New regulations introduced this week, requiring shoppers in England pay 5p for a plastic bag and hoping to reduce the 7.6bn bags shoppers use every year, will please some consumers while annoying others. However, the change is music to the ears of one SME.
The British shoe industry is putting its best foot forward. Demand from Asia, and customers in other parts of the world looking for luxury and premium products with the Made in Britain label, means that shoe factories in the UK are experiencing growing demand.
Alan Sugar might have turned it into a catchphrase, but for most people hearing the words “you’re fired” is quite simply devastating. However, as we find out, it can provide a wealth of new opportunities.
Real Business discovers one SME’s story of success, even after negotiations with two of the Dragons broke down, as it looks to revolutionise the way you go about pre-booking minicabs.
The growth of the coffee shop is one of the biggest changes to our high streets in recent years. Over the last decade or a host of new places to drink coffee ranging from big chains to independent boutique shops have dotted every street, as well as shopping centres, stations and airports.
As small businesses look for new ways to raise money from investment other than through bank loans, invoice financing has been growing rapidly. Advocates include Lord Digby Jones, former president of the CBI and a trade minister under the last government.
It’s a well known fact that companies that export do better than those that don’t. Businesses are 11 per cent more likely to survive if selling abroad, according to research from both the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI).
Global M&A activity in 2014 reached a record $3.5 trillion, up nearly a half on the previous year, according to the eighth Annual Brunswick Group M&A Survey, with this year expected to show deal values only slightly lower. But what about SMEs conducting deals at the smaller end of the market
In a report published in February by the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (CEEDR), small and medium-sized businesses that manage time well were found to be a fifth more likely to achieve higher growth margins than those that don't. Could this focus the minds of many SME owners to make the most of their time in the office
According to a recent report by digital support and training group Tech City UK, there are over 47,000 digital technology businesses in the UK, with over 50 per cent of these founded less than five years ago – making up a huge portion of the SME market.
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