#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs If you’re already one of the 3.1 million sole traders in the UK, you’ll know there’s a pretty overwhelming you need to learn and do as a busi...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
One in four small businesses fear closure
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs More than a quarter (27 per cent) of small business owners fear their businesses may close in the future, while two in five (42 per cent) say...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Third of businesses planning pay rises
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs One third of businesses are planning pay rises to match or exceed inflation as companies battle labour shortages. Three quarters of businesse...
Monday, October 3, 2022
How can small businesses take payments?
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs How you take payments is crucial for any small business. And the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the shift away from cash to contactless. Accor...
Monday, September 12, 2022
Business energy plan what it means for you
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Liz Truss has set out her energy plan for business, offering equivalent help as households on bills – but only for six months. Under this, th...
Thursday, August 25, 2022
‘Cost of business’ crisis spiraling warn firms
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Ministers are being urged to provide Covid-style support for businesses to head off what’s being called the “cost-of-doing-business crisis”. ...
Monday, August 22, 2022
Firms may be offered grants to pay for energy
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi is considering grants for small businesses to help them get through the energy crisis, similar to previous Covid fin...
6 examples of sole traders
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs What are some examples of sole traders? Here are six jobs that are ideal for anybody who wants to set up on their own offering a personal ser...
Monday, July 25, 2022
Number of job ads offering a bonus doubles
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs The number of jobs being advertised offering a signing bonus has more than doubled since the start of last year. The increased use of bonuses...
Monday, July 18, 2022
£6bn business loan package arrives this week
#SmallBusiness By Timothy Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs The Treasury is set to announce its £6bn successor to the Recovery Loan Scheme this week as small business faces a looming recession. Treasur...