The Small Business Blog’s favourite author Tony Robinson OBE appeared in The Guardian yesterday calling for the state to help kickstart a micro-enterprise revolution. He even gave a shout-out to Stefan Töpfer, the owner of this blog and founder of the WinWeb Hub initiative.
(via The Guardian)
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Sixteen years after he first went to court to try and salvage his credit rating, Richard Durkin has finally won his battle against HFC Bank. Despite the spiralling legal costs and time investment, Durkin has won a personal moral and legal victory that will also protect other consumers in the future. He is a lot…
The reaction to the latest UK Budget has been fairly muted from small business owners, with many feeling (as usual) that the changes will not go far enough to help drive the economy forward. There was however one announcement that seems to have escaped the notice of many, despite it potentially having a huge impact…
Chancellor George Osborne has today unveiled his latest annual Budget and small businesses in particular are concerned about what changes could be incoming and how they might help or hinder the fledgling economic recovery. The Forum of Private Business has already issued their response to the Budget with Chief Executive Phil Orford speaking on behalf…
There is an interesting article on the BBC Business website about how former athletes are making a success of their retirement by becoming entrepreneurs. Sportspeople have to face a massive change in their life at a relatively young age. Their chosen career is usually over by about the age of forty at the latest –…
The latest estimates from the British Chambers of Commerce suggest that the UK economy will exceed its 2008 peak from before the economic crisis very soon – as early as this Summer. Economic growth for the year has been upgraded to 2.8% from 2.7% by the BCC and economic analysts actually believe that the organisation…
In a few short weeks, UK Chancellor George Osborne will unveil his latest Budget and small business owners are waiting with baited breath. Concerned business owners in coastal areas will be particularly interested to see if there is a boost to flood defense spending to try and avoid further disasters. But what does the average…
In the results from their quarterly business confidence survey the ICAEW have revealed that UK businesses are feeling more confident about the economy than ever before. The accountancy body said that confidence had been growing steadily for six quarters in a row and this provides yet more proof that the economy is on the way…
We could finally be moving closer to an interest rate increase in the UK, as the number of people out of work fell by 167,000 in the three months to November to 2.32 million. This is the largest drop since 1997 as ONS figures suggested that 280,000 found employment to take the total number of…
