Business Matters

Business Matters is the UK's largest distributed monthly business magazine and is aimed at the owners of Small and medium sized enterprises (SME's).

Read for its news coverage, analysis, interviews with key opinion formers and leading entrepreneurs and opinion on the UK small business sector.

Established more than 22 years ago, Business Matters reaches influential decision makers in the UK's thriving small and medium sized business sector. Addressing key issues, trends and developments, Business Matters is highly regarded as the leading title for those involved in running their own business.

Targeting a market worth an estimated £25billion, Business Matters reaches decision makers in both the SME market and large blue chip organisations, with a spend ranging from £150,000 to more than £25million per annum. 

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Jamie Waller is the UK’s best known debt recovery and enforcement specialist. His company, JBW Group, work with businesses and local councils across the UK in debt management and enforcement. Jamie regularly appears on BBC Television and various others stations offering expert advice. Here he provides his tops tips for businesses to ensure credit and debts are kept under control:

“Where exactly is the ‘middle of nowhere’ please?” With the latest figures on graduate recruitment showing that vacancies have dropped by nearly 7% in the year up to June 2010 following a fall of 8.9% in 2009, businesses might be forgiven for thinking that the lucky few to succeed in gaining employment would turn up on the first day with a strong work ethic.

The head of Risk Capital Partners, and former chair of Channel 4, Luke Johnson has today launched a scathing attack on the BBC for what he calls grotesque programmes like Dragons' Den & The Apprentice which fit their in-house prejudices perfectly making business out to be 'ruthless, domineering and egotistical.'

Over 150 of the UK’s most innovative and resilient public and private sector businesses have been announced as finalists in the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange.

Tony Banks, Founder, Chairman & MD of the Balhousie Group tells us about his business philosophy, and what inspires him to get out of bed in the morning.

Supporting the British Olympic and Paralympics teams is no longer the preserve of big business as today saw the launch of the Team 2012 fund, which is looking to raise £25m from Small & Medium sized businesses.

It is being reported that the entrepreneur, and owner of the Daily Express & Daily Star newspapers as well as OK magazine, Richard Desmond has 'shaken hands' on a £100M deal to buy television channel Channel 5 from German owners RTL.

Sound financial decision making and emotional intelligence are the two most defining qualities of successful leadership, according to a recent study, with bosses looking to King & Osborne as role models.

Barclays bank has announced the 10 regional winners of its £500,000 “Take One Small Step” competition, which the bank hopes will help aspiring businesses make ambitions a reality.

The newest desktops are designed to reduce energy consumption while boosting performance and security. Here are four of the best for businesses.