Small Business Britain is teaming up with the Amazon Small Business Accelerator to help small firms navigate the cost-of-living crisis and threat of recession.
Category: In Business
Advice on growing your small and medium sized business, SME, in the UK. Hiring and managing staff and finance plus marketing all on one website
Government urged to end rolled-up holiday pay ‘stigma’, as consultation closes
The government has been urged to end the stigma that surrounds rolled-up holiday pay, which leads to hundreds of millions of pounds of holiday pay going unclaimed every year.
New data reveals over half a million UK businesses dissolved in 2022
It’s no understatement to say that 2022 was a very difficult year for UK businesses. The combination of the cost of living and energy crises, alongside the looming threat of a recession, meant that many businesses were left struggling with higher operating costs and fewer consumers to offset these expenses.
Act now to rescue the economy, bosses tell Hunt before the budget
As Jeremy Hunt prepares to present his first spring budget next week, the Treasury is coming under renewed pressure from business leaders to announce greater support to revive faltering investment and economic growth.
Entrepreneurial social enterprise helping young people receives £127,000 from Big Issue Invest
This International Women’s Day, Big Issue Invest is celebrating the female-led award-winning social enterprise Foundervine.
Double Dutch launch third female bartending scholarship to empower women in hospitality
Double Dutch, the producers of award-winning premium mixers and tonics, has launched its Female Bartending Scholarship Programme for the third year
The IOD calls for Sunak to introduce Inflation Reduction Act to UK
The Institute of Directors is calling on the UK government to be significantly more active in incentivising green industries and technologies.
Female founders built over 150,000 new businesses in 2022
Despite inflation reaching record levels coupled with great economic uncertainty, women in the UK built more businesses last year than ever before.
Childcare crisis hurting economy, say small firms ahead of Spring Budget
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on the Chancellor to tackle the childcare crisis and take proactive measures to help more people work in his Spring Budget.
Renters’ set to get protection as watchdog launches probe into housing malpractice
Housing tenants could be given extra protections and housebuilders forced to change their practices, the competition watchdog has warned.
Office attendance surges as hybrid and more localised working take hold across the UK
Hybrid working is becoming more and more engrained, with workers now splitting their time between city centre offices and suburban and rural workspaces.
Broadband must be accessible to all, peers told
Broadband should be made more accessible to people on benefits by encouraging them to use discounted deals designed for them, experts say.
Gary Lineker’s lawyers say HMRC tax inquiry ‘looking in the wrong place’
Gary Lineker’s lawyers have told a legal hearing that a tax inquiry into the footballer’s finances has been “looking in the wrong place”.
Begbies Traynor boosted by collapse of Paperchase and host of insolvencies
Restructuring specialist Begbies Traynor Group says its finances have been boosted by the collapse of Paperchase earlier this year.
HSBC and Lloyd’s of London show differing opinions on the future of homeworking and large HQ buildings
HSBC’s and Lloyd’s rival plans for the futures of their London headquarters have revealed a growing split in attitudes towards the long-term prospects of working from home.
