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Retailers reported a slight rise in sales volumes in the year to September, along with the expectation that growth will strengthen somewhat next month, the CBI have announced.

Small enterprises looking for a “no strings attached” financial boost to aid the development of innovative, low-carbon business ideas can now apply for an award from Shell Springboard. Now in its eighth year, Shell Springboard offers businesses the chance to win up to £40,000 to help make their commercially viable ideas a reality.

Despite more than one million young people being unemployed many UK employers are finding it difficult to recruit young British workers.

The government’s plans to restrict income tax relief has given rise to concern that small businesses could be unfairly affected by HMRC’s campaign to crack down on aggressive tax avoidance.

Running a business at school almost doubles your chances of self-employment later in life, according to independent research by Kingston University Business School for Young Enterprise.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently confirmed that its cost recovery scheme, Fee for Intervention (FFI), will start on 1 October 2012, meaning that business owners need to start taking a more pro-active approach now.

So says leading customer feedback experts, Rapide, speaking out after receiving the shocking results of its latest research. Rapide has revealed that a staggering 91 per cent of people in the UK don’t always complain about bad service and yet 51 per cent don’t expect the service to improve if we don’t speak up.

The government could save £22.6bn by outsourcing more public sector services, the CBI has said.

The taxman is “cynically” delaying informing businesses that they have been late to file their Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax submissions in order to increase the size of penalty payments, according to an accountancy firm.

Sir Terence Conran has led a group of investors who have backed a young designer’s product which keeps shirts crease-free in transit.

Michael Fallon, the business minister, has promised to “chase ministers up and down Whitewall” to ensure the Government’s pledge to cut the regulatory burden on business is honoured.

The Government’s £82.5 million Start-up Loans scheme has finally opened its doors to young entrepreneurs in England.

Business Secretary Vince Cable will announce today the first steps in creating a Government-backed business bank, including new Government funding of £1 billion.

The latest Business Insolvency Index from Experian has revealed a continued stable picture. During August, 1,723 companies failed – the same rate as in July 2012 – and similar to the August 2011 figures when 0.08 per cent failed.

Business and Enterprise Minister Michael Fallon has today published a consultation on implementing European Union (EU) legislation to combat the problem of late payment to British businesses.