The UK’s Small Businesses Should Be Fuelling the Country’s Growth Ambitions. Here’s Why that’s Not Happening

The UK’s small businesses should be fuelling the country’s growth ambitions. Here’s why that’s not happening

Today a van, tomorrow the world … with the right support. jgolby/ShutterstockThe UK government’s spending review has set out its priorities for the next three years. But behind the rhetoric about boosting growth lies growing concern about small businesses being locked out of the wider UK economy. Government funding and regulation are increasingly out of step with the reality of micro-enterprises and sole traders, shutting off their potential to …

West Midlands small businesses encouraged to apply for research and development grants

Creative freelancers and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the West Midlands can now apply for up to £10,000 of funding to develop innovative ideas through collaborative Research and Development (R&D).