Category: News

UK businesses are starting 2014 with a call to government to support British manufacturing, following the sector’s encouraging performance in the last half of 2013.

Research from UK’s small businesses has found that more are confident about investing in their businesses than in the past few years, with over half saying they more likely to invest in growth in the first six months of 2014 than the same time last year.

The global economy is at a “turning point”, the World Bank has said, as it forecasts stronger growth for 2014.

Figures released this week show that the UK inflation rate dropped to 2% in December 2013, hitting the target set by the Bank of England’s forward guidance policy.

Startup Institute, the career accelerator for people who want to work in startups or early-stage technology companies, is opening new schools in London and Berlin.

Small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK could be losing out on as much as £3.7billion each year through failing to submit or chase up invoices, a new study reveals.

A ground-breaking £2m incubator fund is offering zero per cent interest loans to social entrepreneurs across the North of England.

Recent research has revealed that a quarter of British SME’s are starting the new year with sustainability declared as one of their top priorities.

A brand new, £8m initiative, designed to re-invigorate UK high streets, has been announced by Science and Universities Minister, David Willetts.

Employment prospects across the UK have received a significant boost after it emerged that almost a third of Britain’s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) intend to recruit new staff in 2014.

Over-achievers are at risk of becoming addicted to the internet because of the pressure they put on themselves to continue working outside of office hours.

The British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) released today provides further evidence that the UK economy is growing at a solid pace, and could even strengthen in the short term.

British Chambers of Commerce said restrictions on bank lending to small and medium-sized businesses will hit growth

The Brathay Apprentice Challenge 2014 is now under way with over 110 teams consisting of over 1000 apprentices entered into the contest to be crowned the apprentice team of the year.

One of the UK’s leading small business advice hubs says that Britain’s entrepreneurial culture has developed faster than ever this year meaning that there has never been a better time to start your own business.