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Late payment campaigners have branded the Government’s response to the recommendations of a cross-party report into the issue, published in July, as ‘disappointing’ and say it lacks any sense of ‘urgency or conviction’.

Pay inequality is becoming more exaggerated as new research shows British women are pocketing £142,000 less than men in bonuses over the course of their career.

Apprenticeships have been highly praised in a new survey, with nearly 8 out of 10 apprentices and 8 out of 10 businesses saying they would recommend them to friends or other employers.

More successful A-level students are now opting for apprenticeships over university degrees as the next step in their careers but one campaigner says we must radically increase the number of apprenticeships for all academic levels.

Whitehall is blighting the Government’s pledge to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses, a red tape watchdog has warned.

A Government drive to arrest the decline of a flagship lending scheme for credit-starved small companies is finally paying off, new figures show.

Small and medium sized businesses are benefiting from increasing use of a government finance scheme by banks to improve availability of finance.

HMRC’s latest published data on Research & Development tax credit schemes shows the total number of claims has more than doubled over the past year, driven largely by more claims from SMEs.

Research reveals that only 34 per cent of businesses could accurately describe what affiliate marketing actually was.

British Retail Consortium’s overall figure falls from a record high, helped by the effect of warmer weather on high street footfall

It’s hard to deny that the contemporary customer experience – whatever its form, wherever it happens – is a digital experience. The digital dynamic pervades and determines the entire customer worldview: Instant, shareable, portable, insistently personal.

As the green shoots of economic recovery emerge, new CIPD research shows how urgent action needs to be taken by the corporate world to stem the leaking talent pipeline that could hinder the progress of growth.

A proposal to promote diversity at senior management level in the financial services sector needs to be backed up with a future leadership pipeline offering training and a platform for new groups of women to develop and flourish, says Liz Field, CEO of Financial & Legal Skills Partnership (FLSP).

Businesses which fail to pay their suppliers on time could face fines under plans being reviewed by Vince Cable, the Business Secretary.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has outlined a significant expansion in the groundbreaking Catapult centres that help turn great ideas into commercial realities