Small businesses in the UK are taking deliberate steps to diversify during the recession, with the owners of restaurants, pubs and firms in the leisure sector in particular admitting cash flow is their main concern at the moment.
That's one of the main findings to come from new research by business insurance advisers at Aviva. While three-quarters of pub, restaurant and leisure bosses surveyed by the group singled out money as t... Continue Reading
We've been charting rock-bottom cafe prices and the recent rise in coffee bars for sale with interest here at Bizsale, and now we hear the sun could be setting on the "Starbuckisation" of London.
Various reasons are being singled out for the £47 million lost by the chain's UK cafes during the downturn, from soaring milk prices to sterling's coll... Continue Reading
Around half of the UK's small businesses are poised to expand over the next year and Barclays is laying on a raft of free seminars to help them, backed by ACCA and support service Business Link.
With more than 600 events lined up under the Let's Talk banner, the financial services giant is targeting anyone thinking about starting a business, as well as existing owners of small firms.
"Small firms depend on bank... Continue Reading
Entrepreneurs and small business owners have been finding it tricky raising finance lately, that's no secret.
But the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is putting its money where its mouth is and shelling out loans of up to £200,000 to give such individuals a foot up the business ladder.
Even if you've already been refused cash by your bank, you're still eligible – in fact, if that's the ca... Continue Reading
Aspiring entrepreneurs take note: Britain faces a surge in corporate insolvencies as businesses' "time to pay" arrangements with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) begin to expire, the trade association for insolvency practitioners has claimed.
R3 says more than 200,000 companies signed up to the programme when it was introduced in last year's pre-Budget report, delaying payments totalling around £3.6 billion.
Gover... Continue Reading
Resolving any outstanding legal or environmental issues before selling a business will reassure interested parties they are making a sound investment, it has been suggested.
Associated Content's Richard Smith points out that potential buyers generally carry out background checks on businesses for sale, deeming their scepticism "only natural".
"Talk to your lawyer or other professional advisers to see what can be don... Continue Reading
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