This is the week for “Small Business Saturday”. More gimmicks are coming up as people across the Atlantic try to make people to spend. However, this campaign goes beyond simply making people to incur expenditure. Started in the US in 2010 by the American Express, the Small Business Saturday is meant to encourage people to […]
Tag: UK SME’s
The difference between Scottish SME’s and those in the rest of the UK
Scottish small businesses are a little different from other UK businesses. Small firms with 50 or fewer employees make up half the small business total, but in Scotland things are more miniature. In Scotland, 90 percent of businesses employ fewer than 10 people. When you consider employment growth, it comes down to growth in small […]
Few realise how much SME’s contribute to the economy
Whilst the national press mostly talks up big business and highlights world famous brand names, it may surprise many observers to learn that almost half of the UK’s business turnover comes from small and medium sized businesses. Just under 15 million people are employed by these businesses which have a collective turnover of £1.6 trillion. […]
UK SMEs still struggling to find funding
Small businesses in the UK are still suffering from lack of funds at least partially due to lenders’ hesitance in making affordable loans as start-up capital for entrepreneurs in private business. In spite of efforts by the government to incentivise banks and mortgage companies, a large percentage of SME owners have been refused a loan […]
SMEs keeping fingers crossed that the value of the pound will rise
Many small businesses across the UK are expressing concern that the weak pound is hurting their business profits as concerns over the economy in the UK will likely cause the Bank of England to print once again this year. However, the news has already caused the sterling price to drop dramatically. Over half of all […]
SME confidence reaches an all time low
According to the statistics for last month, the confidence of small and medium enterprises in the UK has marked a significant decrease and has reached near the record lows. These changes are caused by the instability of the economy in the Eurozone during the summer. The report covers the time between July and September of […]
British SME’s optimistic for future growth
Despite the fact that there is a lot of economic uncertainty spread throughout the UK, many British businesses are remaining optimistic about their growth prospects in the future. Santander just released survey results that show that on average SME owners expect to be able to increase their revenues by about 88% over the course of […]
mondaytofriday.com offer flexible working conditions for freelancers and SME’s
A new initiative has started that aims as making our working lives as convenient and flexible as possible by sharing the resources in the thriving sectors of SME’s and freelancing. www.mondaytofriday.com are specialists in renting out rooms on a weekly basis and are behind this new scheme to offer flexibility in the workplace. Recent figures […]
The Pitch 2012 is looking for UK’s 80 best small businesses
The Pitch, the biggest competition for small businesses in the UK, has started it’s search in 2012 for the top small companies in the UK to compete for a prestigious prize package worth £50,000. Presented by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with Yell, the digital service provider for SMEs and their consumers, The Pitch is now in […]