UK Business News

Research by YouGov for T-Mobile shows that the heads of  60% of UK SMEs spend up to a month out of the office on business each year.
When added to annual holiday entitlement this means key decision makers are in only limited contact with their firm for 2 months out of 12.
The survey of 540 companies found, not [...]

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Software giant Microsoft has seen profits slide by 11% in the third quarter as sales of MS Office fall in the face of the gloomy economic outlook.
Shares fell 5% on the news and weren’t helped by continued uncertainty around MS’s bid for Yahoo!. The bid price is already seen as high and the attempted acquisition may [...]

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Bank of England monitoring of the UK economy shows business investment is down as the availability of credit generally, causes concern for domestic demand.
Construction and service sectors have felt the slow down the most. Manufacturing output levels remained stable with exporters less affected; growth in exports had slowed.
Both input and output prices have risen significantly [...]

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The Employment Research Institute reports that SMEs are the place to be for employees if they want the best chance of being recognised and having input to the bigger decisions.
The key benefit of being employed by a smaller company is that of not having to tackle
layers of bureaucracy and self-concerned management to get thoughts heard and [...]

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Getting branded has long been recognised as the key to global domination for the big boys at least - who can afford it.
But having a successful, recognisable brand that is remembered, can allow SMEs to start punching above their weight.
This is the mantra set out by Darren Evans, creative director of The Engine Room. His formula [...]

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