Zambia Makes Steady Progress in Financial Inclusion but Many Women Still...
Mary Banda runs a small restaurant in Kamwala market, one of Lusaka’s oldest markets. She uses the proceeds from her business to feed her...
Global partnership to give start-ups wings
A NEW global collaboration aims to make it easier and faster for start-ups to raise capital and grow.
Start-ups play a pivotal role in a...
Bezos’ billion-dollar bid to boost India’s SME business
AMAZON founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is launching a £770m bid to bring India’s SMEs online.
Bezos said his firm will invest the sum —...
A gender seeking lenders: Go, girls!
IT MAY once have been a man’s world, but the Department for Business and Trade and the Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs aim...
Stereotypes of entrepreneurs ‘preventing problem-solving’
OUTDATED and negative stereotypes could be preventing people from recognising entrepreneurial qualities in themselves at a time when these skills are needed most, a...
Hope springs eternal — and seasonal — for UK retailers
SMALL and independent retailers in the UK have high hopes for the coming year.
Confidence in business growth came from 89 percent of those canvassed...
Small business? Big assistance, at no charge
SMALL Business Britain has launched a support programme, in partnership with Lloyds Banking Group, to help small businesses survive a challenging economic period.
With SMEs facing...
Cash on the barrelhead, or cheque in the post?
Entrepreneurs say ‘enough is enough’ as late payment crisis worsens
THE FEDERATION of Small Businesses has released a report uncovering “the true scale” of damage...
Rise and rise of the budget supermarket
Aldi looks to replicate its monumental success across Europe by opening hundreds of new stores across America, while its almost identical rival Lidl is...
University’s incubator programme selects cancer-fighting start-ups
TWENTY start-ups — eight of them operating projects in the field of cancer — have been selected for a University of Edinburgh incubator programme...
