SMEs

Code bottlenecks: UK developers cite outdated workflows and manual deployments as key causes of software delays.

UK firms losing over £100K a year due to software deployment delays

Small Northern Irish businesses lose £3,398 each year due to cyber-attacks

Cyber hacks cost small businesses in Derry and wider Northern Ireland £92 millio...

SME's are being made to reconsider their future

Ad Feature Spring Statement leaves UK SME’s more financially vulnerable

Mark Johnston, Johnston Financial Solutions

Why many NI firms struggle to access finance

Diane Park who runs Wave of Nostalgia in Haworth says sustainability is at the heart of her business

The Willow Review issues new recommendations for UK small businesses

Andrew Fleming, President, Derry Chamber.

Supports needed if North West of the future is to be delivered

Sean O'Loughlin, Managing Director, Budget Energy

Survey reveals almost half of Northern Ireland’s businesses have never changed e...

Research of 500 SME owners and decision makers found half blame the new budget for their scaled back Christmas celebrations this year

UK SME owners blame government budget for scaled-down Christmas plans

Established in 2004, Federal Management has grown from a single office to a nationwide operation

Award-winning debt collection agency celebrates 20 years

The podcast offers a lifeline for overlooked small businesses struggling to make sense of the increasingly complex digital marketing landscape.

Ad Feature Marketing expert launches podcast to help overlooked small businesses

One of the UK’s most exciting and recognised entrepreneurs, Tom Glanfield of TEGCap, from Bournemouth, Hampshire

Ad Feature Insider tricks that entrepreneurs use to get noticed

Many UK small businesses expect little growth over the next two years

Many UK small businesses expect little growth over the next two years

Roger Pollen, (left) Head of FSB NI pictured recently with Joe Kennedy III, US Special Envoy to NI for Economic Affairs; and Tina McKenzie, FSB UK Policy and Advocacy Chair

FSB head says NI is unique

Changes to wages and National Insurance for Employers

Employers to pay thousands more in National Insurance from April

Changes to wages and National Insurance for Employers.

Employers to pay thousands more in National Insurance from April

Many SMEs have reinvested their profits just to stay afloat this year
One in five small businesses has re-invested all their profits just to stay afloat this year, according to research.
Charlotte Minett

Trish Hegarty, Inis Communications. Picture Conor McCabe Photography.

Ireland’s first online PR service launched in Inishowen this week

Top 10 challenges SME owners face

Top 10 challenging things about running your own business

SME owner

Top 10 things SMEs think they should be doing to stay afloat

Barclays is to cut opening hours of hundreds of branches across the UK

Barclays to cut opening hours of hundreds of branches across the UK

Derry

Derry university to get share of £4.5million SME fund

Pictured at the opening of the Industry 4.0 centre at NWRC are: Leo Murphy, Principal and Chief Executive of NWRC, Dr Mark Gubbins, Director of Development, Seagate Technologies, Belinda Tunnah, Department for the Economy, Jennifer McKeever, Chair of NWRC's Governing Body. Cathal Ferry, i4.0 Centre Manager, and Dr. Fergal Tuffy, NWRC Business Support Centre Manager. (Pic Martin McKeown)

NWRC opens unique Industry 4.0 Centre in Derry

Many SMEs affected by the rising living costs have said this time has been the ‘...

Are apprenticeships in danger?

SME apprenticeships under threat due to cost-of-living burdens

Many employees will get an extra 2.5 days of annual leave at Christmas - equatin...

SMEs struggle to maintain business due to the rise in living costs – as many are...

Businesses are looking to cut costs even more, expert warns

UK SMEs brace for steep rise in redundancies, employment expert warns
As inflation continues to surge and worries around an incoming recession grow, SMEs are starting to brace for widespread redundancies, new research from Citation has found.
Christine Emelone

Roger Pollen, head of FSB Northern Ireland

Forgotten, nearly gone...small businesses need to know what help is coming

These are the top 20 ways small businesses are reducing outgoings

Small businesses are in need of help

New report: Government must spend more with small businesses to unlock growth

Eight in 10 small business owners want to be greener - but don’t know where to s...

Roger Pollen, Head of FSB NI

Springing into a ‘polar vortex’

The Union flag and the EU flag

We are on hiding to nothing: Anderson

According to a new survey, more than a third of furloughed employees have been asked to carry out work by their bosses (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than a third of furloughed employees have been asked to work by their bosse...

Why many of us will be working during our summer holidays

Brian Mullen and Kieran Hurley, Commercial Insurance Consultants, Lockton

Ad Feature The A, B and three Cs of insurance issues facing SMEs

Mayor looking forward to a busy week for local business

Construction

Council refutes house building lobby's attack