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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Government apprenticeship expansion is ‘devaluing brand’
The government wants to deliver three million new apprenticeships over five years however the push to create apprenticeships fast has devalued their brand, with low level skills such as coffee-making being accredited, Ofsted has said.
Half of UK Small companies expect productivity to keep growing
Over 60 per cent of UK SMEs have taken steps to improve productivity over the past year and half expect their output per worker to continue growing over the next two years, according to a new report.
Children from entrepreneurial families would rather start their own business
Children from families that own a business would rather start their own than take over from their parents, according to new research
Government helps UK songwriters hit the right note with musical exports
Thirteen UK music companies together with three songwriters are to receive significant funding to boost their overseas touring and song-writing collaborations. Among those selected are the management company behind Catfish and the Bottlemen, winner of the BBC Introducing Award.
Just 5% of businesses provide both numeracy training and support for employees
The research polled 2,000 UK adults and 1,000 senior business decision-makers to find out the strength of the UK’s maths skills and how this could potentially affect performance in the workplace. Overall, 15 per cent of businesses polled said they feel their company lacks people with appropriate numeracy skills, rising to more than one in […]
Small Business Saturday team announces its largest UK bus tour
29 stops in 27 days – Small Business Saturday team announces its largest UK bus tour to hit the road in November
Michelle Mone’s lingerie firm publishes £388,000 losses on eve of admission into House of Lords as new business tsar
The lingerie company set up by Michelle Mone has announced losses of nearly £400,000 on the eve of her admission into the House of Lords as David Cameron’s business tsar.
As business numbers hit record numbers confidence is key to success says FSB
Small businesses accounted for 99.3 per cent of all private sector businesses at the start of this year, according to new figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
MassChallenge Announces top 26 startups competing for £500,000 in cash awards
Today, MassChallenge announced the top 26 startups from its 2015 UK startup accelerator cohort. The 26 will pitch to a final judging panel to determine which startups will share £500,000 in equity-free cash to be awarded directly by MassChallenge UK.
Number of UK businesses hits record levels
The number of private sector business in the UK has hit 5.4 million – a new record – according to official figures published today.
Graduates spend twice as long getting suited & booted for job interviews as they do researching the position
The typical university leaver takes 28 minutes to shower, 13 minutes to dress and a further 19 minutes to shave or apply make-up in a bid to ‘dazzle and impress’ prospective employers.
Government closes Broadband Voucher SME scheme after it runs out of money
The government has closed its SME broadband Connection Voucher scheme to new applicants after exhausting the available funding
Yodel gear up for Christmas creating 7000 jobs across the UK
Yodel is recruiting 7000 part-time and full-time staff across the UK in preparation for this year’s peak Christmas period. The news comes at a time when UK unemployment has risen for the second consecutive quarter, with the number of people out of work increasing by 25,000 to 1.85 million
Businesses trying to scale-up are being suffocated by UK immigration barriers
A new scale-up organisation led by leading angel investors Sherry Coutu and Reid Hoffman is calling on the UK government to remove all barriers to recruiting talent from overseas.
