Business Insights

Small UK firms unveil plans to cut costs in 2017

The majority of small businesses intend to cut back in 2017, with rising costs, economic uncertainty and financial concerns among the main reasons why, new research has revealed.

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FSB: Improved payment practices may have saved 50,000 firms

Better payment practices may have saved 50,000 businesses from insolvency, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has claimed.

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Businesses risk failing to address productivity shortfalls

A failure to innovate and invest in boosting productivity could be costing British businesses, according to new research from Lloyds Banking Group and the Manufacturing Technologies Association.

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Retailers must embrace tech-savvy customers or lose sales

High street retailers need to embrace technology and meet demands of tech-savvy shoppers if they are to survive, according to new research.

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New research suggests small firms are in ‘survival mode’

A handful of small firms in the UK are putting investment plans on hold as a result of fears and uncertainty over the economy, new research suggests.

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