Business planning

Three in 5 SMEs are confident they can secure a bank loan to fund investment plans, research by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has found.

Luck does not play a big role in a firm's success according to nearly 3 quarters of small business owners, research by software provider Sage has found.

Employers need to do more to take full advantage of 'age diverse' workforces, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Seventy per cent of all new businesses are started at home, research by AXA Business Insurance and the Enterprise Nation business network has found.

The number of corporate insolvencies fell in 2013 to its lowest level since 2007, according to Government figures.

Small manufacturers are planning to increase investment during 2014, according to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry.

Farmers in Northern Ireland are being urged to put proper succession plans in place in order to protect their businesses.

More than half of UK businesses would cease trading if they lost one or more key employees to illness or death, research from Scottish Widows has found.

Cyber security breaches and fraud are costing small businesses around £785 million a year, a report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found.

Small businesses are being urged to do more to tighten their computer security after research revealed the number of cyber-attacks hitting businesses increased over the last year.