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UK businesses need to follow the lead of the construction industry by relinquishing their reliance on banks and seeking out other forms of finance if they are to overcome barriers to growth.

Interns are to get more support to protect their right to fair pay, as the government launches new advice for young people and cracks down on unfair practises.

Research today revealed the UK’s largest businesses are paying their overdue bills on average 15 days later than their smallest counterparts.

The winners of the 2013 National Sales Awards in partnership with Huthwaite International have been announced at the 17th annual ceremony, held at the Troxy last night.

Almost all of the South of England’s SMEs have plans to invest in growth over the next year, according to new research.

The founders of Captive Media, a British technology firm that designed and built the world’s first urinal videogame, have raised £250,000 from crowdfunding investors in less than a month.

Social network giant Twitter will float on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday with a value of $14.2bn

Vince Cable has kicked off a wave of activity to boost small businesses, including unveiling the first funding allocation from the British Business Bank’s investment programme and launching a campaign to help small firms grow.

Business Secretary, Vince Cable has kicked off a wave of activity designed to build and improve on the way Government supports small businesses across the country.

Forget office camaraderie, one in ten British office workers would report a fellow employees misdemeanours to their manager – a new survey has found.

92 per cent of micro business owners say they would never trust payday loan services like Wonga, according to new survey.

Staff sickness levels have risen over the last year but employers are doing more to reduce long-term absence from the workplace.

The CBI ha published the business vision for a reformed EU, after an in-depth study of the UK’s global future. As emerging markets become increasingly dominant, the CBI argues the UK must maximise openness to global trade.

Today’s GDP figures showing a 0.8 per cent rise in output represent the third quarter in a row the economy has grown, supporting the oil tanker analogy that UK plc is slowly, but surely, turning around and propelling in the right direction.

The CBI has raised its growth forecasts for 2013 and 2014 and expects growth to gather pace in 2015 as the recovery continues to build steadily. Business investment and net trade are also expected to provide increasing support to growth over the coming years.