Left in the lurch: Kate Solomons’s small business has dried up in the crisis Small business owners have been forced to raid personal savings to prop up their cash-starved companies – 100 days after lockdown began. Back in March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a package worth more than £300 billion to support British businesses and … Read more
A number of multinational corporations have pledged their support for small businesses that have taken a financial beating from the coronavirus. Tech giants Amazon and Facebook, among others, have launched major initiatives to help get SMEs back on their feet using a range of resources from funding to technology, to virtual events and more. This … Read more
From Saturday, it might be possible to enter your local and order a frosty pint once more after months of pubs being closed. While some have sold drinks in plastic cups to be consumed near-by, 4 July should see more establishments open up and punters on premises. However, it will be a different experience to … Read more
Monzo, which has become a current account favourite over the past five years, has launched a new business offering with integrated accounting and fee-free spending overseas. There are two products to choose from: Business Lite, which has no monthly fees, or Business Pro which is one of the cheapest business bank accounts currently available, at … Read more
Spreading the word about a new business is always hard to do. And when lockdown struck in March, that suddenly became an even greater hurdle for thousands of people who were trying to get a money-making idea off the ground. Without a large established customer base, Susan Leonard was one of those who found it … Read more
Pubs, restaurants and other indoor hospitality venues in England have finally been given the go-ahead to welcome customers back, but small business owners say they are disappointed with the handling of their livelihoods. After telling restaurants, pubs and cafes to shut their doors at short notice just before the Mother’s Day weekend, the Government has … Read more
One-way traffic, hand-sanitiser stations, clothes quarantines and Perspex screens – shopping on the country’s high streets looks very different today than it did before lockdown began three months ago. Non-essential retailers are now open for the first time in months, meaning a flurry of behind-the-scenes activity as owners adjust to the ‘new normal’ – from … Read more
Across the country, many small businesses have had to adapt to survive and ride out the coronavirus pandemic. Top of the agenda for most has been gravitating to selling items online and getting them delivered to doorsteps. While this sounds easy in theory, it brings all sorts of challenges. Professional websites to be built, photography … Read more
Parents often feel guilt-tripped into buying the best, and sometimes most expensive, items for their children. This results in many suffering buyer’s remorse – especially when it comes to prams, a new start-up claims. Many parents end up buying multiple ones, research for London-based Buggi shows. One parent, Stacey Waddell from Luton, even claims she … Read more
Saviour: Danielle McCann launched Not Just Nibbles when work dried up Starting your own business is a tough task at the best of times, but to launch in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown is really stacking the odds against you. But while some entrepreneurs say that starting up in lockdown was the worst possible … Read more