Your business finance options There are many options to explore when you’re looking for business funding. What’s available to you will depend on a number of things. The legal structure and complexity of your business, whether you’re a startup or better established,...
Getting ready for business finance Few businesses can get by without some form of financing. Even if you keep startup costs to a minimum, or bootstrap your business with your own funds and time, realistically at some point you’ll look for funding. So how do you...
Covering the costs you’ll incur in turning your business idea into reality can sometimes feel like too big a barrier to overcome. We’ve also all read the stories about new businesses seeking large amounts of funding from the outset but starting a business doesn’t...
As light starts to appear at the end of the coronavirus tunnel, questions are being asked about what the workplace will look like moving forward. Back to the office every day? Working entirely from home? A combination of the two? Businesses will choose different...
As a HR Consultant I am asked all the time about how to navigate the changes in how a business approaches their flexible working policies. I would always suggest with empathy and a clear business rationale why a request would not be approved in your specific...
SME. It may only be three letters, but what it represents is the beating heart of the British economy and the hopes and dreams of millions of individuals and families. We recently conducted a piece of research taking a look at how SMEs were faring post pandemic. To...
With the business world changed forever by the pandemic, and hybrid working split between home and the office here to stay, staying online and connected with your co- workers has never been more important. This is particularly true for small- and medium-sized...
Don’t dismiss the chances of your website getting hacked into. Hackers will target all types of websites no matter if it’s a business or not. Cyber security attacks can range from major corporations all the way to start-up’s yes start-up’s just like your business....
The Office of the Small Business Commissioner was established in December 2017 to tackle the late payment culture. This disproportionately impact the small business sector. We provide a free service to small firms to help them get overdue payments from their larger...
Now, more than ever, the challenges new start-ups face need brave solutions. As they say, fortune favours the brave. So, if its fortune we want, it’s brave we need. To succeed you need the best people on board and when the best people demand flexibility your...