Labour’s election victory: Small businesses applaud Labour’s good intentions, but the policies are doomed.

The challenges involved in securing external finance are preventing many small businesses in the UK from achieving their growth potential.

A new survey has found that a staggering one million UK small businesses have no business insurance, leaving them at financial risk in the event of an accident or a lawsuit.

Three in ten (29%) business owners said that they under-budgeted their entire forecast in the last financial year according to a new survey by Capital on Tap.

Small business-friendly government policies could help to create more than one and a half million new jobs in the UK, according to a new survey.

More than 90 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named and shamed, business minister Nick Boles has announced.

Two-thirds of UK workers are now saving through a workplace pension scheme, thanks to automatic pension enrolment, but seven in ten employers are feeling the impact in cost terms.

Three-quarters of companies worldwide have now introduced flexible working policies to enable employees to vary their hours and work from home or on the move according to a major new survey.

The current system of business rates is outdated and is undermining British high streets and manufacturers, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

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