The latest research from IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed) shows that freelancers’ contribution to the economy has continued to soar in the past year, and that London is the hub of the freelancing boom. ...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has denied that its £400m compensation fund for those small businesses who suffered at the hands of its the Global Restructuring Group (GRG) is insufficient – and it has no plans to increase it. ...
SME owners may be called upon to estimate the worth of their business for any number of financial, legal and business reasons, including occasions when they’re attempting to secure grants, benefits, loans or investment. But how do they go about ...
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has issued warnings regarding the rises to business rates due to come into place after April. Business rates are a tax on commercial properties. It is one of the Treasury’s biggest sources of income, ...
According to a new survey, disputes between businesses in the UK is thought to cost around £11.6bn a year. ...
The pound has fallen in value by around 16% against the dollar since the EU referendum result last June. Since then it has affected the way many companies do business. ...
As part of a survey from Citibase Business Confidence Index, two thirds of SMEs have said that they believe Trump’s win could either be positive or have no effect on business. A further 18% went the opposite way and said ...
Labour MP Frank Field has called on Theresa May to guarantee that self-employed workers get a minimum wage. This is for people who work through companies such as Uber and Hermes and technically considered self-employed. He said there should also ...
According to new research from the Social Mobility Commission, professionals with working-class backgrounds are paid £6,800 less on average each year than people with more affluent backgrounds. ...
As promised, Donald Trump has already started to go ahead with more radical changes for the US, particularly for trade policy. ...