eBay businesses, private tutors and cash-in-hand traders are now becoming the focus of HM Revenue & Custom investigations in its latest efforts to recover around £7bn lost to the Treasury each year.
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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
We need to turn hand outs into incentives to beat claimant rise
If this country is to break the cycle of benefits and unemployment then the Government needs to act more like a private sector employer than a charity.
Getting businesses to export is a challenge, Uni’s training staff & perks
Getting business to export is a 10 year challenge.The Institute of Chartered Accounts of England and Wales are talking about UK exports and why Trade Minister Lord Green described getting more SMEs to export was a ‘A 10 year challenge’. The ICAEW say that he was speaking at an Accountancy roundtable at Chartered Accountants’ Hall, […]
Government launches next phase of Growth Review
Skills, the rural economy and medium sized businesses will be at the centre of the next stage of the Growth Review, the Government announced today, as it continues its focus on restoring the economy’s health.
Government told that one in three businesses rejected by banks
More than thirty per cent of all small businesses needing finance were turned down by their bank last year, up from only 14 per cent twelve months earlier.
“Levelling the playing field” – How moving to the cloud helps SMEs build competitive edge
Over the last few months, I have focused in my various blog entries on the benefits cloud computing can provide SMEs from cost savings to enhanced scalability to greater business agility. For today’s entry, I thought I would shift the perspective and introduce one of our customers, Chen Kotecha, managing director of scancom.co.uk, to discuss his experiences of cloud computing technology.
Britain’s got entrepreneurialism as number of businesses increases
Government statistics show that the number of companies in the UK at the start of 2010 has increased by 48,000, with 99.9 per cent of them Small and medium sized businesses.
Project Merlin small business loans to fall well short of target
The latest figures on how much UK banks are lending to businesses will be published later today by the Bank of England and they are expected to show that the five biggest banks are not meeting the lending targets set under their Project Merlin agreement with the government.
Vince Cable set to launch £2.5Bn business growth fund
Business Secretary Vince Cable will formally launch the Government’s flagship £2.5 billion business growth fund (BGF) today as part of efforts to stimulate lending to small and medium sized companies.
Government appoints Mary Portas to review the future of the High Street
Mary Portas, one of the UKs leading retail experts and host of TV’s Queen of Shops, has been appointed to lead an independent review into the future of the High Street, The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister announced today.
North East firms can claim slice of £1M funding, retail tough times ahead & taxman for dinner
North East small firms have chance to apply for funding: Small firms have been given the chance to claim a slice of £1m to boost their export sales. NEBusiness.co.uk is reporting that Market Accelerator, a UK Trade & Investment North East Service, is offering to make 100% investments of between £20,000 and £30,000 to SMEs […]
Getting Britain Trading
Making employment law more flexible so that it works in the interests of businesses as well as workers is a major component of our new Get Britain Trading campaign.
Business Minister looks to boost local business with growth package
The drive to boost local economic growth was stepped up today with Business Minister Mark Prisk announcing a package of measures to help local enterprise partnerships get up and running.
The Apprentice – Task One
The seventh series of The Apprentice (BBC One) began last night, and the main news to report is that the title is now completely meaningless. The winner of The Apprentice in 2011 will not be Lord Sugar’s apprentice at all. Instead, he or she will get £250,000 of his cash and start a business. Why […]
Vince Cable meets Entrepreneurs’ Forum for a second meeting
Business Secretary Vince Cable is set to chair the second meeting of his Entrepreneurs’ Forum, the group which provides informal and personal advice on new business and enterprise policies today.
