The third month of summer is kicking in, and it seems that all the news makers are taking a bit of a vacation these days.<\/p>\n
Anyway, let’s see what happened for the last seven days in the small business and freelancing world.<\/p>\n
1. Theresa May promised to help small businesses <\/a>as they are the ‘backbone of Britain’. How likely is that?<\/p>\n 2. Margot James was appointed<\/a> as the minister for small business. But what’s her background?<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Only thinking about starting your small business? Check our post on how to do it in the UK.<\/a><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0In the US Hillary Clinton claims that she wants to be a ‘small business president’<\/a>. Check 3 ways how it can be\u00a0possible.<\/p>\n 5. Small business growth has been quite significant within the past few years. Here’s how the technology is trying to keep up <\/a>with it.<\/p>\n 6. By the way, this week’s been rich in tech news: Yahoo being bought by Verizon, and NetSuite by Oracle. What does it mean <\/a>for small businesses?<\/p>\n 7. According to the\u00a0PayNet Small Business Lending Index, small business borrowing is on the rise. It\u00a0grew to 138.9 in June from 131.1 in May<\/a>.\u00a0Could this also\u00a0mean a boost in the economy?<\/p>\n 8. How can you enable e-commerce for SMEs? You need only\u00a0to take these 3 steps.<\/a><\/p>\n 9. According to a\u00a0recent study, 88% of small businesses don’t plan to expand and become large enterprises.\u00a0What’s their definition of success then?<\/a><\/p>\n 10.\u00a0Do small businesses need branding as well? <\/a>And how will it help them?<\/p>\n 1. As the Rio Olympics opening is close, let’s look at what entrepreneurs can learn from professional sportsmen<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2. Millennial entrepreneurs are different.\u00a0Check the advice from\u00a0<\/a>George Otte for the younger generation.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0How can social media boost your freelance writing career? Check the advice\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n 4. Can freelancers expand their business and what do they have to do to achieve it<\/a>?<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Every entrepreneur has a different\u00a0leadership style and here’s how to make the most of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n 6. Despite the claimed gender equality, it’s still hard to be a female entrepreneur. Read\u00a0some thoughts on this issue.<\/a><\/p>\n 7.\u00a0It’s useless to have any productivity tools until you gain some skills.\u00a0And the reason is simple.<\/a><\/p>\n 8. There are 7 principles <\/a>that every stoic entrepreneur should embrace if he wants to succeed.<\/p>\n 9. Nine-to-five jobs are leaving for good. But what are the fastest growing flexible job options<\/a>?<\/p>\n 10. Launching\u00a0a good startup in India? Check\u00a0the best coworking spaces in Bangalore\u00a0from our\u00a0list<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n Enjoy some sun over this weekend! And don’t hesitate to mention in the comments any of the hottest news that we might have missed out this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The third month of summer is kicking in, and it seems that all the news makers are taking a bit of a vacation these days. Anyway, let’s see what happened for the last seven days in the small business and freelancing world. Small Business 1. Theresa May promised to help small businesses as they are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[261,69,92,321,260,58],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/weekly_business_freelancing_news_augw1_2016.jpg?fit=560%2C232&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5m6q6-1m3","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5242,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211\/revisions\/5242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Freelance & Entrepreneurship<\/h2>\n