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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

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Don’t forget Tax payment deadline is midnight today

31 July 201730 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Taxpayers are being urged not to overlook a looming payment deadline owing to summer holidays, otherwise they face a fine.

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Minister calls for Scotch whisky to be defined in law

30 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The Scottish government has called for Scotch to be defined in UK law in order to protect whisky exports after Brexit.

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SMEs supplying large firms asked to prove cyber security systems are in place

30 July 201730 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Larger firms are increasingly demanding that smaller suppliers sign up to stringent cyber security systems in order to win contracts.

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The Snaffling Pig Co are crowned winners of Virgin Foodpreneur 2017

30 July 201729 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Having fought off competition from hundreds of other entrants, each with incredibly high quality businesses and ideas, The Snaffling Pig Co were crowned winners at an exclusive London pitching event.

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Lloyds Bank ‘bucks the trend’ with specialist finance for growing venison industry

30 July 201729 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Lloyds Bank has launched a range of finance options for the flourishing UK venison industry to help farmers overcome the financial barriers to establishing or growing herds.

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Huge investment is driving tech companies to head for Wales

29 July 201729 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Tech City’s recent report highlights both the Welsh capital Cardiff and Swansea as attractive cities for those working in tech, as an alternative to the digital capital, London.

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UK households still shun green energy

29 July 201729 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Energy providers are being urged to do more to promote green energy after a survey revealed just 1 per cent of the population is on a green tariff.

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UK Company insolvencies at record 17-year low

29 July 201730 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The underlying number of company insolvencies in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest quarterly level in 17-years, according to latest statistics released by the Insolvency Service.

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Driverless delivery vehicle to hit UK’s roads in 2018

29 July 201729 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A Welsh start-up is on track to deliver one the of first road-legal A.I.-controlled autonomous vehicles in 2018 thanks to a successful crowdfunding round.

UK Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees illegal

29 July 201731 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The government has been forced into a humiliating and costly overhaul of employment tribunal fees after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that they were “inconsistent with access to justice” and breached both EU and UK law.

customer engagement

Mind the gap: Customers increasingly disaffected by brands

28 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Nearly 60 per cent of UK organisations believe that real-time customer engagement can deliver a 10 to 40 per cent increase in revenue, according to a report.

employee productivity

British employees are more productive in minimalist spaces

28 July 201728 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Office-based workers could become more productive if they work in a minimalist environment, according to new research.

sme security

Nearly half of UK SMEs surveyed expect to be hit by rising security threats

28 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

UK SMEs are under prepared to respond to a crisis scenario, despite their awareness that security threats are rising and 44 per cent expecting to face some form of attack in the near future, research reveals.

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Summer sunshine spurs growth in retail sales

27 July 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Retail sales growth picked up in the year to July, exceeding expectations for minimal growth, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey.

iPad on beach

Gadget obsessed Brits heading for a burnout as they fail to achieve a work/life balance

27 July 201723 April 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The traditional view of annual leave as a chance to leave behind the woes of the office and the everyday world behind us, seems to be wide off the mark for technology obsessed Brits. 

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