Amazon and UKTI join forces to help SMEs go global
By David Craik
SMEs are being encouraged to sell through Amazon and boost overseas trade, in light of ambitious government target to hit £1tn in exports by 2020.
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Facebook overhauls offering for SMEs to suit mobile – and here’s how
With over one billion people now viewing Facebook “Pages” every month, the social media platform has updated its offering to help businesses “build mobile presence” and interact with customers with greater ease.
Entrepreneurial SMEs: The best fit for ambitious, wild card university grads
By Jan Cavelle
Despite a record number of successful A Level results and graduate placements, there is still an absolute record ruddy skill shortage in this country – which is holding great companies back. Crazy isn’t it – and it isn’t just the government that isn’t listening.
How governance can be simplified and sped up by employing new technologies
Whether you’re an early-stage business builder or established entrepreneur looking to take the business to the next level, governance forms an important part of daily operations – but is something to be done expediently and conclusively by leveraging new techniques. Real Business meets those who have implemented vital time-saving strategies to create a new technology-led way of addressing key factors such as accounting and ordering.
Vehicle leasing on the rise as SMEs make first impressions count
Growing faster than any other advanced economy in the last year, the UK’s economic prospects are looking fairly rosy – at least for the time being – and in response, SMEs are making a charge for expansion to reap the rewards.
Business advice from a position of empathy and understanding
By Simon Brooke
Advisors at the likes of EY and PwC may know their stuff, but for Phil Mitchell and his consultancy Harbour Key it is the to ability come from a position of similar risk and structure that is reaping rewards.
Creating the right app for your business
By Simon Brooke
While often seen as big cost developments rolled out by larger businesses, smartphone applications (apps) are increasingly becoming useful tools for SMEs as the build cost comes down.
Charlie Mullins: Think Netflix and Burger King, not cocktails by the pool
One of the biggest threats to a business is complacency. We’ve all just escaped from a deep and devastating recession and the economy is heading in the right direction, but none of us can afford to stand still.
UK’s forgotten engines of growth: Learnings from the fastest-growing medium-sized ventures
By Chris Gentle
Medium-sized businesses are driving the UK’s economic recovery – so what lessons should the government and others take from these successful firms
The impact of EU deflation on UK small and medium-sized businesses
Much has been said of the impact from European deflation, the introduction of quantitative easing and the spectre of another continental recession – but how does this impact you as a business leader or owner-manager