Business Insights

Half of UK SMEs are frustrated by delayed bank payments

Nearly half of UK small and medium businesses say they are frustrated by delayed payments reaching their bank accounts. 48% of SMEs surveyed by YouGov and ACI Worldwide said they had been frustrated by delayed payments and the study also found that this had negatively impacted the ability of SMEs to conduct their businesses successfully.

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New PSC legislation comes into force

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 received Royal Assent in March 2016. The Act had various implications for businesses, which were due to be implemented in staggered stages.

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60% of women want to start their own business

Nearly two thirds of women in the UK would ideally like to start their own business, a new survey has found. The poll, by Avon, found that 60% of women wanted to run their own business as they felt it would improve their own work/life balance.

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Supermarket price wars see insolvencies triple for food producers

The number of food producers entering into insolvency in the UK has more than tripled over the past five years, according to a new report. And supermarket price wars have been named as a contributory factor.

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Examining the importance of reputational risk for SMEs

Many small and medium sized businesses in the UK are ignoring or under-estimating the potential risks of reputational damage. That’s according to The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), which claims that brokers should "become far more proactive" when discussing reputational risks with their clients.

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