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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
London’s first on-demand valet parking service launched by Saïd Business School alumnus
An alumnus of the MSc Financial Economics (MFE) programme, Robin Doble, has co-founded new venture Vallie, an on-demand valet parking service in London which is the first of its kind in the UK. Doble and co-founder Nash Islam found that the average motorist in the UK wastes 106 days on their life looking for parking spaces, […]
Broadband speeds failing UK businesses
New research highlights the impact of poor broadband on UK workers
UKs small businesses welcome Osborne’s ‘building budget’
There was a sigh of relief from small business owners today as the Government pledged to keep them exempt from business rates.
George Osborne: Tax returns will have to be filed four times a year
The Chancellor has announced that businesses and people who are self-employed will have to update their tax returns four times a year from 2020
Autumn Statement 2015: Live Coverage
Follow our live coverage for the latest on the Autumn Statement and Spending review along with the best of the reactions and comments from business.
British business not to be trusted with our data, say consumers
Consumers across the UK do not trust organisations to protect their personal data and believe business and Government should be doing more to safeguard their privacy.
People who work from home earn more money but miss ‘gossip and flirting’
Flirting and gossip are two of the most common things people who work from home miss about office life, according to research.
Secret to SME innovation? Getting managers to butt out!
The secret ingredient to an innovative workplace is not about having trendy or quirky chill-out zones, but rather by being open to ideas and using old-school tools like a whiteboard.
Get involved with Small Business Saturday
“Get involved” is the message to both small businesses and the public around the UK as small businesses across all business sectors and communities are put back in the national spotlight for the UK’s third annual Small Business Saturday on December 5th.
Telefonica sees its Wayra UK companies receive record levels of investment
Startups at Telefónica’s London startup incubator Wayra have raised a record breaking £22.4 million so far this year.
Evening business dinners preclude working mothers
The first female chief of business lobby group the CBI has criticised business dinners as “not very inclusive” for women.
A buoyant christmas ahead as UK consumers are set to increase retail spending
With less than five weeks until gifts are unwrapped across the country, spending on Christmas purchases is set to increase this year, with one in five consumers planning to spend more than last year.
Nearly 20% of working age adults are running a side business
e-Commerce is fuelling a supplementary economy as 16 per cent of adults join the side business movement
Business leaders back Osborne to push ahead with spending cuts
Chancellor has now agreed the cuts to departmental budgets but faces struggle to meet £10bn surplus forecast
















