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Half of small business owners are reportedly planning to enhance their headcount in the coming year, but many are facing a shortage of skilled individuals to pick from.

A dip in consumer confidence has strained the services sector, according to the latest quarterly survey from the Confederation of British Industry.

The UK’s small businesses have reported fewer barriers to growth in 2016 than a year ago according to new research, despite economic uncertainty and market turbulence.

Online retailers and consumers have been warned to watch out for fraud over the Christmas period, as research predicts a rise in criminal activity.

Digital disruption is expected to have a huge impact on UK firms, as 44% of business leaders do not expect their current enterprise to exist in its current form by 2021.

Disengaged employees could be having a discernible negative impact on small businesses, according to new research by The Institute of Customer Service on Employee Engagement.

Sarah Colledge examines the mis-selling of tax investments schemes, specifically film partnerships and explores the avenues available to investors.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Small businesses are being kept waiting for payments by major retailers, according to an analysis of payment performance from Ormsby Street.

Shoppers are expected to up their spending on Black Friday, but this will lead to a reduction in December and January, according to new research.

Banks need to offer more support to businesses and elderly customers when they close regional branches, according to a review of banking protocols.

Property Specialists Simon Thomas and Arron Kendall have been appointed Administrators over Rosenewton Ltd, a developer based in Aberdeen.

Small business owners could still struggle with the Making Tax Digital scheme, new research has suggested.

The majority of small business owners are failing to take measures to prevent financial fraud, despite instances of it rising, new research has suggested.

Small businesses are expected to contribute £217 billion to the economy by 2020, according to new research.

Failure to offer alternative payment methods to cash transactions is costing small businesses billions of pounds, according to new research.

A failure to cater for the needs of disabled customers could mean that the UK’s small businesses are missing out on a market worth more than £200 billion.

Small construction firms in the UK are being forced to wait nearly two months to receive payments from large property developments, according to new research.

Nearly one in five small businesses has failed to report fraud according to new research, and it is costing firms hundreds of millions of pounds.