Monthly Archives: October 2017

Earning more and working less: the rise of the silver self-employed

The silver self-employed earn more and work fewer hours than their younger counterparts, according to findings from the ‘Definitive Study of the Self-employed’, commissioned by Intuit QuickBooks. The research of over 5,000 self-employed workers in the UK shows the mean yearly revenue of over 65s in the last year was almost £40,000, whilst they work
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CFOs and finance directors share their hopes for the Autumn Budget

The Autumn Budget will be announced on 22nd November, and Close Brothers Business Barometer, (a quarterly survey of over 900 UK-based SMEs,) has revealed the main ambitions of UK CFOs and financial directors for the second Budget of the year. The hope of many is to see an announcement of reduced business property rates with
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Three quarters of Brits suffer bullying in the workplace

Three in four British employees say they’ve witnessed bullying in their workplace, according to shocking new research. Workplace Bullying is mistreatment in the form of humiliating and intimidating conduct, such as gossiping about colleagues, excluding them from activities or name-calling – and in severe cases, work sabotage. And it appears that the beastly behaviour is
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SMEs suffering because of culture of slow payments in UK

Two thirds of UK SMEs are of the opinion that there is a culture of slow payments in the UK, with the problem particularly acute in London (73 per cent), the South West (72 per cent) and Northern Ireland (87 per cent). The results were obtained from the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey
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Why you shouldn’t ignore the success of the smartphone

British small businesses could be failing to cash in on the boom in mobile shopping by not having websites that automatically adapt for the different screen sizes of smartphones and tablets, according to new research from PayPal. A UK-wide survey of more than 2,000 small businesses and 2,000 consumers reveals a growing gap between online
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What ideas are most likely to get crowdfunding support?

New research on crowdfunding carried out by HEC Paris, the University of Technology Sydney, Singapore Management University and INSEAD reveals that funding efforts are weakened if ideas are deemed to be both novel and useful. The study is the first evidence of how the Kickstarter community – those backing crowdfunding projects on the world’s largest
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