The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
With the news of the government’s plans to cut jobs in the public sector, together with the statistics that showed an ease in employment during June, the current jobs market certainly looks bleak. But one thought leadership strategist maintains that establishing yourself as a REAL thought leader is the only way to keep your job safe!
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of entrepreneurs and people looking to start their own business throwing into doubt the strong belief that the UK business sector has the capacity to lead the recovery in the economy.
The leading business information provider, Equifax, has released its Business Failures Report for the second quarter of this year today. The reports shows a welcome slowing down in the pace of businesses going under compared to earlier in the year and all of 2009, however, the actual number of failures is not quite back to the pre-recession levels of early 2008.
Small businesses with big ideas for tackling climate change are being invited to compete for awards of £40,000 each, as the Shell Springboard programme opens for its sixth year.
“I never prepare for presentations, I just wing it.”
I often hear this said about presentations and I’m not entirely sure I believe this statement. At least, not about successful presentations. This article discusses the need for great preparation for memorable presentations.
Business lending under the Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme fell by 23pc in the six months leading up to the general election, despite ministers’ claims that it would support viable companies.
If your supplier’s factory burns down and, as a result, you do not receive some goods ordered by one of your customers, both you and your supplier may be said to have suffered from Force Majeure, that is to say an event beyond your control.
The UK economy continued to grow in the second quarter of this year, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
The ballot of BT workers for strikes over pay, which could have been a huge problem for UK businesses as soon as next week, has been cancelled following legal advice, according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU).
BT could face strike action over a pay dispute when the result of a ballot of 50,000 CWU union members is known later, which could affect business phone line and broadband access.
It really is the age old dilemma…probably the biggest issue afflicting business since the dawn of time. What am I talking about? Of course it is the ‘how much activity is enough’ challenge.
Some publishers think that only some books deserve to be published. But this is the 21st century! Let me tell you why every book deserves to be published.
In a move that has been spoken about since the Conservative party commissioned, the entrepreneur and past TV Dragon, Doug Richard to produce The Richard Report looking at Small Business and the Government in 2008. The findings were that Business Link was ‘unfit for purpose’, the now Conservative/Liberal Government has announced that Business Link is to be scrapped.
From December Lloyds TSB is cutting the daily and monthly fees for customers who go overdrawn without permission and will halve to £10 the fee for bouncing a cheque or electronic payment.
The Chancellor George Osborne today called the called the measures in this historic Budget “unavoidable,” and announced a raft of changes to tax and spending. The key news from today’s Budget was:
