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It’s not hard to see why supermarkets Sainsbury’s and Asda have decided on a merger, creating a supermarket behemoth worth a staggering £14.1billion.

We’ve all heard of the skills gap, a problem that has been getting progressively worse in the UK over the past few years.

The threat of cyberattacks is, as we all know, always lurking on the horizon, much in the same way as GDPR is, which is being implemented on the 25th May.

Theresa May has already expressed that it is her personal mission to ‘fix’ the current housing shortage in the UK, which is impeding on young people desperately trying to get on the property ladder.

While cyber criminals are wreaking havoc for large corporations, small businesses would be foolish to consider themselves immune from the threats of cyber-crime.

It’s the new technological frontier set to take over the world and businesses as we know them, so what’s really in store for Artificial Intelligence this year?

For SMEs that are just starting out, the benefits of trademarks and the value that they possess is not to be ignored.

SMEs that are static and fail to adapt to the ever-changing business market that they are operating in are likely to be left behind.

Property investors are always on the lookout for the new hotspots that are good for investment and will offer them great returns and renting opportunities.

As the house price boom has sustained itself in the UK for over two decades, investors large and small have continued to cash in on one of the most popular forms of investing, buy-to-let.

Buying a shop has both benefits and drawbacks for new business owners. It’s a fair bet that if the previous shop owner has reaped success with the location you may also fare well and often there will be trained staff and suppliers already established.

For SMEs taking their first steps as overseas exporters, one of the biggest concerns can be ensuring that they are paid promptly for their goods from their customers.

The e-commerce industry has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, fuelled by a continuing reliance on technology as well as a complete shift in the way that people shop. While it harbours many benefits for businesses, one area that it can fall down on is customer support and interaction.

For most new businesses that fail, the reasoning behind their collapse has something to do with cash flow problems.

The flurry of stories about collapsing high street stores and the growth of e-commerce is leading many people to draw the conclusion that bricks and mortar retail is dead.

Renting property is something that most SMEs and start-ups will need to do and renting a building for work-related purposes comes with its own set of intricacies and challenges.

You’ve probably noticed that Facebook has been making headlines in the news recently, with some of the stories painting the social media platform in a less than desirable light.

It may be the hub of the financial world in the UK and be home to over 8 million inhabitants, but it seems that employment levels have begun to take a nosedive in England’s capital.

As the property market in the UK continues to teeter on unstable grounds, many investors are making surprising decisions about where to buy property.

Whether you’ve heard of the flat white economy or not, it’s a notion and idea that has, for some years, been changing the landscape of business and development in the UK, and things could be set to shift even further.