The entrepreneur Sam runs CeeCee & Me, a mobile shoe-fitting service for children. Previous career Sam worked in the City in financial PR for many years but wanted to spend more time at home as her job involved very long hours. After the birth of her second child she decided to stop the juggling act
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Improved cash flow could be the cornerstone of SME and sole trader success in the UK according to new research carried out by mobile card payment app, SmartTrade App. Delayed invoices or non-payment is a hinderance to SMEs and sole traders throughout the UK with four in ten applying for loans or other finance, citing
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Engineers in Switzerland build a drone made with artificial feathers that can cope with strong winds and make sharp turns.
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It has been a year to remember, for better or worse. The shock waves of Brexit, the ascendancy of Donald Trump, and the economic implications of such events have had commentators speculating on the impact on small businesses. Only time will tell how enterprise will fare in 2017, but for now smaller business owners can
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A holly jolly Christmas isn’t on the cards for many workers across the UK. Office Genie’s research finds the majority of British bosses err towards stingy Scrooge than selfless Saint Nick. Christmas bonuses are in short supply this year: a shocking 84 per cent of employees will not be receiving a seasonal reward. Festive cheer is also
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For many small business owners, the festive period represents a chance to briefly down tools and get some respite from the rigours of self-employment. But in addition to being an opportunity for some well-deserved downtime, the Christmas holidays can also be a great chance to take advantage of a quiet period in your business and
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Christmas is over, the decorations are down, the New Year’s celebrations are already a distant memory and workers struggle to get motivated – welcome to January. It’s a long, dark month, so it’s hard to find some feel-good factor to cling to – particularly with employees coming back to work after a relaxing Christmas break.
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The attached document is classified by HM Revenue and Customs as a tariff notice and contains information about how to correctly classify certain goods for import and export purposes.
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Facebook has been handed a deadline to confirm whether it gave EU regulators misleading information about its takeover of WhatsApp two years ago.
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Facebook has been accused by the European Commission of misleading it during its investigation of Facebook’s 2014 takeover of WhatsApp.
Source: BBC