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Chancellor uged to give retailers a break as tax overtakes rents and puts thousands of shops and jobs at risk

Credit cards and loans are designed to be a convenient way to spread the cost of larger purchases such as a holiday, cooker or sofa. But, faced with rising prices and stagnant incomes, more and more people are borrowing to cover the cost of essentials such as food.

Ministers are facing demands that British firms supplying goods and services to next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow should be allowed to boast of their involvement – after it emerged that 151 suppliers to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are still being gagged by officials.

Economists predict borrowing will fall to £7.3bn, from £11.3bn in September and £8.3bn in October 2012.

The UK has met a four year target to raise £11 billion worth of economic benefit from the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in just over one year.

New research reveals shops in London’s West End have been the big winners from the government’s decision to delay a revaluation in business rates.

This year’s Smarta 100 together with O2 saw, Polly Gowers’ Give As You Live, the business that helps shoppers donate to charity every time they purchase winning over the judges to be crowned the overall winner.

SME legal firms are recovering well from the effects of recession, according to new research from chartered accountants HW Fisher & Company.

More than a quarter of the UK’s workforce (27%) – a staggering eight million people – have had a health problem that’s lasted more than a year, according to the new Health at Work Index created for the British Heart Foundation.

Small and medium-sized businesses, often dubbed the engine room of the British economy, are fearful of expansion and growth.

The 2013 National Business Awards winners were announced last night at the gala dinner and awards ceremony hosted by Sky’s Dermot Murnaghan. The UK’s leading business professionals and organisations gathered at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane at the twelfth annual ceremony which was opened by a video address from the Rt Hon David Cameron.

The challenges of ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BOYD) for all business are increasing exponentially as highlighted recently by the case of The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP.

UK businesses need to follow the lead of the construction industry by relinquishing their reliance on banks and seeking out other forms of finance if they are to overcome barriers to growth.

Interns are to get more support to protect their right to fair pay, as the government launches new advice for young people and cracks down on unfair practises.