Are you planning to take on more new staff in the early part of 2010? According to smallbusiness.co.uk there are quite a few of you out there who are planning to increase your workforce. Small businesses say they intend to take on more staff in the New Year. One-quarter of SMEs are planning to hire …
Smallbusiness.co.uk is reporting that many small business owners are fed up with having to pay the banks high rates on their business borrowing. Businesses believe that bank-lending terms are exorbitant, according to research from finance provider Syscap. Some 90 per cent believe that loan arrangement fees are excessive, while 75 per cent feel that the …
Probably does not come as much of a surprise to anyone involved in UK property sales, but worth pointing out: More than two thirds of UK property disposals last year were sold at prices below their valuations, according to the IPD/RICS Valuation and Sale Price Study 2009. The study was published yesterday at the annual …
Might seem hard to believe but despite all the recent bad news a significant proportion of people in the UK still say they want to start their own business. Of 2,121 adults surveyed, some 17 per cent want to launch a start-up, according to social enterprise organisation Enterprise UK. The body predicts that if one …
Wow, just in time for Christmas the Halifax try sew a little doubt into people’s minds when they are opening their Christmas presents. Thanks! New research from Halifax has revealed that there are an estimated 217,000 credit cards which are kept secret from spouses. The bank has warned that this could carry serious implications for …
Business website smallbusiness.co.uk is quoting three significant names in the UK small business arena as saying that we are not out of the woods just yet. Charlie Mullins, founder of Pimlico Plumbers, says he is not optimistic about next year. ‘We’re busy and slightly up on the first quarter, but I feel that the economy …