There is no universally accepted definition of a “small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
However, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BIS) and the European Union (EU) define a small enterprise as one with fewer than 50 employees and a medium-sized enterprise as one with at least 50 but fewer than 250 employees.
Large enterprises have 250 or more employees.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) embraced the free occupational health advice line piloted by the Government between late 2009 and March...
Chancellor George Osborne has suggested that compensated no-fault dismissals could be introduced for what he called “the smallest businesses” in...
The Government has launched a new “Health for Work” sickness absence advice line that, it is hoped, will encourage smaller...
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees will not have to auto-enrol staff into pension schemes until 2015, the Government has...
Difficulty in finding the right staff is hampering the growth ambitions of so-called “micro-businesses”, according to research published today by...
More than half (52%) of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) believe that freelancers are key to their stability and growth.This...
