equipment, research conducted by Equanet, the Dixons Retail-owned provider of IT solutions to business, can reveal today.
UK Economy will pick up through 2012
The UK economy will see growth resume in the second half of 2012, with faster GDP growth during 2013, according to the latest quarterly CBI economic forecast.
Sunday Trading during the Olympic Games: What it means to employers
The Bill to suspend Sunday Trading Laws during the Olympic and Paralympic Games received Royal Assent today after it passed the remaining stages in the House of Commons last night.
“Business deaths” back to highest level for two years
Nearly 70 firms are collapsing every day, the largest number for two years, as banks continue to refuse to lend.
Lloyds and RBS could see profits slashed as Moody’s plans downgrades
Britain’s taxpayer-backed lenders, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland, could see their profits slashed following a downgrade of their credit ratings.
All in a name: UK’s ‘most careless’ business owners unveiled
Leo and Brenda have been labelled the UK’s ‘most careless’ business owners according to Simply Business, with research revealing the top male and female names most likely to run into trouble in the workplace.
Nick Clegg asks business owners ‘What can we do to help your business?’
Nick Clegg proposes helping Angel investment organisations to match entrepreneurs who need cash with rich investors and asks business owners “What can we do to help you?”
George Osborne’s ‘export-led recovery’ is faltering
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.
NAB to cut 1,400 jobs at Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
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.
Over £1 million a year to mobilise UK’s social entrepreneurs
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.
Government makes landmark green investment
Business Secretary Vince Cable today announced a landmark investment in green infrastructure by the Government.
Aviva reviews pay after shareholder concerns
Insurance giant Aviva has announced it will look again at how much it pays senior executives after concerns expressed by shareholders.
