As entrepreneurs, there’s a lot on your shoulders. Keeping a business thriving is a difficult job. You’re battling competition, industry changes and rising costs. You might have tons of employees relying on your business to succeed and for you to ...
George Osbourne promised in the 2015 budget speech that the national living wage would eventually reach £9 an hour by 2020. Last month, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell promised that a Labour government would beat that target and increase it ...
Last week business owners found out about changes to their business rates in the first revaluation since 2010. While the changes have been welcome news to hundreds of thousands of businesses around the UK, not everyone is celebrating. London will ...
A survey from ComRes Global and the British Library’s Business and IP Centre (BIPC) has revealed that 70% of Londoners have a dream to create their own start up. ...
Labour’s plans Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell has promised a new “interventionist” economic policy for Labour. He has proposed that the living wage should be raised to £10 an hour to create a “real Living Wage”. He boldly said that under ...
Auto-enrolment responsibilities The auto-enrolment scheme has been met with both praise and complaints from different people. Employees tend to look on the scheme favourably while businesses have claimed that it has put pressure on them and complicated matters. Earlier this ...
In the week that’s seen a late heat wave and torrential rain, the Government issued two weather-related statements that could affect SMEs. ...
The issue of tax avoidance keeps cropping up, with more high profile businesses and individuals being implicated in legal or ethical tax scandals. As a result, a lot of criticism in the UK is being directed at HMRC. ...
Despite largely voting to Remain, London could end up seeing the worst effects of a post-Brexit world. It’s expected that economic problems will hit the city and have much great impact than in other parts of the country. ...
Consider Employing an Apprentice Employing an apprentice can be a great way to ‘home-grow’ reliable, well-trained employees who will be familiar with how your business works from the ground up. At the time of year, thousands of students who have ...