Just 9 per cent of British adults used a sharing economy platform for a good cause in the last year, according to new research. The nationwide survey, carried out by TNS Global, gauges user behaviour in mainstream and social purpose platforms and, for the first time, assesses the level of appetite for social purpose platforms
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Chancellor announces national cyber security strategy
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The UK must be able to retaliate in kind against cyber attacks, the Chancellor of the Exchequer says in the new national cyber security strategy. Philip Hammond adds that hostile ‘foreign actors’ are developing techniques that threaten the country’s electrical grid and airports. The warning comes within a speech describing how the government plans to
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UK SMEs need better advice to cater for disabled customers
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From lifts and loos, to signs and websites, UK businesses could be missing out by not providing basic services to meet the needs of disabled customers, a market worth up to £212 billion, research from Barclays Business reveals. Nearly all (91 per cent) UK SMEs say their business does not currently have a lift if there
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Dragon on the hunt for Britain’s youngest tycoon
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Budding young entrepreneurs will today go head-to-head as Peter Jones CBE announces the official start of trading for this nationwide enterprise competition in the hunt for Britain’s youngest tycoon, Tycoon in Schools. The competition is fiercer than ever before with over 2,000 schoolchildren taking part across the country. This year, it has expanded into primary
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UK board meetings neglect digital tools, research reveals
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UK boards are not utilising digital tools in meetings, with 59 per cent admitting that minutes are still handwritten manually during a meeting and then circulated once typed out. The research, conducted by TLF Research for technology firm eShare, also reveals an overwhelming reliance on email for sharing agendas and other meeting information. Almost three quarters
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Nearly half of British women have been patronised at work, study finds
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Less than half (41 per cent) of British women experience patronising behaviour in the workplace, with one in ten feeling patronised in their current role, new research released today by Crunch Accounting reveals. Gen Y women encounter the issue most commonly as half of women aged 25 and 34 (49 per cent) say they have felt patronised
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UK small companies predicting strong income growth
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Nearly two thirds (61 per cent) of SME decisionmakers expect increased income growth in the next two years, with some expecting increases of 20 per cent upwards, according to Opus Energy’s Brighter Business Report of 500 SME senior decisionmakers. In terms of revenue, 26 per cent of SME respondents expect this to increase 5-10 per cent, with another 17 per
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German small businesses are the most optimistic about their own economy
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Nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of German small businesses say their national economy is performing well, according to Bibby Financial Services. The global study, which surveyed business owners in the US, Germany, UK, Poland, Hong Kong and Ireland, finds that more than two thirds (67 per cent) of Irish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are confident about the
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Smaller businesses need to become expert ‘Houdinis’
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On the 90th anniversary of the death of illusionist and escapologist, Harry Houdini, on 31 October, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) advises smaller businesses of two key ‘talents’ they should perfect. Avoid being handcuffed by incidents that could jeopardise the business and exit a business with the best financial return. The SME business support organisation,
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London now fintech capital of EU, but Brexit changes everything
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It was in October 30 years ago the UK financial market was deregulated, prompting the ’Big Bang’ in the City of London which led it to become the EU’s fintech capital but we now stand on the brink of a second pivotal turning point, according to Covercy. Doron Cohen, CEO of Covercy, a cross-border business payments
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