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

Climb Online

Four million reasons to celebrate Apprentice winner’s two years in business

14 January 201713 January 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Climb Online, the digital marketing agency founded by BBC Apprentice winner Mark Wright, is celebrating its two-year anniversary.

worker

Rigid workplace cultures are holding employees back

13 January 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

More than half of UK workers feel that both the structure and culture of their workplaces are holding them back from doing their job more effectively, with 53 per cent warning they will consider moving jobs unless their organisation changes, according to research.

postbox

Post will remain key to customer communication say UK businesses

13 January 201713 January 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

New research has found that, despite the rise of digital technologies transforming business processes, significant numbers of UK companies are still managing large volumes of post.

worried businessman

Government policy worries for small businesses

13 January 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

SMEs are optimistic about the prospects for the UK economy, but increasingly concerned about the lack of support from the government, according to the latest research.

mental health

Employees need mental health support from businesses all year round

13 January 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The third Monday in January has for many years been labelled Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year. However, mental health problems can affect people on any day.

jobs

The top 10 industries to find a job in 2017 revealed

13 January 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

New data has found that the design, leisure and tourism and catering industries are some of the top sectors to find a new job this year, showing great promise for job hunters looking for work in these areas.

Brexit

UK companies would cope with ‘hard Brexit’, says Fitch boss

13 January 20175 August 2026 News Business Matters 0 Comments

British companies across all sectors will remain resilient after the country leaves the European Union, even if the UK heads for a “hard Brexit”, according to Fitch.

finance

SME borrowing to soar above £50bn in 2017

11 January 2017 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Research shows that British small and medium-sized businesses are planning on borrowing an average of £41,770 in 2017.

Wayra UK

First cyber security start-ups selected for GCHQ Cyber Accelerator

11 January 2017 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Seven cyber security start-ups have been selected to join the new GCHQ Cyber Accelerator, powered by Wayra UK, which officially launches today.

sad worker

44% of workers say Winter has a negative effect on their mental wellbeing

11 January 2017 News Business Matters 2 Comments

Winter has a huge impact on the mental health and wellbeing of British workers according to a new survey.

recruitment

Employers reworking recruitment processes to hire top talent

10 January 2017 News Business Matters 3 Comments

Nearly half of employers are having to reduce the length of their hiring process because they want to hire new staff more quickly, new research revealed.

staff bereavement

Businesses ‘struggle to deal with staff bereavement’

10 January 2017 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Businesses are not prepared to deal with the impact of staff bereavement and terminal illnesses in the workplace, new research shows.

SME

UK SMEs urged to settle for more in 2017

10 January 2017 News Business Matters 1 Comment

New research reveals that around a third of business deposit accounts are paying 0.1 per cent Gross/AER or less on balances of £25,000, highlighting the real opportunity for UK businesses to shop around.

Pitch Up

Notonthehighstreet.com launches Pitch Up 2017

9 January 201723 October 2021 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Notonthehighstreet.com is touring its Pitch Up event in a hunt to find the best new creative talent from across the UK.

cyber criminals

UK businesses targeted 230,000 times each by cyber criminals in 2016

9 January 2017 News Business Matters 1 Comment

UK businesses were, on average, subjected to almost 230,000 cyber attacks each during 2016, according to new analysis.

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Call blocker firm fined £190,000 for making the nuisance calls it claimed to stop

A company that sold devices promising to protect elderly people from nuisance calls has been fined £190,000 by the ICO for making more than 758,000 of them itself, every one to a number registered with the Telephone Preference Service.

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