As the UK struggles to cope with the harsh winter weather, many owners of small firms are asking – how resilient is my business?

While hopes of reclaiming costly overdraft charges seemingly dead in the water, one firm is claiming that it can still help businesses get their money back

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson will be quizzed by MPs over loans and investment to small and medium-sized businesses

Business owners are being warned not to let themselves be cash-flow crunch victims this Christmas by companies using the long break to avoid paying invoices on time

Graduates who stayed on at university to do a masters degree with the aim of making themselves more employable might have been better off spending the money on travel

Growing numbers of pub landlords and bar owners are looking at ways to diversify to ensure their businesses succeed

Growing numbers of pub landlords and bar owners are looking at ways to diversify to ensure their businesses succeed

Smaller firms will be shut out of tendering for Government contracts by onerous new conditions imposed by Ministers

If you have an idea for a business what is the best way to try to find funding for that business whilst protecting the initial idea?

This year has been variously described as a huge challenge for businesses, ‘awful’ for small firms, and the worst year in a long time