Defence, military and aerospace firms featured on the list of businesses who have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay their suppliers on time.

We look at Chancellor Rishi Sunat’s first budget and what impact this will have on UK SMEs.

Sending out emails to prospective and current clients can be a little more difficult since GDPR, but it is still one of the most effective marketing channels available to businesses. As well as being low cost, engagement is trackable so you can get a solid ROI on any campaigns.

Do you have a clear understanding of whom your customer is? The following 10 questions will help you understand what makes your customer tick and help identify opportunities to capitalise.

Online grocery retailer has posted £214.5 million pounds pre-tax loses – four times that from 2018 citing damage from a distribution centre fire as the cause.

Ocado, valued at £8.2 billion, has wiped £111.8 million off the value of its Hampshire based warehouse following a fire last year – which was started when detection systems failed to activate a response.

Starting a business is tough – there’s plenty to do in order to get your start-up off the ground and it’s more than likely that you’re juggling hats in order to keep your costs down and get the maximum out of the business.

A recent report from insolvency practice Begbies Traynor shows that nearly 500,000 UK businesses are struggling – the highest figure on record. Experts predict that this will rise to over half a million in 2020.

A recent survey by the law firm DLA Piper has reported GDPR fines have totalled £97 million (€114 million) for companies who have breached data and privacy regulations since the introduction of the legislation in May 2018.