Research has revealed that small businesses are using Facebook to try and promote their services.
While the social network has been offering ad space for sometime now, it appears that smaller companies are only recently taking advantage of the option in a bid to drum up business and avoid closure in difficult trading periods.
Conducted by Payvment, the study looked at more than 100,000 companies and individuals who are s... Continue Reading
A pub has been forced onto the market due to an increase in rent costs, it has been revealed.
Teague's Bar, in Gloucester, is to be sold for around £250,000 after the owner Punch Taverns raised rent by ten per cent. The owners also refused to sell the landlord the building, leaving him no option but to allow them to sell the pub on the market.
Gary Teague, who has had nine years at the pub, explained that Punch is ... Continue Reading
Small businesses in the UK appear to be more confident in the future, despite the problems surrounding trade at the moment.
The latest figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) revealed that more than half of the 3,000 FSB members surveyed aim to grow in the 12 months ahead. Furthermore, a third of companies questioned said that they hope to increase their capital investment plans.
The results come as somethi... Continue Reading
A pub is up for sale in Seaford after decades in the same family, it has been revealed.
Reports confirmed that the Seven Sisters is on the market on a leasehold basis. It boasts a lounge bar, dining area, children's room and a public bar, as well as a separate function room, five bedrooms and a beer garden and play area outside.
Reports from the Eastbourne Herald stated that the pub has been in the Unden family sinc... Continue Reading
A cinema is for sale in Colchester after ten years of closure has left it somewhat derelict.
The ex-Odeon cinema in Crouch Street has become an eyesore in the view of many locals as the owner Steve Peri has abandoned his hopes to redevelop the site.
Mr Peri had hoped to build the cinema up as a nightclub, but it now looks like this won't be possible. Instead, the premises is on the market for £1.5 million, with the... Continue Reading
Research has revealed that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are spending a substantial amount of money on taxes that they don't need to be paying.
Conducted by unbiased.co.uk, the Small Business Tax Action Report revealed that SMBs are due to waste in the region of £7.15 billion over the course of 2012 in extra payments to the taxman. This breaks down as an average of £1,500 per business.
Karen Barrett, ch... Continue Reading
A Grade-II listed mill building is up for sale in Chichester Harbour through joint auctioneers Henry Adams and Clive Emson.
The building dates back to the 18th century and is currently being used as a store. However, it has the potential to be converted into a restaurant or even a home or boutique hotel, according to the sellers.
David Adams, a partner with Henry Adams, told the West Sussex Country Times that the mill�... Continue Reading
The contents of a Newport hotel are up for auction after the premises closed its doors due to a "severe" downturn in trade.
The historic King's Hotel is to sell off televisions, clothes hangers and chandeliers through auctioneers Watts and Morgan. A total of 500 lots will feature in a 17-page catalogue of the property's possession.
Business owners might find that some of the catering and kitchen equipment is of... Continue Reading
Pub company Young's has announced that 14 of its pubs are now up for sale, the majority of which are based in the south.
The firm currently has a portfolio of around 90 tenanted pubs and 150 managed establishments. Of those it is selling, 13 are tenanted while there is one managed house on the market in Bristol.
In addition to the Bristol pub, the properties are based around London and the Home Counties. The Plough... Continue Reading
Small businesses appear to be showing resilience to the mounting pressures of operating in today's financial climate.
The latest research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) revealed that 68 per cent of small businesses have introduced new or improved products and services over the course of the past two years.
This is a 15 per cent rise on the same figure for 2009, while 58 per cent are looking at furthe... Continue Reading
Llangoed Hall Hotel at Llyswen, near Brecon, Powys is up for sale after the group that owns it went into administration.
The hotel for sale, which was previously owned by Laura Ashley co-founder Sir Bernard Ashley, was bought by von Essen Hotels in 2010. The property is now on the market through von Essen's administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers.
A pub near Perth, Scotland, is up for sale after the business went into liquidation, it has been revealed.
The Anglers Inn was a former Inspectors' Favourite in the Michelin Eating Out in Pubs Guide and has enjoyed success with locals and tourists who have enjoyed the food and drink on offer.
However, the owner and operator of the Anglers Inn, New Skyline Developments, went into liquidation this January so the prope... Continue Reading
A pub and hotel used in the famous 1970s horror film The Wicker Man is up for sale.
Located in Creetown, near Newton Stewart, the Ellangowan Hotel is on the market for offers of around £200,000.
It featured as the fictional Green Man pub in the film, in which Britt Ekland starred as a barmaid alongside Christopher Lee.
The property boasts nine bedrooms and potential purchasers may be interested to learn t... Continue Reading
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is considering selling off some of its buildings and assets in a bid to cut its expenses.
Dozens of buildings will be sold off in order to raise funds of around £25 million for major new projects. Included in the sale will be town halls, offices, libraries, local centres and depots.
At the moment the authority is forking out in the region of £500,000 a year simply to maintain an assortment ... Continue Reading
The past year has seen the number of restaurants going bust rise by almost a third (31 per cent), recent figures have confirmed.
Compiled by chartered accountants and business advisory firm Wilkins Kennedy, the data found that the past year saw the highest number of insolvencies since the first quarter of 2009 and blamed VAT and rises in minimum wages for the problems.
A total of 684 restaurant businesses became insolven... Continue Reading
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