Category: News

British small business owners work fewer hours than their counterparts in the US, Germany, Spain, France and the Netherlands, researchers have claimed.

A new report released today reveals that over 90 per cent of people believe a strong sales industry is important to driving the British economy.

An experimental pop-up store is delivering long-term business benefits, tenants say, as a nationwide roll-out plan is put into place.

A new study has revealed that a staggering 91 per cent of all UK workers believe the vast majority of workplace stress is falling on middle management, which is also filtering down to junior staff.

Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled a package of support to help Britain’s young entrepreneurs as new research reveals a “confidence gap” for many who plan to start their own business.

The majority of managers in the UK have little or no confidence in the Government’s current economic policy, according to new figures released today by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), with almost one in five giving it a vote of no confidence.

Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers must take action on their annual tax return in the next few weeks or face a £100 fine.

Treasury officials will on Monday start the final stage of the search for a new governor of the Bank of England, a “person of undisputed integrity and standing” to tighten City regulation, keep the banks up to the mark and help avoid a future financial crisis.

Put the executives to one side for a second, we believe that the heart of the UK economic recovery will be driven from the engine room of our organisations and this is in the hands of the often underrated and undervalued ‘middle’.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has launched a £60 million pot of Regional Growth Fund investment and bank finance at the Community Development Finance Association’s (CDFA) annual conference.

Tom Saville, employment solicitor at MLP Solicitors, explains how the changes in pensions law will affect SMEs and how they can prepare.

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.

Lloyds Banking Group has joined forces with one of the UK’s key business organisations to implement a mentoring qualification open to its employees involved in the Government’s mentoring initiative.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has today announced a new partnership with UK bank Metro Bank to help boost the growth prospects for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

Applications are being welcomed for the UK’s leading Awards scheme recognising the achievements of women working in IT. The 2013 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards were launched by the UK’s largest female business community, everywoman, in association with womenintechnology.co.uk to recognise the achievements of women working in the sector and to encourage a pipeline of new talent who will become future industry leaders.