SMEs

Research of 500 SME owners and decision makers found half blame the new budget for their scaled back Christmas celebrations this year

UK SME owners blame government budget for scaled-down Christmas plans

Top 10 Edinburgh Businesses to Watch in 2025: A Vision for Growth and Global Impact

Top 10 Edinburgh businesses to watch in 2025: A Vision for Growth and Global Imp...

Established in 2004, Federal Management has grown from a single office to a nationwide operation

Award-winning debt collection agency celebrates 20 years

Rachel Reeves delivering the Budget in Parliament last week

The good, the bad and the ugly of the Budget’s Impact on Scotland - Simit...

The podcast offers a lifeline for overlooked small businesses struggling to make sense of the increasingly complex digital marketing landscape.

Ad Feature Marketing expert launches podcast to help overlooked small businesses

One of the UK’s most exciting and recognised entrepreneurs, Tom Glanfield of TEGCap, from Bournemouth, Hampshire

Ad Feature Insider tricks that entrepreneurs use to get noticed

Liz McAreavey, CEO at Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

Working with a new government to boost economic growth - Liz McAreavey

Steven Smillie, Allica Bank's Relationship Manager for Scotland

Scottish SMEs losing out on nearly £370 million a year in ‘missing interest’, ne...

Many UK small businesses expect little growth over the next two years

Many UK small businesses expect little growth over the next two years

Finalists celebrating at the SME National Business Awards 2023 Final

BIRA celebrates the Nation’s best Retailers

Changes to wages and National Insurance for Employers

Employers to pay thousands more in National Insurance from April

Edinburgh-based Crover is behind a grain storage system that offers a new way to automate monitoring and management activities.

Funding boost will take tech firm's 'grain-swimming' robot to new frontiers

Many SMEs have reinvested their profits just to stay afloat this year

Glasgow saw the highest business creation per capita out of all local authorities in Scotland, according to the latest Business Hotspots list from SME lender Iwoca.

Glasgow trumps Edinburgh as most popular place to start a business in Scotland

Top 10 challenges SME owners face

Top 10 challenging things about running your own business

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Top 10 things SMEs think they should be doing to stay afloat
10 things SMEs think they should be doing to stay afloat
Charlotte Minett

Barclays is to cut opening hours of hundreds of branches across the UK

Barclays to cut opening hours of hundreds of branches across the UK

'Despite all the challenges, I remain optimistic about what Business Gateway can do to help Scotland’s SMEs achieve in the next few years,' says Hugh Lightbody. Picture: Stewart Attwood.

Interview: Business Gateway chief Hugh Lightbody on catalysing entrepreneurship

Rathbones has found that 44 per cent of business-owners north of the Border have given their employees regular financial help in the last six months. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images.

Cost of living: Scottish business-owners supporting employees financially

Liz McAreavey, CEO at Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

Business barriers don’t add up to a growth agenda - Liz McAreavey

Heather Cobb of Tide: 'Meeting our target to onboard 100,000 female-led businesses in the UK by the end of 2023, almost a year early, is a great achievement and one we’re very proud of.'

Half of women setting up in business thwarted by funding hurdle - new research

Many SMEs affected by the rising living costs have said this time has been the ‘...

Justine Muir, Alan Crawley and Chris Foley of Optima Partners. Picture: Duncan McGlynn

Edinburgh-headquartered consultancy on track to double UK workforce to 100

From left: Nicola Campbell, Xanthe Tremain, and Greig McKnight at Azets' Glasgow office. Picture: Ashley Coombes.

Accountancy firm Azets promotes SME specialist to partner in Scotland

Lloyds says SMEs can, by investing in transitioning their business, create long-term cost savings, such as by becoming more energy efficient and reducing energy bills. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Cost cited as largest obstacle for UK SMEs on journey to net zero

Many employees will get an extra 2.5 days of annual leave at Christmas - equatin...

Many employees will be able to spend a couple more days jetting off to the sun thanks to additional holiday allowances.

Festive cheer: SMEs to reward employees with 120 million extra days off
Small and medium-sized businesses are set to reward their employees with 120 million extra days off as the cost-of-living crisis bites.
Scott Reid

Leesman believes Scotland’s SMEs would if they adopted hybrid working only need physical workspace for 768,000 people - out of a total workforce of 1.2m - at any time. Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Hybrid working 'could save Scotland’s SMEs £6.5bn a year in office rent'

The new agreement was celebrated during a visit to the MDMC by Business Minister Ivan McKee. Picture: contributed.

New Heriot-Watt and Technology Scotland tie-up sets out to advance patient care

NatWest chief executive Alison Rose: 'We recognise that there are instances where customers would benefit from speaking with an independent advisor, particularly where debts are spread across multiple lenders.'

Struggling SMEs to get 'independent debt advice' as RBS seals charity tie-up

SMEs struggle to maintain business due to the rise in living costs – as many are...

Businesses are looking to cut costs even more, expert warns

UK SMEs brace for steep rise in redundancies, employment expert warns

Liz McAreavey, CEO at Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

Speedy recovery demands support for business - Liz MacAreavey

Businesses and households are being hit with soaring utility bills heading into winter.

Energy price crisis: Quarter of SMEs say power bills unsustainable

From left: Professor Marc Desmulliez, manager of the MDMC at Heriot-Watt, and Graham Watson, executive chair of InnoScot Health. Picture: contributed.

Heriot-Watt inks 'landmark' partnership to accelerate medtech innovation

Nearly half of all SMEs have already switched to a domestic supplier due to sustainability concerns, NatWest has found. Picture: Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images.

'Encouraging' signs that UK firms making supply chains more eco-friendly

These are the top 20 ways small businesses are reducing outgoings

Small businesses are in need of help

New report: Government must spend more with small businesses to unlock growth

The MDMC 'is accelerating life-changing medical devices from concept into commercial products', Dr Murray says. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

The Big Interview: Dr Gillian Murray of Heriot-Watt University

Mike Randall and William Devine at the opening of the new Simply Scottish operation, based at Eurocentral.

SME-focused asset finance lender opens first office in Scotland

The lab will be based in TSB’s Edinburgh George Street headquarters, Henry Duncan House.

TSB joins forces with FinTech Scotland to launch Edinburgh 'innovation lab'

Emma and Fergus MacDonald, owners of the Edinburgh-based Tartan Blanket Co, who secured capital from last year’s fund to support expansion. Picture: contributed.

Scotland allocated £1bn to fuel growth as part of HSBC's latest SME fund

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland are confident of sales rising in the current quarter.

Scottish SMEs buck gloomy backdrop with sales boost prediction

In a 'seamless transition', Jane Wood, pictured, succeeds Nicola Barclay as chief executive of Homes for Scotland (HFS). Picture: Chris Watt

Homes for Scotland unveils high-profile chief exec at critical time for industry

Eight in 10 small business owners want to be greener - but don’t know where to s...

Jenny Britton, head of executive development at University of Edinburgh Business School and James Close, head of climate change at NatWest Group, mark the launch of the tie-up at RBS's Gogarburn headquarters. Picture: Stuart Nicol Photography

RBS staff to tap into £1.5m training to help firms make most of net zero shift

Dame Julia Unwin is to lead the new Edinburgh-led initiative to unlock the power of data to help SMEs.

Finance firms join forces to help tackle SME late payment crisis

Royal Bank of Scotland, part of NatWest Group, is launching new green loans and green asset finance. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

RBS takes aim at net zero goal after launching green loan support for SMEs

CEO Stuart Lunn with Sir Sandy Crombie, chairman of LendingCrowd.

Edinburgh fintech LendingCrowd pledges £100 million to recovering SMEs

Brian Machray and Nick Smith of Reward Finance Group.

Alternative funder hires experienced specialist to head new Edinburgh operation

AM Bid's David Gray says SMEs have to prepare for changes to public sector contracts.

Scotland's SMEs urged to ready themselves for public procurement changes

Mehrnaz Campbell, founder and CEO of Cheemia ReSet, one of the three firms taking to the #SMEstage next month. Picture: Donna Green Photography.

Three pioneering Scots SMEs secure prestigious slots at Can Do Innovation Summit

International trade consultant Diana Peralta and Heather MacLaurin of Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce launch the trade missions in Greenock. Picture: James Chapelard.

Land of opportunity: Scots firms heading to US on in-person trade missions

The research from a poll of 1,000 SMEs, analysis of more than 100 reports, as well as the results of 50 support programmes, found that just 20 per cent of UK SMEs describe themselves as tech-savvy. Picture: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Just a fifth of SMEs 'tech-savvy' despite potential boost to bottom-line

The ACCA said that as the country moves into a new phase of Covid-related restrictions, SMEs across Scotland will need additional support.

Quarter of Scottish SMEs still not returned to pre-Covid levels of productivity