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SMEs Losing Confidence
With the new government’s ‘honeymoon’ period coming to an end, although some felt this ended some time ago, small business owners are now hoping that the current political upheaval is now over. For those in power, they should be worried about the latest research from Virgin StartUp as part of its ‘Founder Barometer’ report, which…
Read MoreHave you heard of the Small Business Council?
Not a fatuous question but one of overall communications from Governments and Councils. In fact it was not until a networking meeting attended last week that this ‘new’ council was even mentioned. “SME Council membership revealed ahead of first meeting New Small Business Council meets for the first time to discuss access to finance and…
Read MoreIs the Internet Crumbling around us?
Depending on how much time you spend reading articles and listening to Podcasts online, you may, or may not, have heard the term ‘Dead Internet’ mentioned. In short, the reasoning behind this comes from studies showing that a great percentage of what you see and read online is now written by AI or ‘bots’. These…
Read MoreThe Economic See-Saw
While politicians and economists do their best to persuade, mainly themselves, that the UK economy is doing well, in reality we have already fallen into a technical recession once this year and the remainder of the year looks set for more instability. A recent economist’s report in The Times has warned that insolvencies this year…
Read MoreSmall Business Britain Report
The 10th annual State of Small Business Britain recently published, shows that despite small businesses making up more than 99% of the business population and accounting for more than 50% of jobs, the level of support available is currently insufficient and too fragmented. Over the last decade, small business growth has slowed. This has been…
Read MoreHonesty is not the best, it is the only policy
As you may have seen during the current political campaign, in these days of putting your entire life online, it is all too easy to be caught out in a half-truth. This is even more so when it comes to product sales. A quick look through You Tube and there are any number of channels…
Read MoreCost of living effects on business
As we are all too aware, the current trend is for higher monetary inflation and you can find many theories on what is driving the increase. If you couple this with input inflation, or the rise in price of materials and energy that you are purchasing, then this could be another tricky period for SMEs.…
Read MorePhishing is not Fun
(Although, for many Fishing is!) You may have noticed the recent increase in emails landing in your inbox, either confirming that your delivery is held ‘pending a small payment’ or reporting some ‘unusual activity’ on your account, that needs you to follow a random link, to check and resolve and others saying that you have…
Read MoreHow to Stop Feeling like your Marketing is just shouting in the Dark
As a fellow small business owner, I share your concerns that, after all the effort and money we put into marketing our product or service offering, it is either being ignored or worse not being seen at all. This feeling is worse when we look at more traditional outlets such as Magazine or Newspaper adverts…
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