Category: In Business

A business angel, economist and innovator of the year launched the entry campaign for the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange with the backing of the Chancellor, George Osborne.

Research of small business owners found that over a fifth employ a family member and of these 43% cited the downturn as a reason for recruiting a relative. This was a positive, as nearly all of the 1,000 businesses who took part in the survey move as 94% believe that a family hire benefits their businesses.

The bosses of over one in twenty employees in Small and medium sized companies have had office romances banned, according to a recent survey.

DHL Express, have announced a new partnership with Nectar Business, the UK’s leading business-to-business loyalty programme. The partnership will provide better value for small and medium sized customers who send international parcels and documents. DHL Express is the only courier and logistics company to reward its customers with Nectar points.

It’s plain sailing for a young entrepreneur who is hoping to persuade the Royal Navy to allow him to transform the Ark Royal into £3m of charity cash.

Female entrepreneurs could give a much needed boost to the UK economy, a survey published today has found, but no where near as many as their American nieces.

An impressive increase in turnover to more than £1-million, a massive increase in sales, the opening up of new markets and a rise in net profit – it’s every start-up company’s dream, and one which James Caan helped realise for a determined couple.

We spoke to four of the UKs leading entrepreneurs and business leaders to get their reaction from George Osborne’s first full budget. Do they feel it is budget for business and sustainable growth or did he not go far enough?

The brains behind business website smarta.com are inviting small businesses and entrepreneurs the chance to make a unique contribution to this year’s Red Nose Day… by auctioning themselves off to the highest bidder!

Rising coverage of entrepreneurs on television is helping to persuade more people to consider a career as their own boss, new research published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) shows.

Barclays has announced that it has launched its ‘Take One Small Step’ competition for 2011 which aims to find Britain’s best business ideas and reward them with a total £450,000 cash injection.

New online research from a monthly SME survey reveals that 98% of senior decision makers in small to medium business enterprises believe face to face to be one of the most acceptable ways to inform an employee that they are losing their job.

The annual Mumpreneur Idol competition, which awards the best of the UK’s female entrepreneurs who are juggling raising a family with starting and running their own business, has reduced it’s 200 entries down to a short list.

Employers should be allowed to ask potential women employees about their plans for children, Lord Sugar said today.

Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Peter Jones is heading up a new initiative to unleash the entrepreneurial spark in schoolchildren up and down the UK with a £400,000 investment pot