Every September since 2004
Straight answers for the people who run Britain’s small businesses.
The UK has 5.7 million private sector businesses, and more than 99% of them are small or medium-sized. Every September since 2004, Small Business Advice Week has put practical advice in front of their owners, through radio, online and in print.
What happens during the week
Experts on air
Specialists from our partners give interviews to radio stations across the UK on money, marketing, staff and the law.
Advice you can use
Free guides on cash flow, funding, hiring and the legal basics, written for owners who have ten minutes, not ten hours.
Research that makes the news
Partners publish new findings on how small firms are doing. Royal Mail used the week to show how many small businesses were starting to sell abroad.
Who has backed the week
- Santander
- Royal Mail
- Groupon
- Funding Circle
- Nectar Business
- Make It Cheaper
- ICAEW
- British Business Bank
- For Dummies
- SWIG Finance
- Loomis UK
What partners have achieved
- 32 millionSantander, 2015: audience reached across 41 radio stations
- 28 millionRoyal Mail, 2016: audience reached across 52 radio stations
- 55 stationsFunding Circle, 2013: radio stations carrying its funding advice
Want small business owners to hear from your brand?
Each year a small number of partners lead the week, with their spokespeople on air and their research in the news.
Covering small business this September?
Find spokespeople, story ideas and the dates for the next three years on our media page.
Business figure: Business population estimates 2025, Department for Business and Trade, start of 2025.