Business management

Only 6% of employees now work the old 9am to 5pm hours.

Firms to increase pay despite “rising cost-burden”.

Keep the cash flowing over the summer.

New fund encourages SMEs to take up leading technologies.

Missed payments and losing key staff among most common threats.

Firms ‘menaced’ by late payments.

Bill to ban letting fees and limit deposits.

3 in 4 owners are concerned with avoiding ‘employee churn’.

Reforms recommended for 5 key business development stages.

New rules came into force on 6 April 2018.