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Small Business provides advice and useful guides to UK sole traders and small businesses to start, run, grow, and succeed in business, helping turn your business idea into a profitable business. Their goal is to help owner-managers and entrepreneurs start, run, grow, and succeed in business, helping turn your business idea into a profitable business. Check out their blog and learn more about..
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By Dom Walbanke on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Ciaran Duffy is a former light middleweight boxing champion who has set up Duffy Boxing, a boxing gym for all abilities based in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London.
Duffy Boxing is backed by our very own CEO: Stubben Edge founder, Chris Kenning.
It’s our mission to help people start and run their businesses better. Now, we’re getting to live that experience through a connection with a brand new business. This three-part series has been created to shine a light on what it actually takes ..read more
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3d ago
By Christoph Tutsch on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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Everything starts with a great idea. You work out the product or service features, create concepts, build a prototype and maybe even have the first interested customers.
Perfect, that’s a ..read more
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6d ago
By Bethan Harper on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
If you’re a self-employed electrician who knows they’d like to insure their livelihood, but you’re not sure how. You’re not alone. With so many types of insurance policies on the market, it’s hard to know what you’re legally required to purchase, what’s highly advisable and what’s not necessary for you.
So, if you don’t know your public liability insurance from your business interruption Insurance, don’t fret. With a bit of insight and the simplicity of a combined insurance policy, insuring your electric ..read more
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1w ago
By Partner Content on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
The online world brings lots of opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but lots of risks too.
Being able to take advantages of all those opportunities – like cloud-based services to store your data, use of mobile devices to work on the move, and remote working for you and your team – means having the right cybersecurity in place to keep you and your business safe.
At Vodafone Business, we know that you’re busy and that cybersecurity can feel like just another ‘to do’ on your list ..read more
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2w ago
By Henry Williams on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
When starting your small business, taking out a comprehensive package of insurance policies should be pretty near the top of your setup checklist.
However, many business owners leave insurance until the last minute or, worse still, fail to take out adequate cover for their needs, perhaps in a misguided attempt to reduce overheads or because they’re overwhelmed by the sheer range of insurance types available.
Whatever the reason, if you don’t have appropriate protection and disaster strikes, you’ll be le ..read more
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2w ago
By Dom Walbanke on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Generally, professional indemnity (PI) insurance covers a business from claims as a result of negligence, loss or damage.
Some professions require you to have PI insurance in place before you can join their body – such as architects, accountants and bookkeepers. For electricians, trade bodies such as NICEIC require PI insurance if the scope of work includes periodic inspection and testing within their scope of certification. But even if your business isn’t required to have cover, due to the nature of the ..read more
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2w ago
By Ben Lobel on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
From April 2024, employees over 21 will be entitled to a National Living Wage (NLW) of £11.44 an hour.
Although many businesses already pay their staff members the National Living Wage, some are expecting many challenges.
Over a quarter (26 per cent) of retailers said the increase would lead to them hiring fewer people than they ideally would, while 33 per cent would need to increase their prices to accommodate the rise, according to a survey by Employment Hero.
Increased overheads are likely to put pressure ..read more
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3w ago
By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Having insurance for your cleaning business is an absolute essential – and it goes way beyond the slips and trips that you might expect.
In this article, we’ll be looking at what insurance you need for your cleaning business, what restrictions you need to be careful of and how to find the right policy for you.
What insurance will I need for my cleaning business?
What other insurance could be useful for my small cleaning business?
What restrictions might I come across?
How do I find a policy that’s right f ..read more
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3w ago
By Dom Walbanke on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
As a new jewellery business, it’s great that you are already thinking about what small business insurance you need. There are a number of covers that may be useful, but to keep things simple you can opt to get them all included in a single business insurance policy.
Types of insurance cover worth considering include:
Tool insurance
Business equipment or tools insurance covers the things that help you run your business such as your laptop, mobile phone, equipment, or tools for making your jewellery. Keep e ..read more
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3w ago
By Darryl Hoy on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Small innovative businesses across the UK are strongly advised to take extra precautions when selecting advisors to assist with R&D tax reliefs as HMRC continues to crack down on fraudulent and error-strewn claims.
Go straight to the sections you’re interested in or read on for the full guide.
What is R&D tax relief?
HMRC’s crackdown
The growing impact of these changes
What should innovative small businesses do?
What is R&D tax relief?
R&D tax credits have been one of HMRC’s most generous ..read more