Despite a growing commitment to sustainability among small businesses, recent research by Novuna Business Finance reveals a significant gap in the number of businesses which would actually be able to report on their own carbon emissions. As new regulations such as the EU’s Corporate...

Read it and sleep! Online terms and conditions are now so long and complicated it would take Brits over two days to get through the privacy policies of the websites they visit in a month, according to research by cybersecurity company, NordVPN. The study looked at the most popular 20 websites in...

A freeze in the small business rates multiplier and the announcement on late payments in the UK’s Chancellor’s Autumn Statement were welcomed by many SMEs, but some commentators do not think the measures went far enough. Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, said yesterday that the small business...

Employment Hero, one of the world’s largest employment management platforms, has announced a Series F growth round of £131 million to fuel its rapid global expansion. The funding (subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval) follows the company’s 2022 Series E and takes...

Despite their contribution to the innovation landscape, tech-savvy and innovative small firms have seen more and more cuts to government support in the past year. Tina McKenzie, Policy Chair, Federation of Small Businesses, explains how the government in the UK can do more to support SMEs and...

FinTech startups are revolutionising the financial landscape by leveraging technology to challenge traditional banking and financial service providers. Through innovation in areas such as digital payments, lending, wealth management and Blockchain technology, they are offering convenient,...

A first-of-its-kind business comparison site has launched to eliminate the confusion and stress experienced by small business owners when choosing services like broadband, insurance and energy tariffs. Beasy, created ‘to make running a business a walk in the park’, uses tech-powered...

Almost 100,000 rural microbusinesses have been started in the past 12 months, with female entrepreneurs at the heart of the booming countryside economy. Data from Venture Forward, an annual international research initiative by GoDaddy that analyses data from more than 2.3 million British...

An award-winning technology group has delivered £14.3 million of social and economic impact in 2023, demonstrating the importance of balancing commercial business success with social responsibility. IN4 Group, headquartered in MediaCity, Salford, UK, has experienced rapid growth of 1,000%...

A new report from Rimm Sustainability reveals an impressive level of commitment to sustainability practices among UK SMEs. The report, Leading the Charge on Sustainability: Moving from Awareness to Action, canvasses the views of 500 C-suite executives from SMEs from a range of industries across...