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The insolvency rate fell in seven out of the eleven government regions in May 2013 – a major improvement on the same month in 2012.

Reforms to curb excessive executive pay have been confirmed today after the new regulations were laid before Parliament, Business Minister Jo Swinson announced.

Chancellor sets out three Brownite-sounding principles in his review: reform, growth and fairness

Consumer minister to hold talks with lenders, regulators and debt charities on whether more regulation is needed

Small businesses in Britain are likely to be damaging their cash-flow because they wait too long to chase unpaid invoices, according to new research of the UKs smallest companies

The Prime Minister outlined plans to create an extra 100,000 engineering technicians within the next five years, as BAE Systems chairman Sir Richard Olver called for the country to give engineers more respect and prestige.

A £1 million competition to help small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) drive motorsport technologies around the world has been put on the starting grid by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts.

UK SMEs are optimistic about their prospects this year with more than a quarter expecting double digit growth for 2013, a survey reveals.

British businesses received £4.3 billion worth of support from the government through UK Export Finance in 2012-13, the highest figure in 12 years according to new published data.

Labour peer and producer of the Oscar winning Chariots of Fire film, Lord Puttnam has called for a taxation on online gambling to help fund UK arts.

There is a stubborn shortage in the skills the UK needs to remain competitive and fuel long-term growth, according to the annual CBI/Pearson Education and Skills survey published today.

The upmarket furniture chain Dwell has closed all its stores and ceased trading both on the High Street and online with immediate effect, with the loss of 300 jobs.

Ian Livingston, the chief executive of BT, will step down in September to join the Government as trade and investment minister, it has been announced.

Ever feel like you’re in the wrong job? If so don’t panic – it appears you’re in good company.

More than a quarter of the UK’s small business owners say that the world economy they most respect is that of Germany, according to results of the latest Close Brothers Business Barometer.