Monthly Archives: February 2018

The 15 best cities in the UK to start a business in 2018

Paymentsense have conducted an extensive research about the business climate in each city in the UK, looking into business demography, the UK labour market, and the local cost of living. By taking into consideration different factors, such as self-employment rate and average utility bills, they then ranked the best 15 cities that offer the best
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Come to a free seminar and learn from two highly successful entrepreneurs

Readers of SmallBusiness.co.uk are being invited to a free seminar in Reading on February 27th to learn from two highly successful entrepreneurs about how to grow a business. Rob Law MBE, the founder of Trunki, who since 2006 has stacked up over 100 awards from the nursery, toy, design and business sectors from all over
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Secrets to building a strong company culture

Many qualities are desirable, perhaps even essential, to run a successful business. To name a few, you’ll rarely find a thriving company without clear leadership, a positive public image or a unique selling point. Even a powerful logo can be a huge advantage over rivals – just ask Nike. A good business also needs a
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GDPR compliance: An explanation for SMEs

So, you’ve heard of GDPR but think it only applies to the big boys. You’ve done a bit of reading but don’t quite get it. Four per cent of revenue fines for breaching new data protection rules? Surely micro businesses are exempt, right? Well, there’s no escaping the fact that the looming General Data Protection
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Five common social engineering attacks and small businesses

Start a new job within a large enterprise and some form of cybersecurity training will be included in initial onboarding. This is being driven by the carousel of headlines relating to hacks and data breaches, and the subsequent stories of large regulatory fines, huge damages to reputation and drastic drops in sales and profitability. It’s
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PR and communications: how David can take on Goliath with the right message

When running a new start-up or small business, you may often feel like the odds are stacked against you as you try to take on bigger, established Goliaths and break into new markets. However, it should help to remember that David won his duel with Goliath because he used the right weapon. For a small
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