New research from Xero, the global small business platform, has found leaders of the UK’s smallest businesses (1-9 employees) and sole traders* spend less than half (46%) of the working week on their core jobs.

Zyla Accountants has launched an innovative partnership to support its clients through outsourced services. The partnership further underlines the importance of continuously meeting the needs of growing tech startups, SMEs and established businesses.

Small business confidence regained some ground between the second and the third quarters of the year, but is still in negative territory for the sixth quarter in a row, according to FSB’s latest Small Business Index for Q3, in partnership with Google.