A first-of-its kind study has been published on the correlation between the use of accountancy services and revenue growth among sole traders, micro, ...

By Tom Llewellyn, above, commercial disputes and data protection partner, Ashfords Data is king when it comes to ...

By Ed Bartlett, CEO, Hicomply  For SME business owners, the news of increased Capital Gains Tax (CGT) announced in the Budget certainly wasn’t a welcome ...

Responding to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee’s vote to cut the base rate to 4.75%, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Chair Martin McTague said: “The fall in the base rate will ...

Consumers today expect online deliveries to arrive in two days or less – especially when buying from suppliers like Amazon. In fact, research this year found that 80% of organisations reported higher ...

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There are Frankenstein managers in every workplace – maybe you’ve met one during your own career or you could be one yourself. In reality, most managers are Frankensteins because their style of ...

Reacting to Chancellor’s Autumn Budget, Shevaun Haviland, above, Director General of the BCC, said: “This is a tough budget for business to swallow but the Chancellor has looked to ease the pain by ...

As the UK grapples with stagnant productivity growth, a new report from The Open University reveals that one in four businesses (27%) believe productivity has declined over the past five years, ...

Following the National Insurance Contribution changes announced in the Budget, Todd Davison, MD of Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance says: “The increase in National Insurance contributions is going ...

A new workplace law has just come into force – the Worker Protection Act. In short, the Act requires employers to actively protect their staff from workplace harassment. Our own research found that ...

As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Stress Management Standards, there’s a renewed spotlight on how small and medium enterprises can prioritize workplace stress ...