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Self-employed workers being urged to pause before applying for cash from Government’s income support scheme By Colin Nicholson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:38 GMT, 12 December 2020 Self-employed workers are being urged to pause before applying for cash from the Government’s income support scheme.  Anyone eligible for … Read more

Sebastian Frank and Mathias Wahrenberger launched LucyBalu in the UK in September How does a start-up, no more than a year old, get one of the biggest brands in the world to work with them?  Through their shared love of cats of course.  LucyBalu creates and designs high-quality sustainable products and furniture for cats, and this … Read more

Global brands such as American Express and Virgin have launched campaigns this week to help small businesses get back on track this Christmas. Today marks the eighth Small Business Saturday UK, a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which celebrates small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support businesses in their communities.  As lockdown restrictions have … Read more

Small business charity The Tide hailed by minister after raising £160,000 in a week with our help By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 17 November 2020 A small business charity supported by the Mail has been hailed by a Government minister after it raised … Read more

A raft of self-employed workers are still being denied help as a second lockdown arrives – more than seven months after the first coronavirus support measures were announced. This week’s announcement that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme will be extended through to January has been welcomed, but all those who weren’t eligible before the extension … Read more

Rishi’s emergency rescue plan to extend financial help for businesses has kept some firms happy while others accused the Chancellor of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’. Rishi Sunak shared his ‘Winter Economic Plan’ today, which provided an update on the new programme due to replace the furlough scheme among other policies designed to protect jobs … Read more

For Deirdre Mc Gettrick comparing furniture items and prices for her home was a frustrating experience but one that eventually gave birth to an idea for a business. She says that hunting for furniture for her home felt like a chore after long days at work, which often resulted in her creating spreadsheets, littered with … Read more

Do you know how much household waste ends up in landfill and in our oceans? According to a report by the National Audit Office in 2019, more than half of the packaging reported as recycled is sent abroad for processing – with little guarantee it won’t be incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped in the … Read more

Struggling with your start-up? Sporting legend Sir Clive Woodward is sharing his tips for success online tomorrow Rugby World Cup winning coach, Sir Clive Woodward will teach a live and interactive course on team growth and development – starting tomorrow The course aims to help combat the 95% failure rate for tech start-ups in the … Read more

This week, the Government finally delivered the details of the Kickstart Scheme after Chancellor Rishi Sunak promised to provide more information in August. Back in July in his mini-budget speech he said he’d launch a Kickstart Scheme to get young people on Universal Credit, who have lost jobs and opportunities because of coronavirus, back to work. … Read more