SMEs

Human Resources News 

LCCI CHIEF KARIM FATEHI OBE BACKS MILBURN REVIEW CALL FOR URGENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACTION

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 NewsDesk Apprenticeship Levy, apprenticeships, business investment, business news, economic growth, economic inactivity, education and skills, employment crisis, Karim Fatehi, labour market, LCCI, Local Skills Improvement Plans, London business, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, London skills shortages, NEETs, Productivity, recruitment crisis, SMEs, UK Economy, UK growth, UK labour shortages, workforce development, workforce shortages, Youth unemployment

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned that growing labour shortages and rising youth economic inactivity risk undermining London’s

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Retail SMEs Social Media 

LONDON SMEs BANK ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS TO DRIVE FESTIVE SALES

December 9, 2025December 9, 2025 NewsDesk business risk management, Christmas trading, consumer trends, festive sales, hospitality trends, London SMEs, small business confidence, Small businesses, SMEs, social media trends, SumUp, SumUp (company), SumUp report, trend forecasting, UK cafés and restaurants, UK retail sector, viral trends

Small businesses across London are becoming increasingly reliant on fast-moving consumer trends to strengthen their year-end trading performance, according to

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Finance Funding News 

365 FINANCE SECURES £150M POLLEN STREET FACILITY TO DRIVE SME GROWTH

February 25, 2025 NewsDesk 365 finance, Adam Brown, CEO, CFO, Funding, King’s Award for Enterprise, Michael Katramados, Pollen Street, small business, SME, SMEs, Warren Abbey

365 Finance, a leading provider of revenue-based finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK and Ireland, has

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Government Manufacturing News 

GLASS SECTOR SMASHED BY GOVERNMENT

November 28, 2024 NewsDesk British Glass, Busan, Chief Executive, Dave Dalton, Dr Nick Kirk, Government, manufacturing, Mary Creagh, materials, packaging, packaging extended producer (pEPR), pEPR, RECYCLE, Recycling Minister, SMEs, South Korea, Technical Director

British Glass Response to Passing of packaging Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations (pEPR) scheme British Glass has today accused the Government

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Awards Banking News Women in Business 

FINAL DEADLINE FOR 2024 LLOYDS BANK BRITISH BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 28

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 NewsDesk Black Business Show (The Lloyds Bank DE&I Champion of the Year Award), British companies, Cleanology (The Lloyds Bank Small to Medium-Sized Business of the Year Award), Commercial Director at Not On The High Street, Director, entrepreneurial start-ups, Founder of OnlyCurls, Francesca Pittaway, Frenchic (The Lloyds Bank Business of the Year), FTSE 100 Business of the Year Award, General Manager Europe for JetBlue Airways, Jonathan Caswell, Lizzie Carter, Lloyds Bank, Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards, Maja Gedosev, Octopus Energy (The Employer of the Year Award), Origination Director at LDC, Paul Morrison, Revive Collagen (The Lloyds Bank New Business of the Year Award), Sarah Austin, SMEs, The Customer Loyalty Award and The New Founder of the Year Award, UK&I Education Lead at Zoom

British companies aiming to highlight their perseverance, their impact on the economy and society, and their achievements can take advantage

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Construction Property 

CONSTRUCTION MINISTER VISITS FMB FIRM TO RECOGNISE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL BUILDERS

July 15, 2022July 16, 2022 Rosie Simms Brian Berry, Construction, Construction Industry, Construction Minister, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Federation of Master Builders, FMB, Kisiel Group, Lee Rowley, Minister, MP, SMEs

On the 23rd of May, Lee Rowley MP, the Construction Minister at the time, visited a development in West London

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LBJ Covers 

Volume 6 Issues 1,2,3 2020/21

November 29, 2021December 11, 2021 NewsDesk 0 Comments 10., 14., Benjamin Grunberg, Bree Verity, Business, Cambridge Analytica, Clive Buckley, Currency Matters, digital marketing, Dragons' Den, ecommerce, Elder.org, Entrepreneur, Focus, Frederic de Ryckman de Betz, Google Analytics, Greg Orme, Hold Everything, Ishreen Bradley, Isobel Rimmer, Jeff Lestz, Jess Shailes, Lord Alan Sugar, Mark Wright, mediation, Office Space, Pandemic, Paul Kaniuk, Pete Dowds, Rainer Zitelmann, Rimi Thapar, Sandra Matz, Santtu Kottila, SMEs, The Apprentice, Victoria Walker, Violeta Martin

CLICK HERE TO READ VOLUME 6 ISSUES 1,2,3 2020/21

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Business Finance News SMEs 

HALF OF UK’S SMALLER BUSINESSES ARE OWED £17.5 BILLION IN LATE PAYMENTS

September 2, 2021 NewsDesk cashflow, Chartered Institute of Credit Management, cheques, CICM, COVID-19, credit management membership, Direct Debit, Dougie Belmore, Faster Payments, Pay.UK, Small businesses, SMEs, Sue Chapple

A detailed analysis of how the UK’s small businesses were impacted by COVID-19 and other economic challenges in 2020 has

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Entrepreneurship News 

UK SME’s CONCERNED AND CONFUSED AS FREEDOM DAY APPROACHES

July 14, 2021 NewsDesk Alan Thomas, Boris Johnson, Business, competition, COVID-19, Freedom Day, Government, Simply Business, SME, SMEs

With rising Covid-19 cases, new poll shows 53% of small business owners believe restrictions are being lifted too soon on

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Banking Health News 

FRESH BOOST FOR LEADING FAMILY CARE HOME BUSINESS

October 10, 2019 NewsDesk Cambridge, Clydesdale Bank, Craig Ambler, East London, Finance Director, Gagan Puri, Health and Social Care, Hertfordshire, Radlet, SMEs, Stratford, Surrey, TLC Group

A major care home developer and operator in South East England has received new funding from Clydesdale Bank to refinance

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