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A pilot scheme to help small and sole trader construction businesses secure credit from B&Q and Screwfix stores via their TradeUK credit scheme has kicked off following government backing of £30 million.

New research released of UKs SMEs has revealed that only 13 per cent of these businesses believe Vince Cable’s proposed British Business Bank is a good idea for the UK’s small business sector.

Lord Younger has announced £150,000 of funding for new web site designed to make it easier for consumers to obtain information about copyright

DVD and games rental chain Blockbuster has been sold to restructuring specialists Gordon Brothers Europe, its administrators have said.

Furniture and fashion retailer Laura Ashley has been accused by support group the Forum of Private Business (FPB) of squeezing its suppliers.

Business groups and retailers will use an industry summit on Monday to tell the Government it must help the high street “turn the tide” in its losing battle with out of town developments.

Young student entrepreneurs from Slough win £3,000 business investment in The Prince of Wales’ charity’s Enterprise Competition

Vince Cable has set out plans for a state bank that will bring billions of pounds of aid together in a “one stop shop” to help credit starved SMEs secure finance and address an over-reliance on high street banks.

Finalists for the first Veuve Clicquot New Generation Award have been announced announced. The new category which runs alongside the established Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award, aims to celebrate up and coming female entrepreneurial talent in the UK.

The internet company has announced plans to add more than 200 jobs at its Dublin Operations Centre

The House of Lords has blocked a move to allow employees to give up some employment rights in return for shares in the company they work for

Chancellor George Osborne has introduced measures designed to boost the creative industries and small businesses in today’s Budget.

The Chancellor announced in today’s budget that he has scrapped the planned 3p a litre tax hike on petrol due to come into effect in the Autumn.

George Osborne today signalled that corporation tax will be cut to 20 per cent as he burnished his pro-business credentials.

Up to 2.5 million employers will benefit, while 450,000 of the country’s smallest businesses will no longer pay any employer NICs