The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
North East small firms have chance to apply for funding: Small firms have been given the chance to claim a slice of £1m to boost their export sales. NEBusiness.co.uk is reporting that Market Accelerator, a UK Trade & Investment North East Service, is offering to make 100% investments of between £20,000 and £30,000 to SMEs […]
Making employment law more flexible so that it works in the interests of businesses as well as workers is a major component of our new Get Britain Trading campaign.
The drive to boost local economic growth was stepped up today with Business Minister Mark Prisk announcing a package of measures to help local enterprise partnerships get up and running.
The seventh series of The Apprentice (BBC One) began last night, and the main news to report is that the title is now completely meaningless. The winner of The Apprentice in 2011 will not be Lord Sugar’s apprentice at all. Instead, he or she will get £250,000 of his cash and start a business. Why […]
Business Secretary Vince Cable is set to chair the second meeting of his Entrepreneurs’ Forum, the group which provides informal and personal advice on new business and enterprise policies today.
High street banks have admitted they are incentivising staff to sell more expensive “alternative” credit products to small business customers as industry lending to these businesses fell 3pc in February.
Over 150 businesses are celebrating winning Queen’s Awards today, with 102 companies having won awards for international trade, 44 for innovation and 10 for sustainable development.
Small businesses are allegedly regaining confidence. However, it is claimed that this is not resulting in an increase in staff numbers.
The CBI is today calling on the Government to bolster the UK’s attractiveness to investors, warning that without action, investment and jobs will be lost to other countries.
The Skills Minister John Hayes has called on senior leaders in SMEs to take advantage of funding that will support leadership and management training to help them grow their businesses.
The British Chambers of Commerce’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES), released today suggests that while the UK economy has returned to positive growth, the disappointing results highlight the fragility of the recovery.
Santander was named ‘Business Bank of the Year’ at the annual Business Moneyfacts Awards last week. This prestigious award strengthens Santander’s strategy to become the ‘SME bank of choice’ and was among four awards the Spanish bank took home on the night. It was the third consecutive year Santander has won the award for ‘Business Bank of the Year’.
The Government has today set out a series of measures to help inspire, support and grow business as David Cameron stated his aim that “this decade one of the most entrepreneurial decades ever”
People looking to start their own, or grow their fledgling business has been given a major boost with 60 leading brands have pledging millions of pounds worth of support under a major new campaign launched by the Prime Minister and some of the UK’s leading business leaders today.
Addison Lee, the UK’s largest minicab company reported strong financial results for 2010-11 with bookings up 24 per cent and turnover up by 19 per cent.
