The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
New research has revealed that almost a third of new British businesses will start life as a pop-up. The research has also found that 11.6 million people want to become an entrepreneur in the next two years, and 29 per cent of them plan to do so by launching a pop-up.
BGF (Business Growth Fund plc) is expanding its activities by launching the largest ever venture capital fund dedicated to earlier stage UK technology companies.
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A startling lack of public awareness about the new pension reforms and a concern that they may exacerbate irresponsible spending, pensioner vulnerability and fraud is revealed by new Towers Watson study
The latest quarterly Manufacturing Outlook survey reveals a picture of weaker than expected growth for the sector in the second quarter of the year.
Andy Burnham is seeking to position himself as the ‘champion’ of wealth creation in a bid to challenge the view he is the unions’ candidate for the Labour leadership
UK economic growth raced ahead in the three months to May, reaching its strongest rate for a year, and the fast pace of growth is expected to continue.
Simon Cowell is the celebrity that people are most likely to take financial advice from; Sarah Ferguson is the least likely to be asked.
Online technology business generates one of the highest amounts of investment funds in Danish history.
Rising incomes for women mean that over the course of the last year they have shaved on average nine months off the age they will be when they reach £1 million in lifetime earnings.
CBI Retail Report suggests British retailers enjoyed a jump in sales this month and were at their most optimistic for 27 years
The UK’s service sector showed strong growth in the three months to May, though concerns are increasing about the availability of skills and labour, according to the latest quarterly CBI Service Sector Survey.
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has underlined its support for UK SMEs by launching 25 months fee-free day-to-day banking for start-ups and small businesses switching to the banks.
The quest to find Britain’s best manufacturers is back. EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and Aldermore have joined forces again to launch the 7th annual Future Manufacturing Awards, designed to find Britain’s unsung manufacturing heroes.
It may be the land of John Logie Baird, Frank Whittle and James Dyson, but Britain’s new generation of inventors appear to have fallen far behind their European counterparts in bringing new products to market.
