Here at The British Small Business Awards, we are pleased to make the first shortlist announcement: the Micro Business of the Year category. Our Micro Business of the Year will be a company of 2-9 people that has demonstrated strong revenue growth and a product or service of a quality that stands above competitors. The identifying
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Croydon: The fast-growing hub for young companies
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Croydon topped the list of 173 areas as the fastest growing UK regions with an annual growth rate of 9.3 per cent in Gross Value Added (GVA), rising to £19,800 in the last year from £18,120 the previous year, according to a study by UHY Hacker Young. This rate is nearly three times the UK average increase
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Freelancers and micro-business owners go for self-funding
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It has never been a better time to start a business in the UK, although money worries do persist for those going it alone, according to a study by FreeAgent. The majority of UK freelancers and micro-business owners are self-funding rather than relying on external financial support, according to the survey of more than 500 micro-businesses. Almost
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Job market could be flooded with candidates in September
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More than half (57.1 per cent) of workers reveal that they are more likely to consider a new job as the summer comes to an end, meaning the job market could get competitive for those on the lookout for work. In fact, according to a study by CV-Library, September 2015 saw a 13.2 per cent increase in candidates registering their CVs,
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Brexit is an opportunity rather than a hindrance, finds SMEs
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The referendum result may have sent Sterling plummeting to a 30-year low, but almost half (47 per cent) of small business leaders anticipate no disruptive impact at all from Brexit. Only 14 per cent are concerned that the UK leaving the EU will significantly affect them, according to a study by CitySprint. The company’s survey has found
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Employers value apprenticeship experience over periods of study for new hires
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The research, carried out by Positive Outcomes, a national provider of work-based training and apprenticeships, questioned 100 UK employers over their attitudes towards apprenticeship experience in the run up to the GCSE and A-level results days. As part of the study, employers were asked: ‘Thinking about your own company would you take on somebody who had
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UK SMEs could be missing out on international sales
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The top five reasons given by UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as to why they are not using social media to target international sales include that the UK is the company’s biggest market, and that what works in the UK will work just as well overseas, according to a study by Barclays. No interest in exporting abroad, feeling
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Employers willing to pay more for good apprentices
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The research, carried out by Positive Outcomes, questioned 100 UK employers over their attitudes towards apprentices in the run-up to the GCSE and A-Level results days. As part of the study, employers were asked, ‘Are you prepared to offer more money than the standard apprenticeship wage for the right apprentice?’ to which 92 per cent said ‘yes’,
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Apprenticeship levy will ‘undermine quality of apprenticeships’
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Ben Willmott, head of public policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) says the concerns regarding the levy in its current form are widespread across organisations from the private, public and voluntary sectors, and it is irresponsible for the government, particularly in a time of economic uncertainty in the aftermath of the referendum,
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Final day to nominate for the British Small Business Awards!
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It is the final day of nominations for the British Small Business Awards! We have received a fantastic response from you, the small businesses of Britain, and the nominations are still piling in. But you still have time to submit your entry if you haven’t already done so. We are accepting nominations until the end
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