The Government’s decision to let businesses offset trading losses against the tax they already owe has been welcomed by accountants.
They have praised HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for giving businesses more breathing space, but questioned why the taxman is not being more rigorous in his assessment of each venture’s ability to pay.
Barack Obama, the US President, has ordered 12 copies of a healthy eating cookbook created by British mother, Sally Bee.
It’s coming to something when you receive the top business award for women in the UK from Sir Trevor McDonald and all the press want to do is talk about your daughter.
That was the ‘plight’ yesterday of Random House’s chair and CEO Gail Rebuck CBE, who was yesterday named the 36th Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year. For the record her daughter is Georgia Gould, the 22-year-old Oxford graduate at the centre of a storm over a safe Labour seat for which she’s running in which a sealed ballot box had been tampered with.
Less than 2% of small businesses said that Darling’s Budget would have a positive impact on their business, while 87% said they were now less likely to vote for this Government at the next general election, according to a new survey.
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The chancellor introduced a boost to credit insurance and extended the scheme that allows businesses to offset tax incurred in boom times against leaner years
We find out what the Budget really means for small firms from the most important and influential business lobbyists and support groups including the FSB, The Forum of Private Business and The British Chamber of Commerce.
We speak to leading entrepreneurs about their reactions to the Budget. Is this the kick start that they feel business needed or just Mr Darling taking UK PLC down a further road to debt laden ruin?
We have spoken a number of key business owners and business support organisations to get their immediate feedback on Alistair Darling’s make or break Budget and highlight what is good, bad and missing as far as small and medium sized business owners are concerned.
The Chancellor has posted a YouTube video detailing his last-minute preparations ahead of what has been dubbed ‘the budget from hell’ on Wednesday.
A sales guru has dismissed the notion that business needs to be harder during a recession in a talk to a group of London entrepreneurs.
Marcus Cauchi, of Sandler Training, revealed the golden Sandler Rules of selling that he says will help any business weather the storm of recession.
David Rose, CEO of Growthwire, had launched a scathing attack on business secretary Peter Mandelson and his “sustained ability to deliver spin over substance”.
BT have announced a new relationship with Starbucks Coffee Company to provide Wi-Fi across more than 650 Starbucks coffeehouses in the UK and Ireland. The first stores will have the service installed this week and the roll out will be completed by the end of the summer 2009.
Small businesses have adopted a resilient outlook and a determination to survive the economic crisis, according to a study by O2 with 20 per cent forecasting growth with maintaining – cash flow is the greatest threat.
Small Business Confidence Levels
O2’s Small Business Confidence Index, carried out by business research company trends Research, questioned nearly 3,000 small business owners to gauge how the community is responding to the current economic climate in the first quarter of 2009.
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