HR Solutions
Zoom launches AI teammate built to turn conversations into completed work
Zoom has announced the launch of ZoomMate, an Agentic AI work surface to help people move from workplace conversations to execution without losing context along the way. Built on Zoom’s system of action vision a...
UK’s next generation of entrepreneurs has the drive but not the...
Young people in the UK aspire to own their own business, but the path feels financially out of reach, according to new research from Xero, a global small business platform. New survey findings reveal...
Why most unique value propositions fail and how to ensure yours doesn’t
The value companies believe they deliver does not always line up with the value the clients experience. The messaging sounds good but the reality looks a little different. John Ravaris, Founder of UVPSolutions, explains w...
More than half of former employees still have access to company spreadsheets
Spreadsheets have quietly become the backbone of daily operations for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the UK, storing everything from project plans and financial data to client information. But while...
UK mid-market firms take control of cybersecurity as vendor trust falls
Advania UK, part of the Northern European IT services leader, Advania Group, has released new research revealing UK mid-market organisations are increasingly taking cybersecurity into their own...
Nearly 50% of US small businesses have been hit by a cyberattack
According to a report published by Guardz, a cybersecurity platform empowering Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to protect small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), almost 50% of all US-based SMBs...
Intuit launches new QuickBooks Payroll tools to help UK businesses pay their...
Intuit, a global financial technology platform that makes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, Mailchimp and Intuit Enterprise Suite, has released a suite of new payroll products in the UK, designed to bring pay...
Half of small businesses skip paying themselves to stay afloat rather than...
Qonto, a leading business finance solution for SMEs and freelancers, has published new research into the financing habits and attitudes of Europe’s small businesses. The quantitative study surveyed 1,659 solo...
Tide launches UK’s first connected payroll and dividends solution for SMEs
Tide, a UK leading business management platform, has announced the launch of its new Dividends boost, making it the first connected bank account in the UK to offer both payroll and dividends...
Navigating ‘awful April’: How can businesses adapt to the storm of cost pre...
At the start of this month, the UK’s minimum wage rose again, with hourly pay rising to £12.71 per hour for those over 21, £10.85 for 18-20 year olds and £8.00 for 16-17 year olds. To some extent, this is a positive for the ...
Is your business ready for the biggest April in years?
For small business owners, the end of the tax year is always a busy time. But this April is different. Alongside the usual payroll jobs, a wave of new employment laws take effect, the national minimum wage increases...
ANNA Money secures HMRC Making Tax Digital software approval, simplifying tax...
ANNA Money, an AI-powered business account and tax app, has announced that it has been approved by HMRC as a provider of software for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, enabling customers...
Google glitch leaves small businesses’ products stuck in limbo
Small businesses are being urged not to repeatedly resubmit their Google Business Profile product listings after a bug appears to have left thousands of products stuck in ‘pending’ status. Since around Jul...
Small businesses say flexible payments are now essential to compete with...
Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are under growing pressure to match the convenience offered by larger retailers, with nearly eight in 10 (79%) saying their customers expect them to offer more than debit payments at ...
UK job vacancies fall to lowest level in over five years
UK job vacancies have fallen to 707,000, their lowest level in more than five years, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The decline has been driven largely...
The struggle to scale partnerships and how a more strategic approach unlocks ...
Partnerships are often seen as a high-potential growth channel, particularly for SMEs with limited sales and marketing resources. However, in practice, many partner strategies fail to deliver meaningful results – not d...
Why AI is not yet showing up in SME revenue
Many SMEs are becoming digital delayers even when they are experimenting with AI. The issue is rarely enthusiasm – it’s more likely to be unclear ownership, weak data foundations, disconnected tools and a l...
Wolters Kluwer launches Genya Magazzino to help Italian SMEs streamline...
Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting Italy has announced the launch of Genya Magazzino, a new cloud solution designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) manage inventory more efficiently, improve...
