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The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

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Start-ups offered the chance to get in front of high street dragons

7 September 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

A national enterprise campaign is offering British start-ups a unique opportunity to get their products into a top department store via a Dragon’s Den-style pitch.

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Business leaders urged to step up response to cyber threats

6 September 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

The UK’s most senior business leaders are getting new advice on how to better tackle the growing cyber threats to their companies.

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Osborne plans state bank for small businesses

5 September 20125 September 2012 News Business Matters 2 Comments

Chancellor George Osborne has been speaking about his plan to set up a state-backed small business bank, which is the latest in a line of initiatives intended to crack one of the government’s most intractable problems: how to get credit flowing to small companies.

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UK Businesses Owed £70bn in Unclaimed Tax Relief from Inland Revenue

4 September 201226 May 2023 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Hundreds of thousands of UK businesses are due a hefty tax rebate from the Inland Revenue, according to capital allowances tax specialists, CA Tax Solutions.

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Legal firm puts SMEs in the dock

4 September 20124 September 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

One of the reasons that there are fewer employment tribunals – as shown by the latest statistics – is that companies are better prepared than ever in how to manage them, according to the employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support, which literally puts small businesses in the dock with mock tribunals.

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Barclays lending boost for UK businesses

4 September 2012 News Business Matters 4 Comments

Barclays is offering its SME customers an instant cashback injection of two percent on loans, which will immediately boost a business’ cash flow.

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Fifty Per Cent Of UK Businesses Waste Money On IT Support

4 September 2012 News Business Matters 3 Comments

Fifty per cent of businesses add more to their IT systems than is necessary, making for a complex environment that is expensive to support.

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Lamb names employer for flouting the National Minimum Wage

4 September 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Norman Lamb, Minister for Employment Relations, has today taken the move of naming an employer under the BIS Scheme for naming employers who flout National Minimum Wage (NMW) law.

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Excessive charges for use of credit and debit cards to be banned

3 September 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

New proposals to prevent consumers being unfairly charged for using payment methods including credit or debit cards have been announced by the Consumer Affairs Minister, Norman Lamb.

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Aspiring entrepreneurs need the right role models and support

3 September 2012 News Business Matters 4 Comments

We have sought the views of entrepreneurial experts on the best role models for young, aspiring entrepreneurs

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Leading business experts blast Nick Clegg on tax plans which will hit entrepreneurs hardest

30 August 201219 April 2018 News Paul Jones 1 Comment

Following today’s news of Nick Clegg’s proposed tax plans, strong concerns have been raised about how such an introduction could impact upon the country’s emerging entrepreneurs and business leaders.

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High tuition fees set to increase number of young people starting a business

29 August 201230 August 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Amidst Rising Student Debts and Falling Graduate Employment Rates, Ambitious Young People Are Questioning Whether University is Still the Best Choice for Them

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Young jobless will ‘benefit’ from three-months unpaid work says leading entrepreneur

29 August 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Thousands of unemployed young people in London will be barred from receiving benefits unless they sign up for unpaid work in a pilot scheme launched this week.

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Savvy SMEs buck economic outlook using social media to boost customer engagement

27 August 201228 August 2012 News Business Matters 7 Comments

A new breed of social media savvy SMEs is emerging in the UK, as businesses turn to alternative media channels to engage old customers and bring in new ones.

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Resilient retail workers happiest despite high street slowdown

27 August 2012 News Business Matters 0 Comments

Results of a new study show that retail employees are happier with their compensation, manager and job security than peers in other industries.

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