On Tuesday tech giants Google, Amazon and Facebook announced plans to boost their hiring of women and minorities at the first-ever White House Demo Day.
The Small Business Majority poll reveals that two-thirds of small businesses in the US believe that owners should not be able to deny their goods or services to LGBT couples.
Once a small business selling hand brewed and bottled beers out the back of a beaten up van, the popular independent craft beer maker, BrewDog, just announced its first ever overseas brewery in Ohio, USA.
According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal small business owners in the US are feeling increasingly confident about their financial positions.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging small business owners and the self-employed to make the most of networking and social events to increase mental wellbeing and mitigate the negative effects of isolation.
The current Brexit chaos seems to have been triggered by Theresa May taking her Summer holiday in Europe. Differences of opinion on Brexit – it’s timing, single market access, migration etc – have become full blown briefing wars between government ministers.
The “having your cake and eat it” Brexit was, like everything else, a promise fuelled with patriotic fervour but with no planning. It’s starting to feel like the “Charge of the Light Brigade”.
Our hunt for the small business with the biggest heart is over. We’re delighted to announce the first-ever winner of our Small Business Big Heart Award
Stevie Woodrow was recovering from a kidney transplant on Christmas day in 2012. He was keen to return to sport, but there were no established teams he could join.
Addressing themes such as Brexit, cyber security, transport and the wider economy, the FSB says that the speech was “paving the way for a pro-business Brexit”.
