Are small businesses doing enough to reach net-zero?
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Date: 12 November 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
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Small business news - November 2024
November 2024
Study shows that SMEs with accountants make more money
A new study has found that small businesses in the UK achieve higher revenues when they use accountants and bookkeepers to help manage their finances...
Date: 12 November 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Four in ten freelancers change jobs to buy first home
Getting a mortgage as a self-employed worker is so tough that 40% of freelancers give up on self-employment in order to get on the property ladder, according to new research...
Date: 5 November 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
UK taxpayers urged to get on the HMRC app
HMRC has launched a new advertising campaign promoting the app to coincide with Talk Money Week...
Date: 4 November 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Just two weeks until The Business Show returns
The Business Show returns the ExCel this November and the 50th edition is bigger and better than ever...
Date: 1 November 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Donut team summarise the main Budget announcements
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced the Autumn Budget...
Date: 30 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Autumn Budget 2024: NI and NMW changes raise SME concerns
The Chancellor’s budget is described as “tough” a “hammer blow” for contractors as businesses and support organisations react...
Date: 30 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
More small firms hiring freelancers to fill skills gaps
Marketing is the main skills gap for SMEs according to a new survey of small business owners - and the answer for more than half is to bring in specialist freelancers...
Date: 29 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Small firms approaching Autumn Budget "with trepidation"
At a time when business costs are still rising, small business owners are concerned that the upcoming Autumn Budget could bring additional employment costs...
Date: 22 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Small business costs still rising despite slowing inflation
New research finds that UK small firms are still burdened by high prices and business owners say they are not seeing the benefits of falling inflation...
Date: 15 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
One in five entrepreneurs without a degree earns £100,000+
Entrepreneurs who opt out of higher education are just as likely as those with degrees to earn six figures or more, according to a study by GoDaddy...
Date: 8 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Why are so many new employees "no shows" on day one?
More than a quarter of UK employers who have tried to fill vacancies in the past 12 months have had new starters fail to turn up on their first day at work...
Date: 1 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Sorting fact from fiction as tax deadline looms
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Date: 1 October 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Government plans to tackle late payments "once and for all"
The government has announced a new Fair Payment Code and fresh rules on company reporting as part of a package of measures designed to tackle late payments to small businesses...
Date: 23 September 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Fully-funded Skills Bootcamps available to sole traders and small firms
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Date: 23 September 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Small business revenues rise as cost pressures ease
Small businesses across the UK are reporting rising revenue, driven largely by a significant increase in ecommerce activity, according to a new survey by Quickbooks...
Date: 17 September 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller
Tipping Act brings new rules for employers from October
New legislation could see millions of UK workers taking home more money in tips as the government introduces a Code of Practice on tipping that comes into force in October...
Date: 17 September 2024 Written by: Rachel Miller