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SMEs could help the UK maintain its position as a climate change champion and ensure a long-term future for all businesses, large or small
A corner shop in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Small businesses could benefit from sharing resources, like electricity.
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By sharing resources and equipment, SMEs could reduce operational costs and increase their resilience in the face of power cuts.
Small businesses can benefit from following rules.
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One of the Truss government’s few lasting acts was to cut regulations for small businesses to stimulate growth – but are rules a burden for such firms?
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Three ways to support smaller businesses in the current economic downturn.
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There is a useful set of steps to follow to help the transfer of technological innovations to entrepreneurs who can put them into use.
Secondary market research is the first key step in developing good marketplace intelligence.
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The market research stage is often criticized as useless and inappropriate, but it’s essential to success in business.
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Selling assets and shedding staff is not the a recipe for survival.
Threatened by insecurity, farmers in Nigeria’s farm belt are increasingly abandoning their land, leading to higher cost of food
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Nigeria’s post COVID-19 economic recovery plan has resulted in only marginal improvements in economic growth, manufacturing and foreign direct investment.
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There’s no convincing evidence that listing on the alternative stock exchange promotes growth and sustainability for small and medium sized firms.
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated that our communities must be self-sustaining rather than reliant on volatile global value chains. Co-operatives bring resiliency self-determination to local economies.
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The co-operative business model needs to be seriously considered and nurtured as a viable response to closing companies and lost jobs as a result of the pandemic.
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Australia’s R&D expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product has declined over the past decade.
Entrepreneurs at this popular Lagos cane furniture market could do a lot more for their business with the use of social media.
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Nigerian small business owners highlight the factors that limit full potential of social media use in commerce.
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Collective action by the industry and government is key to unlocking opportunities for small and medium-sized citrus growers.
COVID-19 has further emphasised the need for a more diverse food system, in which SMEs play a key role.
South Africa’s food system is dominated by big firms, leaving small businesses to supply localised and under-served markets, and provide rural employment. It needs to be inclusive and diverse.
A member of the Nigerian Health Task Force fumigates a building in Abuja, Nigeria, as the city struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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Africa’s leaders need to implement COVID-19 policies that protects African economies from the health crisis.
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China rose to become the second biggest market for venture capital in the world. Then came COVID-19.
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Taxes designed to encourage a green transition can instead penalise smaller businesses and ensure they’re left behind.
The main street of Cobargo, NSW, Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
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Small businesses are disproportionately affected by natural disasters. To improve community resilience, we need to help them ‘build back better’.
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Small businesses fail to recognise the business benefits and importance of prioritise staff mental health and well-being.
Innovation and internationalisation can work together to promote SME growth.
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SME’s ability to innovate and work internationally can give them an advantage in the marketplace, and ensure a long-term return on investment.