Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
UPDATED: The government will pay one-third of the wages of workers on the days they do not work through its new Jobs Support Scheme. Employers will pay the other third and the employee will take a one-third paycut on days not worked.
In effect, this means the government has only committed to covering one-fifth of the wages of small business workers who are working one-third of their normal hours. Small business owners will be expected to cover 55 per cent of wage costs overall on a five-day week, the government 22 per cent — which means the small business employee faces a 23 per cent overall from November 1.
The question remains whether small businesses will be prepared to dig into their pockets to keep workers “fully employed” – even if they are not at work for the majority of the time under the Jobs Support Scheme – or whether it’s easier just to put them on reduced hours.
Accountancy firm Kreston Reeves pointed out that a flaw in the scheme that would leave small businesses that choose to keep three part-time employees working one third of their normal hours facing significantly higher costs than if
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Google launches Local Service Ads to aid SMEs and professionals
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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Google has introduced Local Service Ads to boost the visibility of independent professionals online.
The Local Service Ads helps people to discover and contact local and trustworthy professionals who are backed by the Google Guarantee badge. This means that potential customers can see the professional’s licence information and reviews from previous customers – from there, they can compare and contact the professionals.
The best thing for small businesses is that they don’t even need a website to use these ads and will only pay if they’re contacted by a customer, though there’s no charge from people clicking the ad. According to 2019 YouGov research, around a third of small businesses in six European countries surveyed don’t have a website.
>See also: How to get your small business online within an hour
Searches containing ‘available near me’ have doubled around the world. In the first half of 2020, searches for local services including maintenance and home improvements, increased by over 25 per cent in a year across a range of European countries.
Businesses can also use Google’s Shopping tab
It’s now free for retailers to list their products on the Shopping tab. Available globally in mid-October, search results on the
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John Tusa: ‘Risk and opportunity are different sides of the same coin’
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Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Welcome to the second series of Small Business Snippets, the podcast from SmallBusiness.co.uk.In this episode of Small Business Snippets, I chat to John Tusa, author, journalist and one of the founding presenters of BBC’s Newsnight.
He shares his experiences of the boardroom and how risk analysis and cumbersome objectives can overshadow your organisation’s core purpose.
Have a listen to it in the media player below.
Investor and former Dragon, Jenny Campbell
Digital guru and investor, Sherry Coutu
Entrepreneur and former Dragon, Rachel Elnaugh
Businesswoman and Dragon, Deborah Meaden
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2005 candidate, Tim Campbell
Gousto CEO, Timo Boldt
Entrepreneur and The Apprentice 2018 candidate, Jackie Fast
Investor and former Dragon, Piers Linney
Investment fund manager, Nicola Horlick
Supermodel turned entrepreneur, Caprice
We’ve got podcast episodes from the first series looking at:
How one business owner’s mental breakdown caused her to see trolls from her past
How one entrepreneur hired a videographer to track their every move and build their business brand
How funding a business led one entrepreneur to stress-related alopecia
One entrepreneur’s first professional public speaking engagement
Adapting to UK life and learning English before starting a business
Securing seed funding
Finding the perfect head of customer care
Reaching a £1 million annual rate of return
Boosting client numbers from 30 to
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FlexJobs Review: Is FlexJobs Really Worth Paying For?
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Back in 2006, when I started looking for a remote job, the internet was littered with scams and unreliable information. Finding a legitimate work-at-home job online was like finding a needle in a haystack. Many of the resources, tools, and blogs that are available today were non-existent when I started my remote job search. Luckily, […]
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How Joe Biden's Tax Plan Could Affect Small-Business Owners
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This attorney and certified public accountant breaks down the Democratic nominee’s small-business policies.
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5 New Ways Leaders Can Support Women During COVID-19
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Women are bearing the brunt of COVID-19’s socioeconomic effects but you can ease the burden.
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The financial services industry has seen severe disruption, but that has only opened opportunities for entrepreneurs to leverage technology to deliver services more efficiently.
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Considering Credit Card Surcharging? Here's What You Need to Know.
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The method of passing the extra costs of credit card usage to customers using credit cards is becoming ubiquitous, but there’s still a lot many businesses don’t know about the practice.