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We have an ever-growing consumer culture these days which expects 24/7 service from businesses meaning that small business owners and their employees are expected to work longer days in order to keep up with demand. It would be easy to say here that people should just learn to say ‘no’, but considering the economy, it…
read moreSmall business lending is showing sign of recovery as they have reached a two year high, according to the latest Bank of England figures. The figures show that lending to small businesses rose by £238m between May and June of this year, the biggest rise since 2011. Since 2009 lending to both small and large…
read moreThe gender gap in website ownership is closing as the number of women registering domain names has risen by 9 per cent, according to a study released this week. Domain registrar 123-reg polled 7,000 of its customers and found that over 27 per cent of its customers are women showing an increase in the figures…
read moreBig business is being encouraged to adopt the entrepreneurial spirit of startups and SMEs in the aim of boosting the UK’s economic growth. In a recent study carried about by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found that encouraging a culture of ‘intrapreneurialism’ could help bigger business to follow the same innovation and…
read moreYou’re setting up your business, you’ve got your finances sorted, your business plan is in place, your website is set up and you’re ready to begin. But what about your telecoms? It’s one part of a business that is vital to have in place but is rarely reviewed, you usually choose a package or system…
read moreThere’s a real trend at the moment for people leaving the rat race of their daily working lives to branch out on their own and build their own business. The attractiveness of being your own boss and being able to grow and mould an idea of your own into a successful entity is something more and…
read moreYorkshire-based SMEs will soon be able to accept more efficient payments as a new technology, GoCardless, is launched this week. The new online tool will enable SMEs to collect Direct Debits quickly and cost effectively, helping businesses to process payments a lot easier than they currently do. GoCardless is a technology start-up by three graduates,…
read moreHalf of all employees now work out of the office at least once a week and more than one in four choose to work out of the office every day, new research has found. Being able to work remotely has been boosted by faster broadband speeds and better IT infrastructure, which enable employees and business…
read moreTo coincide with 4th July celebrations in America, high streets up and down the UK celebrate our very own Independants Day which celebrated the role that independent shops play across the nation. As the day got under way, the cabinet of economic development released brand new stats which state at for every £1 spend in…
read moreSMEs have been promised more financial support as pressure builds on Royal Bank of Scotland to offer more credit. The taxpayer-owned bank is now writing to 100,000 small and medium-sized businesses across the UK to offer more funding. The move comes after Chancellor George Osborne demanded RBS did more to support the economy last week.…
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