The latest Close Brothers Business Barometer has revealed that 51.2% of SMEs say they’ve got no plans to take on new staff this year. ...
The deadline for submitting your Self-Assessment tax return is coming up quickly in just a couple of short weeks on January 31st. Surprisingly enough this isn’t everyone’s favourite time of the year. Especially after the Christmas and New Year break, ...
The worst excuses for paying staff below minimum wage have been revealed today, ahead of the release of the government’s advertising campaign to encourage workers to check they are being paid the minimum wage. ...
Many business owners would be surprised to learn what the biggest threat to their cyber security is: their own employees. That’s not to say that you’ve got a team of secret hackers who want to steal and sell your data. ...
The Small Business Taskforce, a group of 14 organisations that represents 2 million small businesses and self-employed individuals, has published a wish list for the New Year – and they’re hoping the Government takes notice. ...
Fast internet connectivity is a must for the majority of small businesses these days as their communications, accounting and tax affairs and often their trade becomes ever more digital. ...
Research by Hitachi Capital’s quarterly British Business Barometer has shown that SMEs’ plans for growth have remained almost unchanged from this time last year, despite the economic uncertainties 2016 has brought. ...
With the New Year just around the corner, now is a perfect time to plan to try something new in your business. Here are a few options to try out to ensure 2017 gets off to a good start: ...
Accountants Moore Stephens have warned that Brexit is the main culprit behind the current struggles of the restaurant trade, which have seen restaurants big and small struggle to cope with rising costs and falling custom. ...
The Small Business Saturday organisers have been surveying SME owners to find out how being their own boss and running a small business has worked out for them and what changes it’s made to their life. And the results were ...