London Is UK’s ‘Best Place To Start A Small Business’: Reality and Price Increases Disagree

As part of Simply Business’ “Best UK Cities for Small Businesses Index for 2024”, London was listed as the best city in the UK to start a small business. Despite average monthly rent prices measuring around £2125, the capital’s average earnings, start-up programmes and coworking spaces boosted it to the top. Leicester, Coventry and Doncaster … Read more

Colossal Costs and Insatiable Influencers: How One Cake Maker Is Weathering the Storm With Swagger

I call Reshmi Bennett just as she’s bidding farewell to a handyman visiting her new kitchen premises in Farnham. He has not been able to solve the problem – her main fridge is down – owing to a busted compressor, she reckons. And, if you think that’s the most stress she’s had all month, think … Read more

New Migration Requirements Are Pushing Women And Small Businesses Out Of The UK

On Monday this week, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the Conservative Party have developed new policies that will see the number of people arriving in the UK for long-term residency decrease by 300,000 a year. As the government reveals more of its plans to halt immigration to the UK, a group of migration and … Read more