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  • Altman backs away from AI ‘jobs apocalypse’ warnings as OpenAI chief admits he was ‘pretty wrong’
  • Long-term unemployment climbs to a decade high as Britain’s hiring engine stalls
  • Rayner urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s as labour splits over Australian model
  • HMRC warns 700,000 umbrella workers over ‘bills of exchange’ tax avoidance scam
  • Goalhanger Ventures opens its chequebook to creator-led media with Invisible Media stake and Backyard Cricket deal
  • Farage promises tax-free overtime in £5bn pitch to working Britain
  • Charlotte Tilbury’s payout demand scuppers £30bn Estée Lauder–Puig beauty mega-merger
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  • Food bills set to climb as ministers refuse to ditch £2bn packaging levy

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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

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Cherie Blair: “Give apprenticeships to stay-at-home mums”

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Cherie Blair has said that stay-at-home mothers should be given training and subsidised salaries to encourage them to return to work.

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Unused PAYE schemes to close

22 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Employers with unused PAYE arrangements in place are to have their schemes closed down by HM Revenue and Customs.

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Get in line: BBM for iPhone and Android

22 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Company aiming for “smooth roll out” for its flagship messaging app after early leak scuppered original launch in September

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Insolvency rate falls for fifth consecutive month

22 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The latest Business Insolvency Index from Experian, the global information services company, reveals that year-on-year business insolvency rates fell for the fifth consecutive month

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UK economic growth hits fastest pace since 2010

21 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Official figures this week are expected to confirm that the recovery gathered speed over the summer as the economy grew at its fastest pace in more than three years.

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Government Welcomes Historic EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement

19 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A landmark trade deal reached today between the EU and Canada, that will benefit the UK economy and businesses by over £1.3 billion a year, has been welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Almost 900,000 UK businesses missing out on opportunities to export

19 October 201319 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Research from Experian, the global information services company, today reveals the towns and industries in the UK where businesses have the right characteristics to export, yet are not doing so and, therefore, not fulfilling their full potential.

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Kickstarter in legal threat

19 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

US Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has threatened the organisers of #UKCrowdfundingDay with legal action.

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Treasury makes almost £1 billion from energy hikes

18 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Tory MPs have called for David Cameron to scrap VAT on energy bills after official figures revealed that the government has made almost £1 billion from price hikes in the past seven years.

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Sisters are doing it for themselves… in business

18 October 201318 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

New stats released today by Crunch Accounting reveal a surge in ladies going it alone in business.

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Employers Champion Part-Time Study In Higher Education

17 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Employers in the UK find that staff studying for part-time degrees are more pro-active and willing to take on demanding responsibilities, according to a new report published today by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

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More than 50% of SMEs feel “at risk” due to high cost legal advice

16 October 2013 News Business Matters 1 Comment

Research released today by the online legal service LawBite has revealed how the high cost of obtaining legal advice is threatening the UK’s 4.5 million small businesses.

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£1million Funding Opportunity Unveiled For UK Low Carbon Businesses

16 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Environmental impact company Berti Investments is once again taking applications for their Berti Green Accelerator Programme.

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Outsourcing R&D abroad boosts innovation

16 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Businesses that outsource research and development (R&D) overseas are more likely to innovate than those who outsource at home, says new research.

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Joint British-Chinese Partners To Construct New £800 Million Manchester ‘Airport City’

15 October 201314 October 2013 News Business Matters 0 Comments

One of the largest ever British-Chinese joint ventures has won the contract to develop Manchester’s £800 million ‘Airport City’, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

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OpenAI has agreed a multibillion-dollar partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to secure massive computing power for its next generation of artificial intelligence models — a direct challenge to Nvidia’s dominant position in the global AI chip market.

Altman backs away from AI ‘jobs apocalypse’ warnings as OpenAI chief admits he was ‘pretty wrong’

OpenAI’s Sam Altman concedes his predictions about AI eliminating white-collar jobs were “pretty wrong” — but with Standard Chartered, Meta and Amazon all cutting roles, UK SMEs are right to remain cautious.

Long-term unemployment climbs to a decade high as Britain’s hiring engine stalls

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HMRC warns 700,000 umbrella workers over ‘bills of exchange’ tax avoidance scam

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