Meetings - are they wasting your time?
Where would your business be if you didn’t have meetings - every business needs to schedule a certain amount of time out of every week to old meetings with clients, customers managers, etc.  But did you know that on average you are wasting around an eighth of the week [...]

Official figures are expected to show that the UK economy shrank in the first quarter of this year at the same pace that it did in the final three months of last year, which is obviously not necessarily going to be good for business.
Analysts are predicting that the gross domestic product (GDP) will have fallen [...]

The Chartered Institute of Personnel (CIPD) have warned that British companies are cutting jobs at an ever-growing rate.
More than a third of all employers in the UK are apparently looking to cut jobs in the first quarter of 2009. This number is twice as high as the number that planned to make cuts in the [...]

It’s just not working…

The Federation of Small Businesses has hit out at the Government’s response to the economic crisis by saying that they view the measures that have been taken as a failure.
Through the economic downturn the Government has fallen back on their interest rate blanket as well as provided funding for firms around the [...]

SME funding.
As the news filters around the country that the interest rates are at historic lows, the Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that they are preparing to begin a £3 billion fund aimed at small and medium sized business lending.
It would seem as though the Federation of Small Businesses’ pleads for help are paying [...]

Business Plan 101
You might be thinking that you want to start up a small business, even though the economic climate isn’t as stable as you would like.  Well you’re going to need a business plan if you’re going to want to boost your possibilities of get your hands on a loan.
A business plan is [...]

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…or not?
The majority of us love snow.  It falls softly, smothering the streets and cars in a white blanket of peace and tranquillity.  However, the flakes may be the worst news a small business could have wished for.
The first business day of the month saw millions of [...]

Tax Returns Can Be Taxing!
Tax is the issue of the day for small businesses as the deadline for filing online tax returns is creeping ever closer.  However, HM Revenue and Customs are getting a little worried as there has been a huge number of online applications already and the deadline isn’t until tomorrow.
Brought forward a [...]