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Intuit: Small Business Cloud Usage At 38 Percent In The UK

"The cloud" has become an increasingly common term over the past year or so, with all sorts of people and companies discussing the benefits of accessing information online rather than storing it locally.  And it looks like they've been doing more than talking, too, as a new study shows that many UK small businesses have begun taking advantage of cloud technology.

Intuit And Salesforce Focus On Small Businesses

Intuit and salesforce.com have formed a partnership aimed at making it easier for small businesses to manage customer information and financial data. A recent survey by Intuit found that more than one-half of small businesses perform CRM tasks manually or with software not designed for the job; 28 percent use pen and paper, while another 28 percent manually enter data on spreadsheets. These results signal a need in the market for integrated solutions.

Small Business Employment Trends Improve

Small business employment stats took a turn for the better in March, according to new data from Intuit.  Small businesses were apparently able to create quite a few jobs and offer their workers more hours on the clock, to boot.

Small Business Employment Sees Growth In February

Small  business employment and hours worked continued to grow in February with wages remaining flat, according to a new report from Intuit. The monthly report found that small business employment grew by 0.3 percent in February, equating to an annual growth rate of more than 3 percent. This translates to approximately 50,000 new jobs created nationwide

Small Businesses Optimistic About Growth

The majority (65%) of accounting professionals and more than half (54%) of small business owners said their companies grew in the last 12  months, according to a new survey from Intuit. Despite this growth, 75 percent of accounting professionals and 80 percent of small business owners rate today’s economic climate as “just fair” or “poor.”

Small Businesses Brush Off VAT Rise

Leading up to the VAT increase in the UK, more than a few experts (and poll participants) indicated that it would have serious detrimental effects on small businesses.  Fortunately, that doesn't appear to have been the case, as the results of a new survey show small business owners haven't seen much change.

Small Business Employment Sees Positive Growth

 Small business employment grew by 0.3 percent in January, for annual growth rate of more than 4 percent according to the Intuit Small Business Employment Index.“A substantial fraction of the new jobs in the recovery have been created by small businesses,” said Susan Woodward, the economist who worked with Intuit to create the Index.

Intuit Finds Small Biz Employment Up In December

Happy New Year, everyone, and for that matter, happy old year, too.  There's good news regarding employment trends and the end of 2010 this morning as a fresh report from Intuit has rolled in: the Intuit Small Business Employment Index indicates that 57,000 jobs were created in December.

Small Business Employment Up In November

Small business employment continued to show growth in November, although wages were down and hours worked remained flat, according to Intuit's Small Business Employment Index. The monthly report found that small business employment grew by 0.24 percent in November, equating to an annual rate of about 3 percent. This translates to approximately 49,000 new jobs created nationwide. The Index is based on figures from the country's smallest businesses that use Intuit Online Payroll.

Small Business Employment Index Improves

The latest Intuit Small Business Employment Index is out, and there's good news across the board.  It looks like small businesses managed to create jobs, increase compensation, and give employees more hours in October.