SBC Weekly Update

At the end of each week, the Commissioner shares her insights into what is going on in the world of small business.

You can also read SBC Weekly updates on social media.

I’m sharing three observations from the visit; produced for those operating in the world of economic development, and for small businesses to forward to your own town/city enterprise teams as food for thought.

Bold ambition x small business in York

SME Safari

On Safari with SMEs

We're hiring

Looking for board advisors: could it be you?

Graphic reads: Attending this week’s launch of The Entrepreneurs Network report, Ambition Unlimited, I was delighted to enter a room filled with young founders who, as the report implied, had heaps of ambition. I met early-stage entrepreneurs launching everything from apps to accelerators and their optimism was palpable.

Support for young entrepreneurs

Small Businesses in Wales

Small Business in Wales

A quote card that reads: To ensure payments are made prompt to online sellers, we were delighted last week to launch a marketplace guide and fair payment pledge from some of the UK’s major marketplaces and payment providers who have come together to agree an approach for small firms who may have, for reasons explained in the guide, had their merchant account and funds put on hold.

Marketplace seller? Expect fair payment.

Previous weekly updates from the Small Business Commissioner:

Free the Founder

Payment Practices and Performance reporting and how it’s supporting small firms

How a target focused minds to paying SMEs in less than 10 days

Taking small businesses to the heart of Government to talk digital

US investment: UK small business opportunity

Small business: Big impact

Knowing me, knowing you

AI as your small business superpower

Spotlight on…The Intellectual Property Office

14 sources of new(ish) funding for small firms

Getting to prompt payment: your view

Sell online and get paid on time

Have a late payment with a large company?

The role of accountants and their software in enabling prompt payment

Join the FPC to boost your business

Meeting the team and going for growth