Two brothers from Hastings in East Sussex with a lifelong passion for BMX bikes have received a top industry award for turning a business once based in their bedroom into the largest BMX retailer in the world.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Consumer finance expert Martin Lewis to sue Facebook over scam adverts
Lewis, founder of consumer site Money Saving Expert, is set to bring High Court proceedings for a campaigning defamation lawsuit against Facebook.
Research reveals new ‘cookie law’ could see brands lose more than 40% of web traffic
A new international study in the UK and France has found 30 per cent plan to reduce the amount of cookie-based display, paid search and retargeting they carry out in the immediate aftermath of the new ePrivacy regulation.
Australian startup Control Bionics wins Pitch@Palace Commonwealth
Last night, The Duke of York announced Control Bionics, an Entrepreneur from Australia, as the winner of the inaugural Pitch@Palace Commonwealth.
INVEST Essex lends support to Young Enterprise County Final
INVEST Essex, the investment promotion and business support agency, is backing the Young Enterprise Essex Company of the Year County Final 2018 by sponsoring the competition’s Best Presentation Award.
SMEs flock to join Forum of Private Business after Brexit vote
Forum Managing Director, Ian Cass, says the surge, which now means there are more than 30,000 members, cannot simply be explained by Brexit uncertainty alone.
Taxman apologises for pensions blunder as HMRC forced to remove relief calculator from website
Pension experts slam HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for failing to take down flawed tax relief calculator, despite knowing it was providing incorrect advice.
Will.i.am joins jury for $1M tech startup competition
Tech entrepreneur and creative innovator will.i.am has been announced as a judge for the Chivas Venture – a global competition that gives away $1 million in no-strings funding every year to the world’s most promising social startups.
More people than ever searching for, and shouting about local favourites online
Thanks to social media, shopping habits are seemingly returning to days of old, with more people than ever making the effort to get out, explore their local area and find ‘hidden gems’, according to new research.
Average young Brits buy products seen on social media 3 times a month
Facebook, Instagram and YouTube emerged as the most common places customers are first introduced to products they purchase, with the average monthly spend equating to £84, or £1,008 a year.
Fifteen major high street names have closed their doors in past 12 months
Fifteen major retailers or restaurant groups have gone into CVA or administration in the twelve months since the April 2017 Business Rates Revaluation, with ten of them since the beginning of this year- in the last three and a half months alone.
New stores are opening on UK high streets at lowest rate in seven years
The Local Data Company, which studied the top 500 British town centres, found there were 4,083 new store openings in 2017, the lowest since 2010.
Poor company culture is costing UK economy £23.6 billion a year
A new report has revealed a third of Brits who quit their job, did so because of company culture.
Are work dress codes becoming more relaxed than ever?
The Western trend of ‘casual Fridays’, also known as ‘dress down Fridays’ has been widely adopted by many UK businesses for several years, with some now taking on this more relaxed approach five days a week.
Pub chain Wetherspoon shuts down all its social media accounts
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has announced that it is quitting social media.
















