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...
Quirky TikTok trends ‘can help to drive business’
WHAT happens when TikTok trends and British small businesses collide? That’s what Funding Circle, the UK’s largest small-business platform, wanted to know.
The firm paired...
Tax reform hits contractors in hip pocket, says survey
THE new IR35 reform coming into force across the UK could cause contractors to miss out on take-home pay, a study claims.
Research by SME...
New World Bank Group Facility to Enable more than $1 billion...
HAMBURG, Germany, July, 2017—On the occasion of the G20 leaders’ summit, the World Bank Group today announced the creation of an innovative new facility...
Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic...
But sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet - new report
9 October 2017, Rome -...
Changes and optimism in the engine room of UK economy
SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) are in the news with optimistic projections for Britain’s export trade – despite Brexit – and BNP Paribas appointing...
SMEs ‘turn to crowdfunding to fuel growth out of the pandemic’
SMEs ARE more likely to choose non-traditional ways of accessing capital, including crowdfunding (32 percent) or offering investment opportunities to employees (30 percent), than...
Today is World Mental Health Day, and here’s what to watch...
RESEARCH conducted by the British social enterprise Mental Health First Aid England reveals how some workplace triggers for mental health, and some signs of...
SCORE-ing big! How a cooperative approach to improved work conditions in...
Improving SMEs workplace practices can help them achieve better productivity. The ILO’s SCORE Training programme is helping companies in China improve work conditions, and...
SMEs head online to counter lockdown — and find surprise benefits
SMALL UK businesses are moving the bulk of their services online as the sector takes tentative steps towards recovery.
Small Business Britain and BT Skills...
