Advice for any small firms with closure concerns
A survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reports that there is concern that thousands of small businesses could be at risk of closure. This is based on a pole of nearly 1,500 small business owners and sole traders,This in turn is due to declining revenues and rising tax bills. The survey shows that…
UK has seen increase in new businesses
The Times reports that, the UK had 5.7m businesses, at the start of the year. This was an increase of 191,000 from the previous year, according to the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI). It is claimed that this was primarily due to 201,000 new self-employed and one-person companies being registered. Interesting that this is…
