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Snap election delays £300m relief package for small businesses (The Guardian)

The staging of a snap General Election in June means that the £300 million business rates relief package promised in the budget has been delayed, dealing a “blow” to the “thousands of small businesses hit hardest by the changes” to the business rates system. More on this from the Guardian can be found by clicking on the link below. 

https://goo.gl/vRD4A9 

Co-working spaces are the future of work but that could be a good thing (Small Business Labs in The Guardian)

According to new findings from Small Business Labs, featured in the Guardian, the number of people “renting co-working spaces will grow globally” from just under 1 million in 2016 to nearly 4 million in 2020.

https://goo.gl/iCKw2T

The five best towns in the UK to launch a small business (UK domain in Forbes)

According to research findings published by the UK domain, featured in Forbes, Oxford is “the best place in Britain for budding entrepreneurs to start a business”.

https://goo.gl/FbzUXh

“It was like the tap turned off on job applications”: SMEs post Brexit vote (Indeed in The Guardian)

According to research findings from the recruitment site Indeed, featured in the Guardian, “in the first three months of the year, searches from the EU for jobs in the UK were down nearly 18%; the “sharpest drop the site has ever recorded”.

Creative freelancers suffer £5,000 loss a year in free work

New research from the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) and the Freelancer Club has shown that freelancers working in the creative industries lose out on an average of £5,394 per year because they work for free. This is because of competition among freelancers who are willing to work for free, as well as those whose expected fee is just not paid.

https://goo.gl/gJ3Cit

Somerset House Studios: a new workspace that enables artists to stay in London

Somerset House is launching Somerset House Studios, a new experimental workspace for artists, makers, and thinkers in the centre of London. The space aims to meet the changing creative needs of today’s artists by providing an affordable and secure studio space, which will accommodate around 100 artists.

https://goo.gl/deOKon

Small business rail travel to hubs outside London jumps by 65%

SME travel on rail routes to a number of growing cities outside of London has increased by 65% since 2012, according to data from Trainline for Business. Brighton has seen the most significant growth at 230%, followed by Swindon, Oxford, Peterborough, and Northampton.

https://goo.gl/x5MS0X

How failure is success in the making for your small business

This article from Small Business UK discusses how great entrepeneurs often experience failures, especially in the early years of owning a business. But, this can lead to greater successes and important lessons learnt down the line.

https://goo.gl/G9NcwA

WRK/LDN: How and where Londoners will work in the future

NLA has launched an insight study, exhibition, and events programme looking at the changing nature of working in London and its impact on future offices and spaces in the city. The report highlights the need for a wider strategy across London to manage and provide sufficient workspace for the growing economy.

https://goo.gl/2xoeLB

Workplace - now you can use Facebook at work, for work

Facebook’s business platform, now called Workplace by Facebook, is ready for public use after over 2 years in development. The platform links together personal profiles, separate from normal Facebook accounts, to provide a communications tool for businesses. Some larger companies such as Starbucks and Booking.com have been using the service in a trial period, but now it will be ready for purchase by all businesses.

https://goo.gl/nIg1zk

A small business taskforce for post-Brexit Britain

A group of organizations have come together to create the Small Business Taskforce, which represents over a million small businesses and self-employed individuals, in an effort to be sure small business opinions are heard during the Brexit negotiation process. They want the government to ensure that the labour market remains flexible, the tax regime remains reasonable, and that business support remains stable.

https://goo.gl/rzs0YS