The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in partnership with DHL, publishes its latest Quarterly International Trade Outlook, which shows that confidence among exporters that their turnover will improve jumped in Q4 2016, ahead of further moves towards Brexit. Although the number of businesses reporting that their export sales and orders would improve remained largely constant
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Business rates hike will ‘potentially finish small businesses’
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Small business owners have spoken out about the shake-up in business rates that threatens to strike the smallest companies the hardest. James Blackman, managing partner at Cocoonfxmedia says that an increase in business rates combined with Brexit looming could ‘potentially finish small businesses’. ‘Since this government has come in, business has been taxed at every opportunity from
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Act now to prepare your cloud for 2017 peaks, warns Rackspace
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Today, Rackspace, the managed cloud company, shares its top expertise for businesses looking to improve in-house server performance ahead of peak periods. The smooth running of websites and digital services has become crucial for businesses to secure an advantage over competitors. However, only 33 per cent of IT decision makers in UK businesses have good
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Curiosity killed the marketer, confidential info spurs more clickthrough
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Confidentiality offers marketers a huge engagement tactic as new research from email provider, Mailjet, reveals national audiences across EMEA are as much as 48 per cent more likely to engage and clickthrough with messages that play on our sense of curiosity. Conducted via a series of tests among Mailjet’s database of over 20,000 subscribers, the research
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Millennial employees value experiences over financial rewards
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New research from Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services reveals that 84 per cent of millennials are keen to receive experiences and vouchers, such as cinema discounts or tickets, as employee rewards. Nearly one in five employees (17 per cent) say they would like to share these experiences with their team, and an even greater number (25
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Millennial employees value experiences over financial rewards
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New research from Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services reveals that 84 per cent of millennials are keen to receive experiences and vouchers, such as cinema discounts or tickets, as employee rewards. Nearly one in five employees (17 per cent) say they would like to share these experiences with their team, and an even greater number (25
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Small business finance conditions continue to improve
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The British Business Bank’s latest comprehensive Small Business Finance Markets report finds that credit finance conditions continue to improve for smaller businesses, with eight consecutive quarters of growth in net bank lending to small businesses. Asset finance and peer-to-peer business lending grew particularly strongly in 2016, reaching £16.8 billion and £1.3 billion respectively, although the
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Small business finance conditions continue to improve
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The British Business Bank’s latest comprehensive Small Business Finance Markets report finds that credit finance conditions continue to improve for smaller businesses, with eight consecutive quarters of growth in net bank lending to small businesses. Asset finance and peer-to-peer business lending grew particularly strongly in 2016, reaching £16.8 billion and £1.3 billion respectively, although the
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Britain set to lose its iconic small shops
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AXA warns that this April’s business rate increases threaten the survival of the nation’s characterful and socially vital small shops. The company’s research suggests these local retailers are already under intense financial pressure, and offers a reminder of what our communities are set to lose. The last decade has not been kind to Britain’s small shops:
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Make it British helping designers connect with UK manufacturers
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Make it British, the campaign for helping you make it British, sees a rise in the number of requests from businesses looking to work with UK manufacturers. This comes as a survey carried out by Make it British reveals 45 per cent of UK textile manufacturers say business is better than last year. Kate Hills, CEO and
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