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Christmas spending may hit £29bn but next 15 days will make or break some on high street as big day for online shopping passes

Those who believe in a small state and self-regulated markets could claim JRR Tolkien and Elinor Ostrom as two of their own

More than a quarter of UK SMEs have axed their Christmas party this year says a new survey of business owners

Lawyers prepare for post-recession surge in insolvency cases

The British high street will have to work harder than ever to keep counterfeit goods off the market this Christmas as an annual survey shows an increase in the number of people who would accept a knock-off present.

As more than half of workers over 55 plan to work beyond the state retirement age, it is in employers interests to enable older people to stay in work for as long as possible. This is the key message from evidence given this morning to the House of Lords Public Service and Demographic Change Select Committee by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Lost tax revenue from services bought from suppliers based overseas is more than £1.6bn a year, says report

In the 18 months since Lord Davies published his review into women on boards there has been encouraging progress. The number of women recruited to the boardrooms of the UK’s largest companies has increased and there has been a notable commitment by business to remove the obstacles preventing women making it to the boardroom.

MOO.COM, the award winning online print business has announced the first ever winner of the MOO Award, in honour of its most unique, inspiring and remarkable customer.

In the 18 months since Lord Davies published his review into women on boards there has been encouraging progress. The number of women recruited to the boardrooms of the UK’s largest companies has increased and there has been a notable commitment by business to remove the obstacles preventing women making it to the boardroom.

Apple has parted company with the executive responsible for the new mapping service that forced the group to apologise to iPhone users, according to reports.

A bias towards big companies within Britain’s business schools is “compromising growth” by ignoring the potential of mid-sized firms, a report has warned.

Controversial proposals giving employees tax free shares in the companies employing them in return for surrendering workplace rights are expected to be pushed through as part of a package of small business measures in next week’s autumn statement.

One of the UK’s leading lenders to small businesses attempted to identify struggling firms in order to profit from their subsequent collapse.

The CBI has welcomed the on independent reviewer Doug Richard’s recommendations for improving the apprenticeship system.