There’s little denying the power of the Chinese economy these days. It’s the second biggest in the world and predicted to become number one, ahead of the USA, by 2020. It’s also a key focus for many UK SMEs.
Over 3,000 small and medium-sized British businesses are set to benefit from a new deal inked between the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) and an online finance platform.
If London mayor Boris Johnson or his team thought for a moment that his Twitter Q&A session today was going to provide anything other than an opportunity for mockery and trolling, they were largely mistaken.
The debut Start Tank mentorship programme from PayPal and Braintree has come to an end after six months. And as the payment firms prepare to welcome another selection of startups into the latter's London office, they've revealed how the five companies graduating from the scheme have grown over the period.
For any SME, the motivation and retention of key talent is vital. Employees need to remain engaged and involved as much as possible – here are five steps you can take.
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Smart Systems, alongside the Heat Programme, will merge to create a new Catapult.
The government has now followed through with its proposal to introduce significant increases in court fees first mooted in January, with the new regime coming into force on 9 March. Fees for claims of between £1 and £10,000 will remain at their present levels with a £455 ceiling, though the cost of issuing cases worth between £10,000 and £200,000 will rise significantly to five per cent of the value of a claim.
Lesley Stalker examines the news that HMRC has flexed new muscles by swapping paper tax returns for digital returns linked to bank accounts.
During the Budget 2015, George Osborne announced a commitment to invest up to £740m in support for technologies to generate the UK's “cities of the future” with the Internet of Things and broadband enhancements.
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