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Business growth plan ‘not enough’ without bank involvement
Business Secretary Vince Cable has accepted that there is more to be done to help business as a report by MPs has said that the government's…
Sunday 8 November 2026
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Business Secretary Vince Cable has accepted that there is more to be done to help business as a report by MPs has said that the government's…
The CBI is urging the Government to be bold in its approach to waste policy and recognise its potential to deliver easy wins on a number…
Following the announcement of ‘Project Merlin’ yesterday, the requirement by banks to lend up to £200billion to small and medium sized businesses this year is ‘meaningless’,…
Businesses entering administration fell by almost a quarter across England in the last quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, with the fall…
Small businesses face a "significant disadvantage" when bidding for contracts from Government and the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a report has said.
The non-profit organisation Enterprise UK, which runs Global Enterprise Week in the UK, has announced that it is to close after more than six years following…
Following the controversy surrounding Sharon Wright, her company Talpa Products, and entrepreneur James Caan's following a pitch on Dragons' Den, which we reported on a few…
The government plans to allow parents to share childcare and will allow new fathers to take up to 10 months of paid paternity leave, a huge…
The government has announced that it is to scrap the default retirement age of 65 this year, against the wishes of businesses, who wanted another year…
For those forward-thinking SMEs already reaping the rewards from moving their sales and service to the cloud, the next stage is to build in real-time business…
David Cameron plans to kick-start small business sector growth by making it easier to sack staff in the first two years of their employment.
The British Chambers of Commerce have released figures highlighting the costs for business in the current employment tribunal system and urging for a reform to the…
David Cameron has today unveiled plans to support 40,000 new enterprises over the next two years by offering grants and loans to unemployed people who can…
&Nearly half of all small and medium sized businesses that keep poor trading records are set to face investigation and fines of up to £3,000 under…
The UK economy is expected to grow by two per cent overall in 2011, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has predicted and removing the risk…