The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Companies with public sector contracts are being urged to prepare for inevitable cuts so that they can avoid the risk of having, possibly immediate, financial problems as Chancellor George Osborne prepares for the deepest public sector cuts Britain has seen post the second World War.
Tens of thousands of small businesses are only one step away from making more profit than their rivals, new research by Warwick Business School suggests.
Company insolvencies have decreased in the first quarter of 2010 by 8.4% bringing the 12-month figure to a total of 4,082, a decrease of 17.8% year-on-year. But the figures could be hiding a secret tsunami of corporate failures, with HMRC being treated as a lender of last resort rather than a tax collector, but now as HMRC increasingly flexes its muscles. We spoke to Steve Clancy, Partner at MCR Tax Arrears Solutions, a specialist in this area for his opinion.
Whether you’re considering paid or natural search marketing, display ads, sponsorship or online video, social media marketing or contextual advertising, the important thing is to find the channels that provide the highest return on investment for your business.
As businesses strive to beat the competition for the number one spot in the search engines, increased emphasis is being placed on search marketing to achieve it. However, the key to success online is to develop a holistic digital strategy that can do this and much, much more.
What gets you going? What motivates entrepreneurs to start and build a business from scratch? It isn’t the money according to a new survey findings
VAT is set to rise under the new coalition government, according to a survey of influential economists.
We have spoken to leading entrepreneurs and commentators within the British Small & medium sized business community to get their thoughts and reaction to the new Conservative & Liberal coalition government.
David Cameron has become the youngest British Prime Minister after Gordon Brown resigned bringing to an end 13 years of Labour rule. But as the government is, it appears, to be a coalition with the Liberal Democrats where does this leave the manifesto plans related to business?
Over recent years social media has transformed the way we communicate, bringing people together and giving businesses the opportunity to open up a dialogue with their customers in new and innovative ways. This massive shift has taken the marketing world by surprise, opening up new opportunities, as well as posing new challenges.
Workers are flocking to the internet to keep up-to-date with the activities surrounding the ongoing general election process, with one ISP claiming they are seeing a 400 per cent increase on normal online activity.
James Max on Gordon Brown still being in denial. Denial that although he has the second biggest number of seats, he and his party lost this election. When I said that bigot meant Brown Is Gone On Thursday, I didn’t say which Thursday.
The Business Matters poll, run over the past four weeks with our partners Trends Research, has seen UK business owners give a huge backing to David Cameron with over half of those that took part voting for the Conservative party and resigning Gordon Brown’s Labour party to third place.
In this article, leading Sales Expert Andy Preston explains why people don’t buy from you …..and what you can change right now to get their business in the future……..
Bigot. What does it mean? Brown Is Gone On Thursday. Who will fill the void? David Cameron and The Conservatives, or a messy hung parliament? It’s going to be close but a few days are left for you to contemplate what lies ahead and the choice you have to make come election day.
Lord Heseltine was the first to warn of the dangers of a hung parliament, but the former deputy prime minister is now “confident” David Cameron will succeed Gordon Brown as Prime Minister.
