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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
How Positive Thinking Can Make You a Better Problem Solver
Bouncing back: Punching bags are good at it; humans, less so. A growing body of evidence, though, suggests you can ward off tailspins by building up your reserves of the best antidote to adversity: positive emotions, the hidden engine of resilience.
UBS fined £940m for rigging Libor, fraud and paying bribes
Swiss banking giant UBS has agreed to pay £940m to regulators in order to settle charges of manipulating Libor interest rates, fraud and paying bribes to brokers.
Redundancy consultation changes explained
Martin Pratt, Associate at law firm Lester Aldridge LLP, comments on the announcement that the redundancy consultation period is to be cut:
Part-time Britain creating management challenges
Employers urged to introduce workforce management solutions to manage growing number of part-time workers
Pickles opens pop-up shop to showcase high street entrepreneurs
The Department for Communities and Local Government is giving a big boost to small retailers today as it opens a brand new pop-up shop in its own headquarters.
Number of female directors rockets over the past five years
Larger companies are narrowing the gap with small and medium sized firms (SMEs) in terms of the number of companies that have a female director, according to Experian’s BusinessIQ analysis.
Local councils urged to help small businesses by scrapping car parking charges
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has urged local authorities across the country to help retailers by scrapping town centre car parking charges.
British Bosses’ Behaviour is Stifling Profits
Poor leadership and bosses behaviour is fuelling a talent time-bomb in British workplaces that could dent profits by at least 5% data released today by management consultancy IBP has shown.
Companies desperate to refinance
Survey shows a desire to grow but a lack of knowledge about where to look for finance
UK unemployment falls as private sector jobs hit all-time high
Public sector pay roll shrinks to lowest level in a decade – but there are more private sector jobs than ever before, ONS says
Ten years of female enterprise celebrated as leading entrepreneurs are honoured
Some of the country’s most successful female entrepreneurs – with a mighty collective turnover of over £2 billion – have gathered to celebrate the inspirational winners of the tenth NatWest everywoman Awards. Leading the celebrations were everywoman founders, Karen Gill MBE and Maxine Benson MBE together with Awards Patron Dame Mary Perkins.
David Cameron announces £50M regeneration plan of London’s Silicon Roundabout
Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO), the body tasked with promoting British technology companies based in the East London tech cluster, is joining forces with digital news network ECNlive, in a partnership that will connect Tech City with investors in the City of London.
Price is key to employers – are they missing the value of advice?
Employers say price is important, but aren’t making the most of the options available to them when it comes to healthcare for their staff, says Jelf Employee Benefits.
‘Too big to fail’ plan outlined by UK and US authorities
British and US authorities have for the first time outlined a shared plan for tackling institutions deemed too big to fail, with the aim of sparing the taxpayer the bill.
