A survey of 300 business and logistics experts by software provider AEB and the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) University in Germany has found that although many firms collaborate closely with suppliers, the majority are failing to capitalise on the significant opportunities this creates.
By Barry James
It’s been clear for some time that entrepreneur support and education have just not kept up in a world where new jobs are badly needed and created almost exclusively by entrepreneurs in the startup and SME sector. Now it’s time to come together in this time of disruption. It’s time for a re-think…and a little lemonade.
A week after chancellor George Osborne decided to shut the doors to the Business Growth Service and the schemes it ran, we have been in continued conversation with the business community to gauge its reaction – and it’s been pretty unanimously against the move.
Albert Einstein famously once said, “the only source of knowledge is experience” and while I’d have a bit of trouble getting my head around some of Einstein’s mathematic equations, that’s a statement every Tom, Dick and Harry will understand and know it’s true.
By Simon Brooke
As the party conference draws to a close, each of the three main political parties – and many of the smaller parties – have been talking about what they’d do for the country’s SMEs.
Continuing with a series of four articles outlining some of the largest potential export markets for British SMEs, Apeksha Dixit, head of India Desk at Santander UK, talks us through some of the key considerations for British businesses which are looking to enter this dynamic market.
By David Craik
British firms are failing to fire up exporting plans because of concerns over a lack of finance, the BCC has claimed.
By Jan Cavelle
Home secretary Theresa May has called for urgent changes amid the ongoing Channel Tunnel crisis. However, with little actually being done to sway the situation, Jan Cavelle questions whether the government has created a stable environment for businesses to grow in.
This week, MPs warned that government support for small businesses is “complex and unclear.”
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.
