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New Government figures suggest most people will stay in a pension scheme and start saving for their old age under automatic enrolment.

UK business could potentially benefit by £5bn a year if companies unblocked the talent pipeline for their 500,000 female middle managers a major new report suggests.

The latest BusinessIQ Insolvency Index from Experian, the global information services company, reveals an 8.7 per cent fall in the number of business insolvencies during October 2012, compared to the same month last year.

A new survey has provided an insight into the future of British entrepreneurship.

Why did people want to borrow so much? Why did the ratio of household debt to income soar to unprecedented heights in the pre-recession days?

While the Hewlett-Packard Co accounting scandal has produced several losers, it also produced one potentially very big winner: the whistleblower.

Former UBS banker Kweku Adoboli has been jailed for seven years and dubbed a trader who was “out of control”, having been found guilty of the biggest fraud in British history.

More than half of adults online (53%) admit that their online and in-store experiences with brands are likely to affect who they choose to shop with for gifts and presents this festive season, according to an online YouGov survey commissioned by Emailvision, the leader in customer intelligence and relationship marketing.

Following the UKTI’s call to help more businesses to pursue international trade opportunities, Bibby Financial Services has found just 16 per cent of small and medium-sized firms are considering international trade to help boost their business.

Computer company Hewlett Packard has asked both UK & US authorities to investigate alleged misrepresentations before its takeover of the Cambridge based software group Autonomy last year.

Stress is among the biggest problems in British workplaces, with the cost to the British economy being estimated at £3.7 billion per year with more than 13 million employees are at risk of mental health problems caused by the stress of their jobs, according to new research published today.

Birmingham factory and distribution operation to close as part of overhaul of Premier Foods’s bakery business

Independent survey finds 62% of SMBs use desktop storage, USBs and CDs to
backup corporate data

The greed, unfairness and excesses of a “contemptible few” has “poisoned” the reputation of British business in society, Sir Roger Carr has warned.

Britain needs to urgently overhaul its accounting rules as they are dangerously distorting bank profits and leading to confusion over executive pay, some of the country’s biggest investors and pension funds have warned.