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Google has bought UK start-up DeepMind for a rumoured $400 million

A leading UK small business organisation has said that an announcement from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) that “banks are open for business” to small businesses must be justified by actions and not words if the SME sector is to be convinced.

In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Prime Minister will announce that the government has exceeded its target to identify 3,000 regulations to be amended or scrapped.

Consumers will be one step closer to having enhanced, easy to understand consumer rights following the introduction of the new Consumer Rights Bill to Parliament by Consumer Minister Jenny Willott today.

BoE Governor says even if unemployment trigger changes interest rates will not rise

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has joined forces with the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) to launch Reshore UK, a new one-stop-shop service to help companies bring production back to the UK.

The winner of The Apprentice has opened the doors to her first cosmetics clinic with treatments on offer from a 25-minute ‘express facial’ to ground-breaking Lipo treatments.

University students have remained optimistic about their job prospects throughout the economic downturn.

Research projects which will explore how light can be used in new ways in innovative manufacturing processes and technologies have been awarded £3.6 million business secretary has announced as he toured M Squared, a laser development company, in Glasgow.

Lloyds Bank has partnered with the School for Social Entrepreneurs to re-launch its social initiative offering entrepreneurs funding and mentoring in order to start and develop a charity.

One of the UK’s leading small business advice hubs is urging entrepreneurs and small business owners with innovative ideas for new products to take advantage of a new £2.5billion fund that has been set up to help bring them to fruition.

Former military personnel can make the transition from the battlefield to business thanks to the new Enterprise Forces programme, launched by Manchester Metropolitan University Centre for Enterprise .

FTSE350 companies have been challenged by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Lord Davies to seize the opportunity and increase the number of women in their boardrooms.