Small Business

  • StyleYahoo Life UK

    15 small female-founded brands in the UK to support this International Women’s Day

    From vibrant pottery to inclusive greeting cards and Kendall Jenner-approved lingerie, these are the shops that need to be on your radar.

    6-min read
  • LifestyleAOL

    Seven properties for a new life

    Many of us dream of upping sticks and starting a new life elsewhere. And for most people, this means finding a new job as well as somewhere to live. So why not kill two birds with one stone and look for a home with a business attached? We look

    4-min read
  • LifestyleAOL

    Small Business Saturday - will you have to spend more buying local?

    It's a widely-held belief that smaller retailers are always more expensive than the big chains. But the organisers of Small Business Saturday want to bust that myth this weekend. More than 20,000 businesses and local authorities will be

    2-min read
  • BusinessAOL

    Autumn Statement 2014: what the experts think

    George Osborne admits government borrowing will climb next year, to around £90bn rather than £86.4bn the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted in March. But there's better news for those moving house; new Stamp Duty changes mean

    5-min read
  • NewsAOL

    Council spends thousands telling chip shops how to fry

    Bemused fish and chip shop owners are questioning the sense in spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on a guide to frying chips. Cheltenham Borough Council has sent chip shops a six-page guide (snippet pictured above) detailing

    2-min read
  • BusinessAOL

    Could your invention make you millions?

    "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door," said Ralph Waldo Emerson; but he's not known to have developed and marketed one himself. It's a long road from having a brainwave to commercialising a

    5-min read
  • EntertainmentAOL

    25 quotes from successful people that will inspire you

    Sometimes we all need a bit of inspiration with our career. It's remarkable how just a few words can change our perspective and give us a bit more confidence and determination. So, just to give you a bit of a boost, here is our pick of the