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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

A Scottish firm has been fined £90,000 for “blighting” the public with thousands of unwanted marketing calls.

J Sainsbury, the supermarket chain, has reported a 3.6pc rise in like-for-like sales over the last ten weeks, beating expectations in the City and boosting hopes of a recovery in the British economy ahead of the Budget.

Research by the Social Market Foundation has found that one in five young people will need to enter into a career in engineering if the UK has any hope of addressing a severe skills shortage.

More than 2 in 5 small business owners believe that none of the UK’s political parties understand their needs, according to research carried out by YouGov on behalf of online accounting provider FreeAgent.

Government and industry have pledged an ambitious long-term partnership and £2 billion of investment to retain the UK’s position at the forefront of world aerospace manufacturing.

The UK tax authority’s new target for answering calls from taxpayers is “unambitious and woefully inadequate”, according to a committee of MPs.

Plans to develop British business networks in high growth and emerging markets took a further step forward today.

The UK’s “crowdfunding” sector has come together to launch a self-regulatory body in an attempt to bolster confidence in the fledgling industry.

The economy will pick up later this year and the recovery is now “in sight”, the Governor of the Bank of England has declared.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has officially launched a new drive to showcase the creative talents of apprentices and highlight their contribution to some of the country’s most well-respected exports, goods and services.