https://warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/productivity/news/ The latest from Research » News (tag [Innovation]) en-GB (C) 2026 University of Warwick Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:53:30 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss SiteBuilder2, University of Warwick, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder Creative creative industries ERC ESRC Freelancers Future of Work Innovation Mental Health PIN PIN Productivity Productivity Self Employed Untagged https://www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/the-state-of-small-business-britain-2022-from-crisis-to-crisis/ <h5 class="postDate">Published: 20 December 2022</h5> <p class="description">ERC Research Report</p> <p class="description">Author: ERC</p> <div class="publication-authors col-xs-10" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #191919; background-color: #ffffff; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"> <div class="publication-authors col-xs-10" style="padding: 0px; width: 926.104px; margin: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"> <p>Associated Themes</p> </div> </div> <ul class="list-inline clearfix" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.618em; font-family: lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: outside; overflow-wrap: break-word; zoom: 1; color: #191919; background-color: #ffffff; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 theme-nr-1" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 819.01px; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"><img src="https://www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/erc/images/business-growth.png" class="theme-colour-icon" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; height: auto; image-rendering: auto; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;" border="0" /> <div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;">Business Growth</div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 theme-nr-2" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 819.01px; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"><img src="https://www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/erc/images/innovation.png" class="theme-colour-icon" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; height: auto; image-rendering: auto; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;" border="0" /> <div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;">Innovation</div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 theme-nr-3" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 819.01px; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"><img src="https://www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/erc/images/management-and-leadership.png" class="theme-colour-icon" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; height: auto; image-rendering: auto; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;" border="0" /> <div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;">Management and Leadership</div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 theme-nr-4" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 819.01px; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"><img src="https://www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/erc/images/sustainability.png" class="theme-colour-icon" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; height: auto; image-rendering: auto; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;" border="0" /> <div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; border-color: #e0dfda !important;">Sustainability</div> </li> </ul> <div class="buttons row col-xs-12 push-top" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-image: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; zoom: 1; width: 819.01px; color: #191919; background-color: #ffffff; border-color: #e0dfda !important;"></div> <hr style="box-sizing: border-box; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; clear: both; margin: 30px 0px; color: #191919; font-family: lato, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: #ffffff;" /> <p>The State of Small Business Britain report is the Enterprise Research Centre’s annual review of trends and issues affecting small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK. The report draws together and summarises several different strands of the Centre’s research to give a picture of the landscape for the UK’s SMEs in 2022.<br />2022 has been another extremely challenging year for the UK’s SMEs. Many have spent the year dealing with a range of after-effects associated with the pandemic, whilst also facing Brexit impacts, rising energy prices and sharp increases in the cost of doing business.</p> Innovation ERC Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:12:50 GMT 8a17841b852b439c01853499c54122c6