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Britain should adopt a US initiative to encourage shoppers to use small, local shops, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has suggested.

Changes to create greater freedom to use copyright works such as computer games, paintings, photographs, films, books, and music, while protecting the interests of authors and right owners, were announced today by Business Secretary Vince Cable. These form part of the Government’s response to creating a modern, robust and flexible copyright framework.

Sir Peter Burt, former Chief Executive of Bank of Scotland, has been confirmed today as the chair of a group that will advise the Government on the establishment and direction of the business bank.

Sales in first two weeks of December were weaker than retailers had been predicting, CBI says

Start-Up firms and SMEs are set to get a £1.1 million innovation boost to help them develop new ideas, improve processes and target new markets.

This is not a joke–it’s every executive’s dirty little secret. Here is the real list of priorities within successful companies.

Bouncing back: Punching bags are good at it; humans, less so. A growing body of evidence, though, suggests you can ward off tailspins by building up your reserves of the best antidote to adversity: positive emotions, the hidden engine of resilience.

Swiss banking giant UBS has agreed to pay £940m to regulators in order to settle charges of manipulating Libor interest rates, fraud and paying bribes to brokers.

Martin Pratt, Associate at law firm Lester Aldridge LLP, comments on the announcement that the redundancy consultation period is to be cut:

Employers urged to introduce workforce management solutions to manage growing number of part-time workers

The Department for Communities and Local Government is giving a big boost to small retailers today as it opens a brand new pop-up shop in its own headquarters.

Larger companies are narrowing the gap with small and medium sized firms (SMEs) in terms of the number of companies that have a female director, according to Experian’s BusinessIQ analysis.

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has urged local authorities across the country to help retailers by scrapping town centre car parking charges.

Poor leadership and bosses behaviour is fuelling a talent time-bomb in British workplaces that could dent profits by at least 5% data released today by management consultancy IBP has shown.

Survey shows a desire to grow but a lack of knowledge about where to look for finance