The UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) has launched Angel Hub Manchester, a cutting-edge office space located in the heart of Manchester and hosted by Bruntwood SciTech. This collaborative venture, facilitated by UKBAA in partnership with Manchester Angels and Praetura, is set to create a vibrant ecosystem for investors, providing crucial support to local startups and […]
New Intuit QuickBooks research reveals the personal and business impacts of Self Assessment season on UK small businesses and sole traders, as 31 January 2024 deadline looms closer. Despite having up to 10 months notice to file their Self Assessment tax return, nearly half (46%) of owners are holding off filing until 2-3 months before […]
365 Business Finance has rebranded as 365 finance, launching a brand-new website to reflect the simplicity of flexible funding and to make the application process even quicker for SMEs in the UK. Businesses can now apply for up to £400,000 of funding with 365 finance’s Rev&U™ revenue-based finance product which offers all the same benefits […]
Businesses urge government to provide business support urgently to enable the UK to hit future growth targets. Almost 100% of the country’s key business growth drivers are calling on the government to prioritise business support. The National Enterprise Network (NEN), the country’s leading representative of enterprise support for start-up, small and micro-businesses, has released the […]
Business confidence rose to 42% in November, a three-point increase, to reach the highest level since February 2022, before the energy crisis which followed the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The rise in business confidence is significantly above the long-term average of 28%, and has been driven by increased trading prospects for the year […]
XpertHR® have found that UK organisations are struggling to find the skills their business needs, with poor quality applicants (78%) and skills shortages (77%) being named as the biggest hiring issues HR and recruitment professionals have faced over the past 12 months. However, 44% said they had difficulty matching competitors’ packages (pay and benefits), meaning […]
ThinCats, the leading alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs, has today published findings of new research to understand the differences in borrowing needs between small and mid-sized SMEs. The survey covered 2,000 SMEs comprising 1,200 small companies (less than 10 employees) and 800 mid-sized businesses (10-249 employees). The research revealed significant differences in the how, why […]
The number of SMEs using credit to fund insurance has risen as they battle to keep on top of increasing business costs, new research from the UK’s leading insurance premium finance company, Premium Credit, shows. Premium Credit’s Insurance Index, which monitors insurance buying and how it is financed, found 52% of firms now use credit […]
New data from Take Five to Stop Fraud’s ‘Can you spot fraud?’ quiz for small business owners shows nearly one in five (17%) participants could not always spot a scam. The data comes from results of the quiz, designed with Amazon to help businesses, particularly small and medium sized enterprises, stay safe from fraud. Over […]
B2B LendTech platform Trade Ledger and 10x Banking, the transformational cloud-native SaaS core banking platform, have partnered to offer banks and alternative lenders a modern, composable banking proposition that helps banks provide working capital to small to mid-sized enterprises. This new partnership expands 10x’s commercial banking offering and supports Trade Ledger’s strategy to […]
