START-UP AND SME RESOURCES
A new collaboration between Yell and Amazon means that millions of small businesses can now be found using Alexa; and a start-up is offering grants to help SMEs make TV ads...
Date: 17 November 2020 By:
Brighton tops the list of the best places to start a side business as it emerges that website domain name registrations for new businesses soared during the last lockdown...
Date: 17 November 2020 By:
As the 2021 self assessment deadline approaches, there are increasing reports of fake emails, texts and phone calls purporting to be from HMRC...
Date: 17 November 2020 By:
The real Living Wage hourly rates for 2020/21 have been increased, widening the gap between this voluntary wage rate and the government's statutory minimum wage rates...
Date: 10 November 2020 By:
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Date: 10 November 2020 By:
Workers on furlough will now get 80% of their income paid by the government until the end of March 2021; support for the self-employed has also been increased...
Date: 5 November 2020 By:
New research has found that coronavirus lockdowns have boosted the nation's loyalty to small businesses...
Date: 3 November 2020 By:
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Date: 3 November 2020 By:
If bank branches continue to close at their current rate there will be none left by April 2032, according to a new study of the retail banking sector...
Date: 3 November 2020 By:
Prime minister, Boris Johnson, announces that England will go back into lockdown from 5 November...
Date: 31 October 2020 By:
A new survey of those working from home because of the pandemic has found that the standard of workplace manners is falling as meetings go online...
Date: 27 October 2020 By:
The latest FSB Small Business Index has found that times are tougher than ever for small firms after two difficult years...
Date: 27 October 2020 By:
Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new package of measures designed to "significantly increase the generosity and reach" of the coronavirus winter support schemes...
Date: 22 October 2020 By:
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Date: 22 October 2020 By:
A new study has found that many small businesses are losing their best talent because they are not geared up for remote working during the pandemic...
Date: 20 October 2020 By:
A quarter of employers (24%) make no effort to attract and recruit more diverse candidates for top-level jobs, according to a new report...
Date: 20 October 2020 By:
The government is urging business leaders to prepare for Australia-style trading arrangements from 1 January as it launches its Time is running out campaign...
Date: 20 October 2020 By:
