Friday 27th November is Black Friday! An American tradition, it has gathered momentum in the UK over the past 2-3 years. But what is Black Friday and why is it relevant to your business? Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday of November so […]
SMEs are Key to UK’s Productivity Challenge
A report recently published by Goldman Sachs, British Business Banks and Enterprise Research Centre, Unlocking UK Productivity shows that SMEs may be the key to economic growth in the UK. Productivity is ultimately how efficient the firm is, how much output for a given level of input, which is measured in GDP per hour […]
Spinning Plates!
As a small business owner there are so many things to think about, it’s a bit like one of those circus acts where someone is rushing around spinning plates. No sooner has one been saved then another is about to crash! As well as your actual product or service, there are all the logistics of […]
Let’s Talk About Data
With the recent Talk Talk scandal ringing in our ears, let’s focus for a few minutes on data security. As a small business owner you need to make sure that your customers’ data is safe and secure, and also that you take just as much care about your business data than you would about your […]
Don’t Believe all you read!
At Fair Business Loans we were interested to read this week that the retail giant Amazon is taking legal action against 1,114 people it says have posted fake reviews on its website. Amazon says the 1,114 defendants – as yet unknown – offer a false review service via websites such as Fiverr.com, promising five-star reviews […]
