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StartUp Britain has today opened the first of its revolutionary PopUp Britain shops, offering start-up businesses a unique low-cost opportunity to experience life on the high street.

The development of the Black Country Enterprise Zone has moved a step closer after half a million pounds was secured to carry out essential works.

HP has announced the winners of the first HP Smart Business Awards as part of its commitment to support small and mid sized business innovation and growth across the UK.

Following the launch of the Start Up Loans scheme at the end of May, Start Up Loans Company, the independent organisation chaired by James Caan, has announced the appointment of a team of Ambassadors who will support the finance provided under the scheme.

Cuts in bureaucracy and red tape are reducing the burdens placed on businesses according to new government figures published today.

The latest Business Insolvency Index from Experian, the global information services company, revealed that during June 2012 1,650 businesses became insolvent in June 2012.

The new guidelines on maternity leave and redundancy recently published are to be welcomed, as Unite, Britain’s biggest union vows to target rogue employers and protect ‘mums to be’

The number of enquiries for interim managers increased by 18 per cent in the first quarter of 2012, with an average of 79 enquiries per IMA member firm.

New research from commercial credit reference agency Graydon UK indicates that credit managers are choosing to take protective measures against bad debts including the use of credit reports rather than relying on cures such as invoice discounting and debt collection

With just two weeks to go until the eve of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, London will become the epicentre for not just the world’s top athletes but also their countries’ business leaders, wanting to capitalise on the greatest business networking opportunity the world has ever seen.

With the Olympics at the top of the national agenda, it seems only right to recognise how success in these events also relates to success in the business world of sales and marketing.

Organisations across both the private and public sectors are failing to properly monitor whether the anticipated benefits from projects and programmes are actually achieved, according to a new survey by leading change and project management consultancy

StartUp Britain has announced a scheme which will throw open empty high street shops to hundreds of start-ups desperate for an outlet, in a move to boost enterprise and retail growth.