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SMEs

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

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

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

Which Lancashire companies are looking after the future of our planet? The search has begun to find out

Ad Feature Search is on: Which Lancashire companies are best for the environment

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

Are apprenticeships in danger?

SME apprenticeships under threat due to cost-of-living burdens

Sign up now to find out more about how a new scheme could help you employ and train the perfect workforce for the future

Ad Feature Support for SMEs in Burnley and East Lancs to take on apprentices

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

Saving energy is one of the easiest ways to cut business costs

Ad Feature Practical solutions for SMEs to lower carbon

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

The winners of the FESB's 2022 small business awards

Small businesses in Lancashire can get themselves noticed with these awards

Professor Jess Davies of Lancaster University

Lancashire's female-led eco engineering revolution combatting climate crisis

An ELe glamping hut

Lancashire’s groundbreaking green housing company taking on the climate crisis

The Journeys to Net Zero - Collaboration Showcase saw more than 200 delegates from Lancashire businesses at Lancaster University

Green technology partnership points 47 Lancashire firms to low carbon future

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

Panaz Burnley

Home improvement boom

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

Semiconductors are used in the production of new cars

Global computer chip shortage raised in Parliament on behalf of Burnley business

Many SMEs have seen their takings plummet

Small firms in North West have lost an average of £22,000 during pandemic

Andrew Leeming

Peer knowledge will help Lancashire businesses under new Boost programme

Martin Hartley-Smith

Audit support for Burnley charities

According to a new survey, more than a third of furloughed employees have been asked to carry out work by their bosses (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than a third of furloughed employees have been asked to work by their bosse...

John Chesworth

Clitheroe law firm launches rapid response team for coronavirus loans

Simon Howes

Small and medium sized Burnley employers urged to detail impact of coronavirus o...

Digital Kitbag

Digital Kitbag seminars head to the North West

Gordon Birtwistle

Could you volunteer to go ‘back to school’?

A new guide to securing European Union funding. launched by North West Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim.

Euro MP’s new guide on how to secure European funds