The very latest facts, figures and SME statistics.
Partners in profit – how unpaid, unseen workforce of spouses keeps many small businesses afloat.
Businesses heading into insolvency increaes by over 10% during the third quarter of 2008.
Christmas isn’t cancelled despite the credit crunch as firms get festive.
Retail sales on the slide as retailers small and large suffer as shoppers stay home.
16% rise in confident home based businesses which see a bright future despite the gloom
September sees one last impulse buy on the high street from shoppers as retailers prepare for tough times.
Prices at the pumps lead to cost cutting by UK small businesses.
Increase in crimes against small businesses set to worsen in second half of 2008.
Over 65s are the happiest to still be working, while 30-45s more prone to mid-life employment crisis.
North-South divide is alive and well among UK entrepreneurs according to research.