Small business owners are becoming more confident about the state of the British economy, according to a new poll. In a survey of London-based SME owners conducted by the London Evening Standard, 45 per cent of respondents agreed that the economy has improved in the last six months and 53 per cent tipped it to […]
Franchise Update – National Franchise Exhibition 2013
Having spent much of last week at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, the Driver Hire Franchise Team is now busy catching up with the small number of enquiries that we gained. As always The National Franchise Exhibition is a great place to meet people interested in one of the following; A career change Being […]
Driver Hire celebrates excellent half year
Franchisees at specialist transport and logistics recruiter, Driver Hire, are clearly benefiting from the improved economic outlook. As the company approaches the end of the first half of its financial year, just short of a quarter of its 100 office network have passed the half million turnover mark. Two of those offices have already reached […]
Management training should be a priority, CIPD claims
New research has found that more than a third of line managers may not have been given adequate training for the role, freshbusinessthinking.com reports. Figures released by the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) showed that as many as 36 per cent of line managers had received no training for their role whatsoever. Not only that, […]
Business owners keen to measure wider impact of their company
Business owners are becoming increasingly keen to consider their wider impact on the world when making decisions about their companies, according to new research. In a poll conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, four out of five business owners agreed that it would be useful to measure figures relating to their company’s environmental impact, jobs supported and tax paid, as well […]
Would-be business owners reminded of available support
A fair proportion of would-be business owners are being discouraged because they feel they lack the knowledge to be successful, it has been claimed. Mark Moore, who is director of Ingenious Britain, believes that more needs to be done to show these individuals that support is available to them. Moore was reacting to a new […]
Half of businesses to use cloud computing by 2016
Around half of all SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) will be using cloud computing in their daily operations by 2016, a new report has claimed. According to the International Data Association, 50 per cent of all SMEs will have turned to cloud computing for expenses, report production, accounting and taxes within the next three years, […]
VAT a headache as business owners make mistakes
VAT assessment can cause a huge headache for business owners, with a new report claiming that one in five of those claiming it back have made a mistake, news.silobreaker.com reports. Business software and services provider Sage has found that more than a million UK company owners reclaim VAT every month. It’s not a straightforward process, however, as around […]
New franchise owners at Driver Hire Hull
At Driver Hire we’re really pleased to welcome on board husband and wife team, Andrew and Debbie Wilkinson, the new owners of re-sale opportunity, Driver Hire Hull. Driver Hire, a B2B management franchise, mainly provides temporary and permanent drivers and other logistics staff to local and national organisations in both the public and private sector. […]
