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Since the 1980s work experience has provided important early lessons in the realities of employment for countless school pupils.
Business formations are on the rise in the UK, as more and more budding entrepreneurs turn their hand to self-employment. According to Companies House figures, 435,856…
David Cameron has told small business owners that tax cuts and low interest rates rather than government spending will be key to restoring confidence in the…
Prime Minister David Cameron has extended an invitation to the world’s most outstanding startups to join the StartUp Games, a unique event to be held in…
So the TUC has carried out a survey that has apparently found that two billion hours of overtime was carried out by British workers last year.…
With 1.5 million small business websites built this year, 2012 is already being tipped to be a landmark year for entrepreneurs
The latest Insolvency Index from Experian has revealed a widening North versus South business failure divide, with southern firms faring far better than their northern counterparts.…
Small businesses quizzed by the UK Business Barometer indicate that they expect the Prime Minister’s veto on EU-wide treaty changes on Eurozone rules during recent crisis…
The UK’s small manufacturing businesses risk being squeezed out of their domestic market as operational costs reach a new high, according to the latest quarterly Business…
Business Secretary Vince Cable today set out the next steps to diversify business finance, announcing details of an industry-led Taskforce to be led by Tim Breedon,…
Plans to change the way that businesses experience ‘frontline enforcement’, such as business inspections, were set out today by Business Secretary Vince Cable, including a full…
The £1 billion boost to the Regional Growth Fund announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week is expected to enable the fund to support around…
The number of young entrepreneurs starting up their own business has increased by nearly a quarter in the past three years, according to research out today…
Chancellor George Osborne pledged to revitalise business by cutting red tape and ending a culture of employment tribunals as he gave a fairly pro-business Autumn Statement.
George Osborne confirmed in his Autumn Statement that he is taking £40bn from the Bank of England's existing monetary easing programmes to fund his "credit easing"…