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Lack of digital skills is influencing business turnover

Nearly four in ten of the UK’s small businesses lack basic digital skills, according to new research from Lloyds Bank UK.

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Small businesses face up to disruption costs

More than half a million small businesses have been forced to halt trading in the last two years as a result of some sort of disruption, according to new research.

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Small firms hit by bank closures

Many small businesses are running in to difficulty as a result of the closure of local bank branches, according to new research from the Federation of Small Businesses.

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Family businesses reveal top upcoming challenges

Family businesses have listed next generation planning alongside overcoming social changes as the major challenges that need to be overcome in the year ahead.

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Private business numbers reach record high

There are now a record 5.5 million businesses in the UK private sector, according to official statistics from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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