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New research from global financial technology company SumUp reveals what really matters to customers when booking beauty appointments, and it turns out finding the lowest price isn’t high on the list.

A woman spends three weeks talking to a man she met online. He sends photographs of his dog, complains about work and remembers when she has a doctor’s appointment. Then he needs £2,000. His bank account has supposedly been frozen. He’ll return th

Few things frustrate small business owners more than doing the work, sending the invoice and then waiting weeks or months to be paid. Government figures suggest late payments cost the UK economy around £11 billion a year and contribute to the closure of 38 bu

Automation can save hours of repetitive LinkedIn work, but safety depends on what happens behind every automated action. Sending a connection request is simple. Managing sessions, activity limits, IP addresses and usage patterns requires more care. These facto

As projects become increasingly complex, project managers are under greater pressure to meet timelines while balancing tight budgets, resource constraints, changing client expectations, and shifting priorities. However, project timelines can be significantly i

Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are under growing pressure to match the convenience offered by larger retailers, with nearly eight in ten (79%) saying their customers expect them to offer more than debit payments at checkout.

Small business owners within the Business Buzz network are absorbing rising costs, delaying investment and reconsidering recruitment rather than risk losing customers to further price rises, according to a new snapshot survey from the UK networking community.

Most small and mid-sized businesses run on a patchwork of spreadsheets, shared inboxes and off-the-shelf software that almost fits. It works until the business grows. Then orders get missed, data is entered twice and the one person who understands the master s

A small sale is most secure in the minutes after the customer agrees to buy, and a virtual terminal lets an entrepreneur collect payment inside that window. A conversation that ends with a promise to send an invoice gives the customer a week to reconsider or s

For most small businesses, comparison sites have become the default way to buy insurance. You enter a few details, scroll through a list of prices and pick the cheapest one that looks reasonable. It’s quick, and for a car it often works. For builders, el

A shop, café or takeaway downstairs with a flat upstairs is a familiar setup for small business owners and landlords. What is less obvious is that the two units may share a single water supply. Wave Utilities, a water retailer, notes that a business in

Warwickshire based agency AlphaQuad Digital Marketing has launched a series of free CPD approved workshops to help local businesses and individuals understand which digital channels deliver results, and where marketing investment is genuinely worthwhile.