Does anyone want to go back into the office?
A new survey has found that millions of Brits would rather carry on working from home even when the government says it's safe to go back into the workplace...
Date: 6 April 2021 By:
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Small business news - April 2021
April 2021
Chancellor launches Recovery Loan Scheme
The new government-backed loan scheme promises to provide additional finance to businesses that need it throughout 2021...
Date: 6 April 2021 By:
Confidence boost for businesses as economy reopens
Directors' optimism in the economy is at its highest level since just after the 2019 General Election, according to new data from the Institute of Directors...
Date: 6 April 2021 By:
Are rolling tax payments on the cards for business owners?
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Date: 30 March 2021 By:
SMEs ditch plans for redundancies thanks to vaccine rollout
One in five small businesses say they have changed their recruitment plans as a result of the successful vaccine rollout and now plan to take on more staff...
Date: 30 March 2021 By:
One year on: counting the cost of COVID on small firms
A year after the first lockdown, new research shows how the pandemic has left many UK freelancers and small business owners struggling...
Date: 30 March 2021 By:
New poll finds out what makes job hunters tick
A survey of UK professionals has shed new light on why Brits leave their jobs and what persuades them to take new ones...
Date: 23 March 2021 By:
Two-thirds of website traffic now mobile
There has been a 16% uplift in mobile traffic in the past year, according to analysis of 20 billion web sessions...
Date: 23 March 2021 By:
Employers urged to test their staff as lockdown eases
The government is asking businesses to make sure their employees take COVID-19 tests on a regular basis to prevent the spread of the virus...
Date: 23 March 2021 By:
Extra checks for newly self-employed applying for SEISS grant
The fourth SEISS grant will be open to those who became self-employed in the tax year 2019 to 2020 but there will be extra hoops to jump through for some...
Date: 16 March 2021 By:
Exodus of contractors looms after IR35 changes in April
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Date: 16 March 2021 By:
£20 million SME Brexit Support Fund opens for applications
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Date: 16 March 2021 By:
Female-led start-ups set to power economic recovery
A new survey by Small Business Britain has found that almost one-fifth of women are thinking about starting their own business...
Date: 9 March 2021 By:
Does your business have a financial wellbeing policy?
Half of UK employers don't have a financial wellbeing policy, despite the financial impact of COVID-19 on employees...
Date: 9 March 2021 By:
Almost half a million businesses got off the ground in 2020
In spite of the coronavirus pandemic, 468,371 businesses were registered in the UK in 2020 according to data from Companies House...
Date: 9 March 2021 By:
Relief as Sunak's Budget delivers more support for businesses
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has promised to extend many of the key coronavirus support schemes until later in the year to protect businesses as they emerge from lockdown...
Date: 3 March 2021 By:
Budget 2021: steep rise in corporation tax is coming
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Date: 3 March 2021 By: