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Tynemouth MP Alan Campbell.

Alan Campbell MP: Supporting small businesses all year round

Alan Dodsworth.

New business support programme launched

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

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

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

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
As inflation continues to surge and worries around an incoming recession grow, SMEs are starting to brace for widespread redundancies, new research from Citation has found.

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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

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

A CGI of the planned 36-home scheme in Longframlington.

High demand expected for new housing scheme in Northumberland village

The Government is offering rural residents up to £1,500 and small to medium sized businesses up to £3,500 to upgrade to gigabit broadband, which is capable of download speeds of 1 gigabit (1000 megabits) per second and is much faster than the current speeds experienced across Northumberland.

Broadband Upgrade Fund launched in Northumberland

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...

The North of Tyne Rural Business Growth Team. From left, Katy McIntosh, delivery manager; Jonpaul Heron, rural enterprise specialist; Catherine Hancock, support officer; Chris Dawson, rural enterprise specialist; and Chris Walker, rural enterprise specialist. (Photo taken before lockdown)

New £8million fund to help grow rural businesses in Northumberland

Chris Walker, RGN Support Officer (Advance Northumberland), Jackie Riley, Managing Director (Northumberland Cheese Company), Katy McIntosh, RGN Manager (Advance Northumberland).

Cheese company creates new jobs and boosts output after tripling production capa...