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In Business

Motoring Review: Seat Leon

Seat’s answer to the compact family hatchback, the Leon blends coupe styling with practicality. In a hugely competitive sector with a wide choice of manufacturers the…

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In Business

Motoring Review: BMW 5 Series

What is it? A large executive car first produced in 1972 by BMW. It took its name from the fifth series built after the V8 and…

Finance

FPB requests help with VAT cut for small firms

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) have met HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) during the last few days to highlight its concerns about the administrative burdens…

News

Mandelson alarmed at banks treatment of small business

Lord Mandelson says he is concerned about the "alarming" treatment of small businesses by some bank managers. The business secretary welcomed Royal Bank of Scotland's announcement…

News

Company liquidations jumped by 25%

Company liquidations jumped by a quarter in the last three months according to official figures today. The Insolvency Service said there were 4,001 voluntary and compulsory…

Advice

Absenteeism – problem or symptom?

I have recently read a number of articles on the problem of absenteeism and was struck by how most of them completely ignored the causes of…

In Business

Credit crunch boosts home business start-ups

Spare room start-ups have increased by 16% during the past 12 months taking the number of UK home businesses to 2.5m, the report by BT and…

In Business

Women ‘prefer computers to men’

Women office workers spend almost three times as much time with their computer than their husbands or boyfriends – and they prefer it that way, an…

News

Tories urge small business help

He said local authorities could also help by paying small businesses for their services earlier. Meanwhile, the chancellor, Alistair Darling, has said the government will help…

Finance

Managing your cashflow

I recently visited a growing IT business in the M5 corridor – that hot bed of entrepreneurial  IT businesses. During my conversation the MD described how they…