Business Matters - The UKs largest Business Magazine
30 Must Read Articles
  • News
  • Money & Tax
  • Legal
  • In Business
  • Tools & Tech
  • Scaling Up
  • Opinion
  • Tools & Tech
  • Marketing
  • Profiles
  • Guides

Latest News:

  • ‘First price customers see should be the price they pay’, CMA says
  • Employers have until 25 August to respond on guaranteed hours plan
  • Directors banned for up to five years over missed company filings
  • Inflation hits 2.9 per cent in July after 13 per cent energy cap rise
  • Startup Coalition calls Buy British push the ‘last-chance saloon’
  • Department behind late payment crackdown paid 1,449 invoices late
  • One in five small firms have already cut staff – and the worst may not be over
  • ITV dangles £500,000 TV advertising prize for Britain’s fastest-growing smaller firms
  • Barclays reopens the high street door as digital-only rivals circle
  • Barclays retreats from small business lending after private credit shocks

Category: Scaling Up Your Solo Business

Ready to grow? Learn when to go limited, hire help, or expand your freelance business sustainably.

Business relationship

Gain competitive advantage through collaborative relationships 

21 October 20208 November 2025 Freelancer Opinion & Insights, Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 5 Comments

Supply chains today are required to deliver ever-better service levels while simultaneously bearing down on cost and meeting aggressive new sustainability agendas.

payslip

Furlough fraud: what went wrong and how are business owners affected?

14 October 20208 November 2025 Freelancer Opinion & Insights, Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 5 Comments

The scale of ‘furlough fraud’ and other fraudulent activity linked to the Government’s coronavirus support schemes is starting to become apparent.

Finance manager meeting

Improving productivity in the workplace during the pandemic era

13 October 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 5 Comments

Here Tim Ringo, author, speaker, board advisor, and senior executive, writes exclusively for Business Matters about the importance of productivity and how the sudden need for flexible working proves to be a bonus for people performance.

NU Design Management

What’s the secret behind Apple’s success?

13 October 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 4 Comments

Design thinking is at the heart of every business, including Apple, who have enjoyed enormous success.

Meeting in the office

Extending business reach to an international audience

9 October 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 2 Comments

We live in an ever-growing digital world, which means businesses can now have influence, and reach clients and customers, far beyond their local area.

Payment gateway

6 Factors to consider when choosing a payment gateway

8 October 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 3 Comments

Modern technology has enabled online business and e-commerce merchants to offer customers swift and secure digital transactions.

salesman pitching

Don’t sell the solution, sell the positive outcomes:  Three things you need to do

6 October 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business John Cunningham 1 Comment

One of the biggest misconceptions of B2B selling is that customers invest in new products and services purely to overcome strategic or operational challenges.

Mortgage application form with a calculator and house.

Tips on securing a mortgage if you’re self-employed

2 October 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 1 Comment

Securing a mortgage when self-employed isn’t as difficult as some might imagine – although you will need to provide some proof of self-employment and demonstrate your incomings and profits.

Peter Ryding on Imposter Syndrome and how to fix it | Business Matters

Do you suffer from imposter syndrome as a business owner?

2 October 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Cherry Martin 5 Comments

Learn both how to recognise if you have these negative thoughts and how to banish them so you can perform better in your role.

confidence

Five tips for building business confidence

30 September 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 4 Comments

The current economic climate has thrown drastic obstacles in the way of UK businesses – new research conducted by Nexus Global reveals. 

Four tips for 2021 | Business Matters

Four tips to enable you to be fully client-fit for 2021

30 September 20208 November 2025 Marketing for Freelancers, Scaling Up Your Solo Business Cherry Martin 2 Comments

Everyone knows it’s more important than ever to keep building your business during these tough times. What’s absolutely crucial to doing this is ensuring you stay relevant to your existing client base. 

Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak’s new job support plan: What the changes actually mean

25 September 20208 November 2025 In Business, Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 48 Comments

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the £40bn furlough scheme will end on 31 October, to be replaced by a programme that will subsidise employees for part-time work.

Moving to the USA

Relocating to work in the USA? Here’s what you should know

22 September 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 2 Comments

Working in the United States can be a great opportunity. Aside from new experiences, you also get to enjoy a culture that’s both similar yet different at the same time.

organisation chart

Three simple questions to test your business’s organisational design

16 September 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business John Cunningham 4 Comments

If you want to evaluate whether or not your business’s organisational design is as effective and efficient as it could be, there are 3 simple questions you should ask yourself.

staff meeting

Why you should treat your employees like customers

16 September 20208 November 2025 Scaling Up Your Solo Business Not Ltd 4 Comments

It’s an age-old adage that the customer is always right. Everyone has heard someone in management say this at one point in our lives.

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 13 14 15 … 135 Next

Search our site

Latest Content

Sisters Grace and Sophie Devlin have raised £660,500 for TOSS, their plant-based dressing brand, from venture, family office and angel investors, after a year in which the British Business Bank says the number of seed-stage equity deals in the UK fell by 27 per cent. #SeedFunding #Founders #FoodAndDrink

TOSS raises £660,500 after 27 per cent fall in UK seed-stage deals

TOSS, the dressing brand founded by sisters Grace and Sophie Devlin, has closed £660,500 of seed funding after a 27 per cent drop in UK seed deals in 2025.

‘First price customers see should be the price they pay’, CMA says

High Court clears Temu over photos uploaded by independent sellers

Employers have until 25 August to respond on guaranteed hours plan

Directors banned for up to five years over missed company filings

Inflation hits 2.9 per cent in July after 13 per cent energy cap rise

Startup Coalition calls Buy British push the ‘last-chance saloon’

One in 360 adults entered insolvency in the year to July, data shows

The Capital Business Media Group

Home

  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Advertise with us
  • Subscribe to our newsletters
  • Contact us
  • Advertise with us
  • About Not Ltd

More from the CBM Group

  • Business Matters • Travelling For Business
  • Property Portfolio Investor
  • EV Powered • Electric Home
Copyright © 2026 Not Ltd - A Capital Business Media Brand • Registered Office: 7 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR
  • Terms
  • Our Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
top