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Five digital trends you can’t ignore in 2021
Guest post by Andrew Miles People either love trends or hate them, but there’s no denying they help businesses to foresee opportunities in...
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Business news in brief
Book debut for UK Finance chief Chairman of UK Finance Robert Wigley is releasing his debut book Born Digital on March 11. It addresses the...
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Brexit, the technical view: now we’ve left, have you read the small print?
Anti-money laundering firm SmartSearch is warning businesses against ignoring European Union money laundering directives, following the UK’s...
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Brexit: what lies in store for SMEs? We ask the experts
Small and medium sized companies are currently facing the twin challenges of Brexit and the pandemic, something not lost on analysts. And even...
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Brexit: the banker’s view: scammers will be targeting your business
By Jim Winters, Barclays Head of Fraud Fraudsters use uncertainty to ramp up their efforts, capitalising on change to trick businesses out of...
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Brexit: The legal view – act now if data is important to your business
A leading data protection lawyer has warned businesses that they shouldn’t relax just because there’s a trade deal. There are many challenges...
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Brexit: the financial view – are you ready for sanctions?
By Anne Davis of The Institute of Financial Accountants As the UK marks the beginning of a new dawn post-Brexit, one of the areas that SMEs...
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After Bentley: how to take on the big boys
Following a high-profile case involving the car maker, Bentley, lawyer Phil Leonard discusses the options facing SMEs when big companies...
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IAB tool launched to ‘power-up’ SME advertising
The industry body for digital advertising has launched an online tool to help small businesses use digital advertising and maximise the value...
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Turnaround group’s guide to business survival
Guest post on behalf of SFP SFP, the restructuring and turnaround group, has published a new free Guide to Business Survival with...
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Private club incentive for startups who go green
A business-focused private members club is awarding membership and business support packages worth an estimated £100,000 to five new founders of...
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ERF appoint Laycock as MD to drive digital
Electrical wholesaler ERF has appointed Andy Laycock as its new Managing Director to drive the company’s next phase of digitalisation and...
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Stress, burnout late work – and women suffer most
Four in every five workers have felt close to burning out at some point this year, according to new research into the state of mental health in...
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How to get deals signed during Lockdown
Guest post by Richard Mabey The pandemic had a huge impact on most businesses, but SMEs were possibly hit the hardest. Larger,...
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The entrepreneur hoping to match medicinal cannabis to our DNA
A technology investor who launched a company dedicated to the production, research, cultivation, processing, and distribution of the highest...
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Many unhappy returns as tax deadline looms
The online tax return deadline approaching at the end of January, and according to new research, up to a fifth of self-employed workers surveyed...
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A personal guarantee doesn’t mean signing away your home
Guest post b y Todd Davison of Purbeck Insurance Services The UK and has just entered its third lockdown and many SMEs will be fearful of...
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Vaccine a boost – but we still need cash injection, say bosses
Seven in ten small business owners say they feel more confident about 2021 now that the vaccine has being rolled out. Despite the many...
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Going to market – the DIY way
Small businesses will invest more time than money in their marketing efforts in future, as budgets tighten in 2021, a new study has shown. A...
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Five things an accelerator can teach enterprises about innovation
Guest post by Ekaterina Petrova Innovation has long been a buzzword in business. The ability to innovate is seen as a marker for success;...
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Firms ‘theatened by dodgy R&D tax relief claims’
Businesses are taking huge risks when making research and development tax credit claims, according to research released this week. A...
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Personal loans or personal risk?
Expert opinion by Helen Ingram The impact of Covid-19 and the resultant financial pressure has raised the question for many entrepreneurs of...
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Fibre finance deal to connect ‘forgetten’ towns
Wholesale fibre network provider Full Fibre has announced a financing deal with specialist infrastructure investment fund Basalt Infrastructure...
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Eight in ten ‘not claiming WFH expenses’
Only one in five of employees working from home are claiming relevant expenses, according to a newly published data. If an employer needs staff...
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Which brands saw us through Lockdown?
Netflix, Amazon and Cadbury’s have emerged as just some of the brands Brits insist are getting them through 2020, according to a new study....