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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

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The school project invention that could charge your phone in 20 seconds

21 May 201324 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Waiting hours for a mobile phone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old American high-school student’s Eesha Khare invention.

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Want to start your own business? The people who have say it costs less than a weeks salary

21 May 201320 May 2013 News Business Matters 1 Comment

The average cost of starting a business in the UK is £312, significantly less than the average UK weekly wage of £442, according to a new survey of micro-business owners.

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Can Wikipedia predict stock market price fluctuations?

21 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Wikipedia could have been used as early warning signs of stock market movements, according to a new scientific study.

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The CBI calls for SMEs to open their eyes of alternative sources of finance to grow

20 May 201319 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The CBI has launched an alternative finance guide called on SMEs firms to consider the broad range of finance options available to help them grow, including asset-based lending, equity investment and peer-to-peer lending.

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Banks lambasted for sabotaging SMEs crowdfunding finance deals

19 May 201319 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Banks have been accused of deliberately making it difficult for SMEs to borrow through a crowdfunding website by delaying paperwork and charging high fees.

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Jo Swinson launches Chamber of Commerce’s Business is Good for Equality report

16 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in partnership with the Government Equalities Office (GEO), has launched a new booklet which explores the many ways that Business is Good for Equality.

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David Cameron launches Conservative Party Start-up Hub 2013 to exhibit at Party Conference

15 May 201316 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Prime Minister David Cameron today called on start-up businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to get involved in this year’s Conservative Party Start-up Hub and win the opportunity to showcase their work in front of thousands of visitors at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

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Ikea to introduce new loyalty programme for London based businesses

14 May 201314 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Ikea has announced that is is working on a new loyalty programme aimed at small businesses in London.

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Age Cap set to be removed from Government-backed Start-Up Loans Scheme

14 May 2013 News Business Matters 1 Comment

The Start-Up Loans Company, chaired by former BBC Dragon James Caan that helps thousands of young people start a business has been given the green light to open their doors to budding entrepreneurs of all ages.

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London’s Deputy Mayor opens latest PopUp Shop on famous Kings Road to help start-ups

14 May 201324 April 2024 News Business Matters 0 Comments

London’s Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse has opened the campaign’s latest PopUp shop on the King’s Road in Chelsea to help give start-up retailers from across the UK a helping start.

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Export Week launched to help firms target high growth markets

14 May 201314 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Lord Green has launched a week long series of events up and down the UK to promote business abroad.

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Latest figures show London 2012 brought £2.5bn boost of inward investment to UK

13 May 201313 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Britain’s successful ‘Summer of Sport‘ delivered an initial £2.5 billion boost in foreign direct investment (FDI) over the past year bringing with it more than 31,000 jobs, according to preliminary figures.

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Ella’s Kitchen founder takes children’s food from his dining table to the US boardroom table

12 May 201312 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Paul Lindley, who founded Ella’s Kitchen seven years ago to market “healthy, handy and fun” organic baby and children’s food and has just sold the company for an undisclosed amount to America’s Hain Celestial Group.

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Barclaycard shakes up shopping by launching ‘bespoke offers’ to the nation

9 May 201319 April 2018 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Barclaycard has launches bespoke offers, a personalised shopping service that is free to all UK consumers and will save them money on the goods and services they buy every day.

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Queen’s Speech: third of employers given National Insurance waiver

8 May 20138 May 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A third of employers will no longer have to pay National Insurance contributions under new laws in the Queen’s Speech.

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