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Tag: small businesses
SME owners join forces to call for ‘damaging’ 50p tax rate to be scrapped
The 50p higher rate of income tax is “damaging the economy” and delaying the recovery from recession, more than 500 entrepreneurs and business owners warn today.
Should banks share branches to stem closures and boost service levels?
Banks are rarely out of the headlines at the moment. The subject that has generated the most column inches has been their failure to hit their Project Merlin small business lending targets.
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