Would-be entrepreneurs lack confidence to start a business
One in five Brits wants to set up their own business in the next five years but worries about everything from age to money are holding them back...
Date: 11 February 2020 By:
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Small business news - February 2020
February 2020
Is running a business bad for your health?
A new survey has found that two-thirds of start-up founders attribute personal health issues to their hectic working lives...
Date: 11 February 2020 By:
Budget must turn SME optimism into real growth
The UK economy saw zero growth in the fourth quarter of 2019; now business groups are calling for a spring Budget that supports the UK's small firms...
Date: 11 February 2020 By:
Action needed to safeguard apprenticeships for small firms
As National Apprenticeship Week gets underway, the Federation of Small Businesses is calling on the government to secure the long-term future of apprenticeships...
Date: 4 February 2020 By:
Banking app for sole traders launches new tax tool
Countingup, the small business banking and accounting app, has launched a tax estimate tool for calculating income tax, national insurance and corporation tax...
Date: 4 February 2020 By:
Budget must address "critical" skills shortages
Almost three-quarters of UK firms looking to recruit have struggled to find the right talent, a new survey of employers has found...
Date: 4 February 2020 By:
Why SME manufacturers are more upbeat in 2020
A new survey by the CBI has found that manufacturing business owners are more optimistic about their prospects for the first time in years...
Date: 4 February 2020 By:
Why women are driving the rise in self-employment
The latest government figures show that the number of self-employed workers in the UK has risen to over five million...
Date: 28 January 2020 By:
Jack's Law introduces paid parental bereavement leave
A raft of employment reforms will include the new legal right to two weeks' paid leave for parents who suffer the devastating loss of a child...
Date: 28 January 2020 By:
Immigration salary threshold should be lower says MAC
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has advised the government to drop the salary threshold for immigrants to £25,600...
Date: 28 January 2020 By:
UK SMEs stockpile £86 billion of surplus cash
Small and medium-sized firms in the UK have accumulated £86 billion of cash and they are keeping it in current accounts that pay little or no interest...
Date: 21 January 2020 By:
2019 was a bumper year for UK start-ups
Last year, almost 700,000 new firms were launched in the UK, a 2...
Date: 21 January 2020 By:
Revealed: the best universities for would-be entrepreneurs
A new study has uncovered the universities with the highest number of entrepreneurs among their graduates...
Date: 21 January 2020 By:
Get Work partners with Google to support tradespeople
A new online lead generation service aimed at UK tradespeople has been launched today by Get Work in partnership with Google...
Date: 21 January 2020 By:
Technology will be key to prosperity after Brexit
Two new business surveys have highlighted the challenges facing UK firms but they also suggest there is light at the end of the Brexit tunnel...
Date: 14 January 2020 By:
Too little too late? IR35 review gets luke-warm reception
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Date: 14 January 2020 By:
Most small firms wary of Open Banking
A new survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found that business owners are worried about sharing banking data electronically, despite the benefits...
Date: 14 January 2020 By: