As Christmas approaches and brings with it some of the busiest shopping days of the year, new research has uncovered the tricks and tactics that retailers including Amazon, Just Fab, and River Island are using on their mobile sites to pressure shoppers into spending. Amazon is pushing shoppers to sign up to its Amazon Prime service
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Small shops to benefit from £7.5 billion Christmas boost
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Shoppers are set to spend an extra £7.5 billion in the UK’s small shops over the coming month, estimates AXA. With most shoppers saying stress is their overriding emotion during Christmas shopping, they are turning to small retailers for a more enjoyable experience. British households are set to spend an estimated £5.2 billion on presents
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Side businesses generate over £40bn a year to the UK economy
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More than a quarter (27 per cent) of Brits in full time employment, over six million people, now own a side business – one that people run alongside their day job, according to new research from O2 Business. And they are reaping the rewards of their extra work. On average, side business owners are topping up their
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Small business appetite for equity finance increases
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Demand for traditional bank debt has continued to fall, according to a study by Albion Ventures. More than two in five (44 per cent) small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) owners would consider taking equity finance, up from 34 per cent a year ago. In 2013 just 12 per cent of SMEs were willing to swap equity for support.
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Research shows Brits are set to binge on Christmas TV
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UK television audiences are preparing to feast on holiday viewing this Christmas TV and Over-the-Top (OTT) TV services are top of the menu, as the proportion of British consumers subscribing to paid video-on-demand services has soared from 19 per cent to 34 per cent over the last year, according to new research from subscription, billing and CRM specialist
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UK spend on Small business Saturday up to £717 million
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Temperatures may have been in the low digits over the weekend but Saturday saw the UK’s small businesses community benefit from the warmth of the British public who were out in force to support Small Business Saturday (3rd December 2016). According to an American Express commissioned survey undertaken in the 36 hours following Small Business
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Small businesses feel ignored by political decision making
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Small businesses feel ignored by their countries political decision making, according to new research by Sage. In a year of political instability and changes across the globe, the research reveals that 63 per cent of small businesses globally said they were unaware of government efforts to fight their corner or felt under-represented by politicians. Sage’s research
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Rise of the robots – Will machines take over your profession?
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In a speech to Liverpool University last night, Bank of England chief Mark Carney estimated that up to 15 million of the current jobs in Britain could be done by automated robots over time, with whole professions—including accounting—eliminated. John Williams, head of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) UK, thinks that Mr Carney is
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New luxury brands in London prove capital’s International appeal
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More than 75 new retail entrants have been drawn to London in 2016, with the prime streets in Mayfair and Chelsea proving to be a magnet for luxury brands, according to new research from CBRE. Two thirds of these new entrants were European, with 16 from the UK, 11 from France and nine from Italy.
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Small Business Saturday: The small company’s time to shine
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Some 47 per cent of Brits agree and 14 per cent strongly agree that they are happy to spend more money on something from an independent shop rather than a large chain or franchise, according to a study by Yell Business. However, half of Britain’s consumers (50 per cent) also feel that their local area is lacking in
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