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Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Landmark legal case could impact how staff are paid commission
A landmark case relating to how holiday pay should be calculated for employees who earn commission has found that commission payments which are intrinsically linked to the performance of a worker’s’ contractual duties must be included in holiday pay calculations.
Quality management remains key challenge for SMEs
UK businesses are failing to retain middle management according to new report
James Caan CBE invests in Property Tech Fund, Pi Labs
Property Innovation Labs (Pi Labs), is pleased to announce that James Caan CBE, the business entrepreneur and former Dragon, has invested in the Pi Labs fund through Seedrs.
University launches programme tailored to support family businesses
Lancaster University Management School is preparing to launch a new programme tailored to help support the family business sector.
£1.5 million injection into Lancashire local economy
Lancashire County Council and Funding Circle partnership injects £1.5 million into local economy
What Supreme Court divorce ruling could mean for SME business owners
Protecting your business wealth – lessons for SME owners from landmark case
Crowdcube Spain reaches major milestone as start-ups raise over €1 million on the platform
Crowdcube, the world’s first investment crowdfunding platform, opened its Spanish operation just nine months ago.
Over a million small businesses lack basic digital skills
More small to medium-sized UK businesses (SMEs) are seeing the benefits of being digitally enabled but there are still around 1.2 million that lack basic digital skills, missing out on potential revenue and customer interaction, according to the second annual UK Business Digital Index by Lloyds Bank.
Centre for Entrepreneurs drops demands for Startup Britain domain handover
Business Matters helps secure victory for a British blogger in his battle to retain the domain startupbritain.co.uk registered before the government backed scheme launched four years ago.
Britain’s top boardrooms on track to meet women on boards target
The 2015 Cranfield Female FTSE Board Report launched today, confirms that Britain’s top boardrooms are set to meet the 25% women on boards target this year.
Fired judges proves porn at work could bring the hammer down on your business
Three judges were fired last week for viewing porn at work…but they aren’t the only ones as according to a new survey a fifth of UK workers would not tell their employer about a potential threat to business they had caused as a result of accessing porn and/or adult websites.
Startup Britain accused of threatening British Startup with unjust court action
A British blogger with a keen interest in business startups has been threatened with legal action and a bill that could stretch into thousands of pounds as Startup Britain demand he hand over the domain startupbritain.co.uk he registered before the support organisation existed
Sir Richard Branson offers record £1m prize fund for Pitch 2 Rich 2015
The nationwide competition enters its Fourth year which gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch to the Virgin billionaire
Champneys, French Connection & Conde Nast shamed for minimum wage failure
French Connection, Conde Nast and Champneys have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage.
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