The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
There is very positive news out today as the latest Insolvency Index, from business risk specialists Experian, has revealed that the rate of insolvencies dropped to…
This morning it seemed pretty much impossible to escape from sound bites of Ed Balls trying to up his stock. It was hard to see what…
The Prime Minister has vowed to defy the economic downturn and predictions of tourism displacement around the Olympics by announcing a £1bn boost in Games-related business.
Google is helping with a scheme to help Britain's small businesses grow online, starting with firms in Liverpool.
I’m sure I am not a lone voice in the business community who thinks the 2019 deadline set in the Vickers Report gives the banks plenty…
The government must back rigorous ring-fencing of retail banking from investment banking in order to encourage banks to lend to high-growth, high-risk SMEs. Doing so is…
A lack of jobs and higher university tuition fees have led to a growing number of teenagers and young people aspiring to be their own boss…
Skills Minister John Hayes has announced a package of new measures to make it easier for employers to take on large numbers of apprentices.
New figures released by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) show that female executives are earning as much as their male counterparts for the first time since…
Barclays has launched a £100 million fund for UK farmers investing in renewable energy, tracking the massive groundswell of interest from farmers seeking to cut energy…
Back in the headlines as a central plank of the Government’s plans to encourage warring couples to resolve their differences out of court, the mediation process…
New research has found that almost two thirds of employers do not expect female employees to return to work after their maternity leave; of which the…
The government has announced additional locations for new enterprise zones as it tries to boost economic growth across the country by providing cheaper business rates, superfast…
StartUp Britain, the major enterprise initiative launched in May this year, will begin a bus tour of some of the UK’s entrepreneurial hot spots in a…
The UK economy will continue to grow, but at a sluggish rate in 2011 and pick up modestly in 2012, according to the CBI’s latest economic…