‘Brexit Day’ may not signal the end of small business uncertainty
‘Brexit Day’ has arrived. Will it trigger positive new change or another year of indecision and delay for small businesses and exporters?
Tag: Small Businesses
Google’s Kim Spalding explains company’s SME direction
Once upon a time, Google’s Kim Spalding owned a winery with her husband. Today, she brings her experience to the multinational firm where they’re providing digital tools to help small businesses grow.
Autumn Statement 2016: What are businesses saying?
Today the chancellor Philip Hammond announced the Autumn Statement and unveiled a range of tax reforms and investments. Here’s what businesses had to say about the statement.
Ormsby Street: Using big data to prevent business credit headaches
With the average UK SME owner waiting 72 days before the invoices they send out are settled, innovative fintech player Ormsby Street, one of the Everline Future 50 2016, provides a unique service for small firm bosses seeking to limit their exposure to the cash flow issues caused by late payment.
Chuka Umunna exclusive: Small Business Saturday is crucial for the success of firms big and little
The shadow business secretary spoke to Real Business at the launch of Small Business Saturday 2015, providing details on his ambitious aims for the annual day and why the event is instrumental in helping companies of all sizes prosper.
What the UK’s businesses would look like were there only 100 of them
It’s been said that small businesses were the ones to lead the UK out of the recession. Dubbed the “lifeblood of the economy”, it’s not hard to see why the sector has been subject to so much government focus. But would we be looking at a slightly different picture if Britain only had a total of 100 businesses
Bizdaq: A new digital way to sell your business
By Simon Brooke
While corporate finance houses have made a pretty penny selling businesses for decades now, a new online option is threatening to turn the advisor sector on its head.
To create a “jobs factory” we need to support the “S” in SMEs
By Jane Gomez
The Supper Club MD Jane Gomez gives her opinion on the recent Start Up Loans funding commitment and explains what must be done to support the next stage of growth – scale-ups.
Charlie Mullins: Making a workforce feel valued and thanked is key to success
The success of a good entrepreneur is marked by the success of the people they surround themselves with.
Charlie Mullins: Creating an army of like-minded entrepreneurs
It doesn’t matter if it’s an entrepreneur like me, who started with just a bag of tools and a battered old van, or someone like QPR footballer Charlie Austin who’s gone from playing non-league to Premier League in a handful of seasons; we all love a good story about people who beat the odds to succeed.