Home businesses looking to scale could generate an additional £3.3 billion in profits for the UK economy if they grow beyond the home, according to a new study.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
One in five adults are unhappy with their career
One in five UK adults are dissatisfied with their careers, new research has revealed.
UK business leaders feel Brexit negotiations going badly
British business leaders have voiced their dissatisfaction with the way Brexit negotiations are being handled, with almost four fifths stating the government are doing quite or very bad a job.
Young people lose more than £6,000 a year due to wage discrimination
A new report shows that under-25s are missing out on between £820 and £6,300 a year because they are not entitled to the legal ‘National Living Wage’.
Cyber criminals increase attacks on remote working technologies
UK businesses were subjected to more than 600 cyber attacks a day during the third quarter of 2017, according to a new data.
UK businesses are stifling their employees’ creativity and innovation
UK businesses are failing to support a culture of innovation despite employees believing that their companies would benefit from fresh ideas and innovative ways of working, new research shows.
Londoners are the poorest workers in Britain
UK professionals working in the city of London are officially the poorest workers in Britain, according to research, despite the fact that Londoners continue to earn the highest average salary in the UK.
Bad debt soars despite increase in sales and salaries
Debt owed to suppliers across key UK business sectors has risen by 95.4 per cent to £962 million between July and September 2017, eclipsing the 1.5 per cent rise seen at the end of Q2.
Nearly half of IT contractors earn above UK employee salary average in just 90 days
Nearly half of independent contractors are able to earn above the national annual average salary of a full-time IT professional in just 90 days, new research has revealed.
Work important to majority of employees with a mental health problem
People diagnosed with a mental health problem within the last five years were more likely to regard their job as very important to their mental health.
Give shoppers more time to spend old £1 coins
With 500 million round pounds still circulating, a business group says the changeover period to new £1 coins is not long enough.
Spring is best time of year to launch a business
New research has revealed that almost nine in ten SME owners whose businesses began trading in the spring, representing more than 4.8million firms in the UK.
UK SMEs ignore the huge success of the smartphone
According to new research British small businesses could be failing to cash in on the boom in mobile shopping by not having responsive websites.
Retail giant Amazon launches academy for UK’s rural SMEs
Amazon has announced a new academy dedicated to rural businesses, following a reported growth in small and medium-sized enterprises in the countryside.
It’s time to rethink company spending
Your workforce is changing – over the past decade there has been a sizeable shift in the way we work, where we work and with whom we work.
