2016
Yearly Archives: 2016
Entrepreneur Pip Murray wins women in business award
The hard work and effort put in by Pip Murray, founder of Pip & Nut, the all-natural nut and butter, was recognised when she...
Funding gap needs to be closed to release full potential of our entrepreneurs
In her speech at the Confederation of British Industry, prime minister Theresa May noted that while the UK ranks third in the OECD for...
Tech leads the way at British business awards
The rising stars of British business were celebrated at The Startups Awards, with winners selected from a diverse range of fields including pet food,...
Six things that successful crowdfunding projects have in common
Crowdfunding, as a way of raising money for a new venture, has become big business. From a small start in 1997 it was estimated...
Quicker payments would have saved 50,000 SMEs
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has published a comprehensive report looking at the way small firms and the wider economy are affected by...
Energy firms accused of profiteering by probe
Energy firms have been accused of making six times the profit they admit to publicly - according to an investigation by the Sun newspaper.
The...
Embrace the differences: How SMEs can keep staff happy
Many small businesses feel like they can’t compete with larger organisations when it comes to the benefits, salaries and facilities they offer. For lots...
As fintech companies compete with established lenders, options for business funding has increased
One of the hottest topics in the banking world this year is lending solutions for SMEs. A sudden increase in alternative lenders targeting SMEs,...
BHS pension deal could be reached ‘within weeks’
Sir Philip Green and pension regulators could reach a deal over the BHS scheme within weeks, according to the BBC. The former owner of...
Whatever happens with Brexit, start-ups will continue to flourish, says Dragons’ Den star Nick...
Speculation over what a hard Brexit might mean for the UK is inevitably going to cause a period of economic uncertainty for British businesses,...
