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SMEs afraid to expand workforce
According to a new Index, the number of small and medium-sized businesses that see opportunities to expand their workforces has fallen by a third since the…
Thursday 5 November 2026
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
According to a new Index, the number of small and medium-sized businesses that see opportunities to expand their workforces has fallen by a third since the…
More than half of SME owners and managers in the UK have never even heard of Research & Development tax relief, according to the results of…
UK employers with more than 250 staff will be required by law to analyse gender pay and bonus figures from 6th April 2017.
New research reveals that a new era of collaboration is upon us.
The UK manufacturing sector slowed in March 2017, but performance remains strong and figures remain above average.
With one week to go until the new IR35 reforms come into force in the public sector, half of contractors are failing on IR35 and facing…
Record sales of asset based finance to small and medium enterprises are to be welcomed, but too few SMEs are aware of how such funding could…
There are twelve $1 billion tech businesses in the North and investment in Northern tech companies is at a 10-year high.
Millions of Brits have claimed to have visited a place they have never been to, enjoyed a book they’ve never read - or eaten food they…
Small business confidence strengthens, with SME Confidence Index scores improving for their own companies, their respective industries, and for the wider UK economy
The world’s biggest competitive water market officially opens today, which for the first time will give more than 1.2 million businesses, charities and public sector bodies…
Full-time workers aged 25 and over on the National Living Wage will see a pay rise of just under £600 per year
Things could be changing for the next generation of job hunters, as research reveals that 46 per cent of the Generation Z workforce were taught about…
Small businesses looking to scale-up have suffered from the ongoing uncertainty, over Brexit and the triggering of Article 50, during the past year, says Guy Rigby,…
Unite, the UK’s largest union, is warning the introduction of the new apprenticeship levy could be taken off course and lead to a sharp rise in…