The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
Hotbeds of industry are springing up across the UK, as British businesses fight back against the constraints of the economic environment. Analysis of the first 3,000 businesses who have worked with GrowthAccelerator, a national business advice service aimed at facilitating growth, finds Birmingham has seen more high growth businesses contract to the service than anywhere else in the UK.
Cloud computing pioneer, and investment banker, Piers Linney has been named as the new member of the Dragons’ Den, replacing Theo Paphitis.
5 teams of students from across the country have beaten 3,000 young people from 84 secondary schools nationwide, to reach the Grand Finals of a national enterprise competition run by HRH The Prince of Wales’ mentoring charitable initiative
BoostCapital.co.uk has launched a £10 million fund to support the growth ambitions of female entrepreneurs, in time for International Women’s Day.
J2 Global, a leading provider of cloud business services for UK business, today announced its latest research findings revealing the biggest issues currently impacting on small and medium enterprises.
The UK economy will grow less than previously forecast, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
Up to 17.5 million RBS banking group customers were left without their money last night as the bank’s systems crashed.
Winner of the 2011 series of The Apprentice Stella English described the £100,000-a-year job she was given by Lord Sugar was that of an ‘overpaid lackey’, an employment tribunal was told.
Figures released today show English manufacturing SMEs are optimistic for growth in 2013, reinforcing recent economic forecasts predicting an upturn in the sector.
As we head towards the end of the first quarter of 2013 what happens in the next 30 days will almost certainly determine your success for the rest of the year.
The British Retail Consortium has published some very promising figures showing that UK retail sales values were up 2.7 per cent on a like-for-like basis from February 2012, when they were down 0.3 per cent on the preceding year.
The Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) is supposed to provide more cash for individuals and businesses however the number of loans being offered by banks has continued to fall the Bank of England has announced.
Online information storage firm Evernote has asked all users to reset their passwords, following a security breach by hackers.
Lord Sugar has announced he is stepping down as non-executive chairman of digital TV service YouView.
A pop-up shop campaign is calling for local authorities to set aside a percentage of empty shops for small local businesses.
