Breaking Flooring News
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Tighter Rules Needed For Prompt Payment Code, Says Business Group
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has called for changes to the Prompt Payment Code (PPC) after learning that large…
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UK Retail Sales Fell In January
The quantity of goods bought in the retail sector in January 2013 fell by 0.6 per cent on the previous…
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Small Businesses Failing To Plan For The Long Term
Many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are failing to make long term plans because of economic uncertainty, research from…
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Launch Of Business Forum Aims To Rejuvenate High Streets
High streets must adapt to new consumer demands if they are to survive, the Government has warned small businesses. Announcing…
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New Loan Fund Open For Business In Northern Ireland
A new £5 million loan fund aimed at individuals, SMEs and micro-sized businesses in Northern Ireland has been announced by…
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MPs Call For Immediate End To NEST Restrictions
Restrictions on the amount workers can save under the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) auto-enrolment pension scheme should be removed…
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Banking Reform Plans Announced By Chancellor
UK banks will be forced to separate everyday high-street and retail banking operations from their investment arms under the Banking…
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Scottish Business Groups Comment On Rates Relief Scheme
Business groups have been responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement to introduce a business rates relief of up to 100…
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Banks mis-sold 90 per cent of products to small businesses…
Banks mis-sold 90 per cent of products to small businesses, says FSA The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that…
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BAL – CPD Seminars have RIBA approval
BAL is offering architects a comprehensive family of seminars, all approved by RIBA as contributing to their annual Continual Professional…
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Employees Welcome Auto-Enrolment Pension – Businesses Unprepared
Most individuals welcome the Government’s drive to automatically enrol eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme, however many employers are…
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Greater Clarity On Effects Of Scottish Independence Needed, Says CBI
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Scotland has called for ‘greater clarity and certainty’ from the Scottish Government’s white paper…
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Calls To Adopt ‘Small Business Saturday’ To UK High Streets
Labour is calling for a US-style ‘Small Business Saturday’ to encourage consumers to shop at small, local independent shops in…
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HMRC Confirms Late RTI Penalties
Details on the penalties for late and inaccurate returns submitted via the new Real Time Information (RTI) system have been…
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Record levels of carpet waste recycled in 2012, says CRUK
More than 6,000 tonnes of carpet waste was diverted from landfill in 2012 by UK-based manufacturing members of Carpet Recycling…
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EU drops plans for gender quotas
EU drops plans for gender quotas on company boards Proposals to impose mandatory quotas to get more women into executive…
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Unaware Of The PAYE Shake-Up?
Quarter Of Small Businesses Unaware Of PAYE Shake-Up A quarter of small firms are oblivious to major upcoming changes to…
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Confidence Knocked In Third Quarter
SME Confidence Knocked In Third Quarter Falling domestic and export orders and contracting production levels for SMEs in the three…
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Small businesses to get export support
Small businesses to get export support A new service designed to help small and medium sized businesses to export to…
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SMEs failing to reach local markets online
Three in four small and medium sized enterprises are missing out on local business opportunities by failing to make the…
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Plastic Extruders Ltd (Plastex) has acquired the matting business of Tepromark International Inc.
Tepromark were a distributor of Plastex’s matting and flooring products and have been in the flooring and matting business in…
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Mark Cavendish joins Omega Pharma – Quick-Step
Quick-Step Cycling Team is delighted to announce that we’ve reached a deal with Mark Cavendish. The 27-year-old rider from the…
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Real Time PAYE awareness campaign launches
Real Time PAYE awareness campaign launches HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has kicked off its Real Time Information (RTI) awareness…
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Pension annuity rates in freefall
Pension annuity rates in freefall Conventional annuity rates have fallen by seven per cent since June this year, research from…
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Academy celebrates first TrustMark Installer – Quick-Step Academy
The Quick-Step Academy is celebrating its first ever Master Installer to become TrustMark accredited after rigorous independent inspection and testing…
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