Does your business have export potential?
The first step when thinking about exporting is to assess whether the goods and services you provide are suitable for export.
Is the profit margin on the goods and services you sell big enough to absorb export costs?
Would the goods and services be affected by any foreign laws [...] CONTINUE
Assessing your mobile phone needs
Before you start shopping for a mobile phone, it is important to work out what your needs are. There are a wide variety of handsets and tariffs available, and selecting the right one will help you get the most out of your mobile phone at the most cost-effective price. Some things [...] CONTINUE
Hundreds of small business owners attended a talk in Edinburgh last night, hosted by internet search engine giant Google.
Matt Brittin, UK managing director of Google, was the keynote speaker at the event, organised by the city council and BT, at Our Dynamic Earth. A similar event was held in Aberdeen.
Mr Brittin said: “With over 40 [...] CONTINUE
Two in ten UK small businesses have no fixed location, and rely on technology like mobile broadband to conduct their business.
According to data from Entrepreneur Country, entrepreneurs and small businesses have been ditching fixed locations and premises and opting for a more flexible way of operating.
This is said to have led to an increase in the [...] CONTINUE
The chancellor’s new banking levy has will hurt SME lending, according to one bank’s CEO.
Banks in the UK will be forced to pay more than £2bn to in an annual bank levy, it was announced in yesterday’s Emergency Budget.
The balance-sheet tax, to be paid from next January by UK banks and building societies as well as [...] CONTINUE
A small business lobby group is concerned about tax changes revealed in yesterday’s budget.
Government plans to hike VAT to 20 per cent from 17.5 per cent will hurt small businesses in the high street, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.
However, the FSB say they are pleased that there is some time to go before [...] CONTINUE
Cancelling landline and broadband accounts early could soon cost much less, with Ofcom announcing that charges are to be reduced by as much as 85 per cent.
Interpreting the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999 – which communications providers are obliged to follow – Ofcom has expressed that people who choose to end accounts ahead [...] CONTINUE
Today’s budget is set to include a five-year “road map” for reforming corporation tax, as well as measures to increase bank lending to small businesses.
Chancellor George Osborne is expected to reveal plans to cut corporation tax rates for the headline main and smaller companies, together with a commitment to reduce and simplify the tax over [...] CONTINUE
As the Chancellor prepares for today’s first budget speech, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging him to strike the right balance with any tax increases.
With the Coalition Government having not ruled out a rise in the VAT rate in the Emergency Budget on 22 June, the FSB is urging the Government to be [...] CONTINUE
Research shows that over a quarter of small businesses have been dissatisfied with the support offered by their high street bank in the last 12 months.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) latest monthly survey shows that a quarter of all respondents are dissatisfied with the support offered by their high street bank over the last [...] CONTINUE
