Setting up a business in an economic downturn may seem like an unnecessary gamble but if you’re willing to take the risk, it’s a gamble that could return real rewards.
 
Shed Simove, an ambassador for the Make Your Mark campaign which aims to encourage entrepreneurs by providing them with contacts and information believes, “Problems create opportunities. [...]

With social bookmarking sites becoming more and more popular, small businesses are at risk from bad customer reviews that within a matter of minutes can be all over the internet and damage your reputation badly.
 
According to research from BT, social sites “have created the one thing that businesses should fear more than anything’ which can [...]

If your business uses PayPal to manage your online sales, then you’ll know doubt be experiencing problems that are costing you time and money.
 
In the second malfunction in the space of two weeks, PayPal’s “handling cart” feature that tracks on custom charges for handling, shipping and other services has a series of new glitches.
 
On May [...]

The UK Border Agency – set up to manage migrant workers in the UK – “is likely to be swamped” by last minute applications from employers seeking to register under a new immigration points system being introduced this autumn.
 
Immigration consultants Sarah Butler Associates, conducted a survey with some of the Britain’s biggest employers, and reported [...]

The Government estimates that only a quarter of the self-employed workforce are women even though over half of the UK’s population is female.
Even though the plans announced in this years budget to offer advice to women wishing to start a business (particularly mothers), there are still many barriers facing small business start ups.
Emma Jones is [...]

Official figure have shown that UK retail sales have fallen for the second consecutive month. This is the first time it’s happened for more than two years.
 
Sales fell by 0.2 percent last month, following last months 0.4 percent decline, said the Office for National Statistics.
 
Howe ever, the fall was not as much as experts predicted [...]

An agreement was sealed yesterday with the government, employers and unions agreeing that temporary British workers will be given the same employments rights as permanent staff after 12 weeks in the job.
The move will no doubt spark protest from the IT staffing industry, who claim the move will hamstring smaller firms.
 
The government’s decision represents its [...]

Regulations are about to be put in place to help protect consumers from ‘unfair trading practices’. 
 
Consumers have been getting ripped off for decades by unscrupulous traders so on May 26th, when government business advisory service, Business Link, says that new rules will be in place that intends to stop marketing and selling techniques which are misleading [...]