Here, Assism Ishaque talks to Business Advice about combining entrepreneurship with fatherhood and creating a toy to rival the likes of Lego – his own range of colourful building bricks, Simbrix. more»
Over four million self-employed workers in the UK do not have insurance cover should they become critically ill, despite an over-reliance from families on their income. more»
Pip Wilkins, CEO of the British Franchise Association, discusses the opportunities for women in the franchising space – including flexibility and support. more»
Meet the young entrepreneur hoping to keep festive celebrations ongoing all year round with his business selling greeting cards and crackers. more»
The latest CIPD study asked workers what would enable them to be most productive in their jobs, with reality very different to their ideal organisations. more»
The perils of cash flow and access to finance are well-known to all new businesses, but a study by startup community Shell LiveWire has found that many entrepreneurs manage to get their firms up and running by bootstrapping effectively. more»
The majority of working parents feel their employers do enough to support them, according to new research from CV-Library. Despite this, over a fifth said they were asked in interviews whether they intended to have children, and felt this was often viewed as a negative when it came to prospective jobs. more»
Businesses run by mothers with children aged 18 or under are generating over £7.2bn for the UK, supporting 204,000 jobs in 2014. more»
Nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of Britain's micro businesses rely on support from friends and family to run the business, according to the latest Big Issues for Small Businesses report from Lloyds Bank Insurance. more»
New research examining the benefits of birth order suggests that we may have been worrying about nothing, concluding that while eldest children do possess different personality traits to their younger siblings, the differences are so minimal that they're essentially negligible. more»
