Recent content by SimonMoore

  1. Inflation up again: cause for (more) small biz concern? Probably not

    Inflation up again: cause for (more) small biz concern? Probably not

    The British Chambers of Commerce speaks to UKBF about that niggling 0.1% which, despite what he says, down-the-pub Dave didn’t foresee. It’s not meant to be a joke, or sound like a joke even if it does. Not least because, in the words of one respected policy expert quizzed by UKBF, the...
  2. Is the Spongebob Plan pants, or a fair and square way to close a company if you’re skint?

    Is the Spongebob Plan pants, or a fair and square way to close a company if you’re skint?

    An unpicking for UKBF of whether its most famous user’s idea does the business, or is just comic misadventure, featuring rescue experts and The Insolvency Service. Not before time, The Insolvency Service has finally as good as admitted that The Spongebob Plan – hatched here on UKBF in 2013 –...
  3. Revealed: The very BIGGEST business mistakes of 2023

    Revealed: The very BIGGEST business mistakes of 2023

    UKBF members: award yourself a gold star this Christmas if you avoided these enterprise clangers of the last 12 months. It’s difficult to say with certainty who in the business community won’t have a Happy Christmas. But it’s easy to identify who appears to have made some of the very biggest...