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The number of employers making changes to working patterns in a positive move to try and reduce long-term absence levels has increased by 20 per cent in the last year alone

Here at Business Matters we are proud to be launching our SME of the Month Award. This means that each and every month we will be awarding one business the title of being Business Matters’ favourite SME of the Month.

EY ITEM Club says there is little risk of a housing bubble and that recovering prices will boost spending and drive GDP growth

The Government-appointed panel are set to tell the prime minister to push through changes at a European level which could save business billions of pounds

Over half of British office workers are scared to disclose their political beliefs fearing their colleagues will think less of them – a new survey has found.

Government reveals that sell-off is seven times oversubscribed, fuelling criticism that price is too low

Britain forecast to grow 1.4pc this year, double the rate estimated in April when the IMF singled out the UK and George Osborne for criticism.

After claiming that she had no job, was on the verge of losing her home and was down to her last few pounds, it would appear that former Apprentice winner Stella English is now joining the dole queue.

Share sales creates a frenzy in the “grey market” as private investors bet the Royal Mail’s shareprice will start trading at £4.03 – well above the government’s guide price.

This Government is putting an extra £100 million on the table so Enterprise Zones can complete key infrastructure projects and successfully compete for the new businesses that will create thousands of local jobs across the country, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

That is the response to todays YouGov survey by The Centre for Entrepreneurs – finding that small-business leaders say Dragons’ Den creates a misconception that start-ups need to part with equity for cash in order to succeed

Lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone and an unnamed business partner have taken full control of the diet business she founded with a medicine entrepreneur.

Four of the UK’s leading sales professionals have been nominated and shortlisted for the Silent Edge Sales Director of the Year Award, at this year’s National Sales Awards.

An extra £20m is being made available to the government’s new Traineeships programme to support even more young people into Apprenticeships and other jobs.