Applications are now open for UK businesses to apply for grants to attend international trade shows and export their products around the world.

The UK’s late payment culture is costing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) billions of pounds each year, new research has revealed.

A new study published this week reveals that UK small businesses bosses and decision-makers are ‘wasting’ anywhere up to two full days every week managing workplace processes and administrative procedures.

The number of businesses exporting goods in the UK has increased to 110,000, new figures reveal.