Category: News

UK businesses are not planning how to manage and deploy human capital, according to new research.

Women now account for 23% of all board seats in FTSE 100 manufacturers – up from 19% in 2013 and 21% last year – according to a new report out today.

A scheme requiring banks to refer small firms rejected for loans to alternative finance providers should be up and running by next year, the managing director of the British Business Bank said.

Activity in the manufacturing sector remained broadly steady in March, according to the CBI’s latest Industrial Trends Survey.

The growth of UK SMEs is being undermined by spiralling costs of doing business, suffocating red tape and bullying tactics from big businesses, a major new poll from the Forum of Private Business reveals.

TSB’s new owner Banco Sabadell plans to use its entry into the UK banking market to support SME exports, according to the Spanish group’s chairman.

A study by Acas has found that amongst callers to the organisations helpline, agency workers were often unaware of their employment rights and afraid of raising workplace concerns due to fears over job security.

Zurich’s SME Risk Index shows that the overwhelming majority, at just under 90 per cent, of SMEs are interested in what the general election could mean for their business, but opinion is divided about the potential consequences.

Over one quarter of people have used social media to complain about a company, while 20 million complaints were made in the UK last year through Facebook, Twitter and consumer forums.

Small Business Saturday names the day for 2015 with free workshop programme to Inspire small business owners

Women over 30 taking the plunge and starting their own businesses increases by one third in a year.

Richard Branson has taken his Virgin brand from records to planes, trains, spacecraft, cruise ships and it seems that indeed automobiles are next on his list.

The EU VAT campaign backed by Business Matters has gained incredible traction over the past week culminating with a delegation meeting the Prime Minister’s team today as David Cameron has pledged to press EU president Jean-Claude Juncker to revise new European laws applying to value added tax on digital services amid concerns the changes could force thousands of small businesses to close.

Small businesses are to receive a productivity boost, thanks to a new fund from the government’s skills experts, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).