Personal guarantees: the need-to-knows
Your bank has agreed to extend your banking facilities so you can expand your business. But you must agree to issue a personal guarantee. Here’s what you need to know.
Manufacturing costs soar, fuelling inflation fears
A spike in the cost of commodities saw manufacturers' raw material and input prices soar, fuelling inflationary and interest-rate fears.
Ten-point charter for Vince Cable
A ten-point charter advising Business Secretary Vince Cable on how to accelerate the economy and help small businesses.
Social media: SMEs must wise up
As Social Media Week draws to a close, a survey shows that too many SMEs are dropping the ball when it comes to social media.
The iPhone confessional and other weird apps
This week saw the launch of Confession: A Roman Catholic App – the first app to receive the stamp of the church. It’s not the only weird app out there…
2011’s most endangered office products
Rolodexes and shredders are endangered species in the modern office. What are the other office products on their way to extinction?
EasyJet pay battle drags on
Another day, another boardroom battle at easyJet. The airline’s founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has threatened to oppose the board’s remuneration package at next week’s annual meeting.