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EU Regulation Cuts Benefit SMEs
British businesses have saved more than £200 million during the first year of a government campaign to reduce EU regulations,…
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Recofloor announces joint winners of its recycled vinyl flooring product Design Competition
Ideas for an extendable compost bin and a modular roof tile with pre-drilled nail holes share the top £1,000 prize…
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Small Firms Lack Employers Liability Insurance
More than half of small businesses do not have employers’ liability cover, a survey by AXA Business Insurance has found.…
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Majority Look Forward To Retirement
More than half of people aged 50-70 are excited about their plans for retirement, according to a survey by Skipton…
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Tribunal Says Holiday Pay Should Include Overtime
Thousands of businesses are facing additional costs after a tribunal ruled that overtime should be included in holiday pay calculations.…
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Retirees Support Families Financially
More than a quarter of retirees have given financial support to members of their family, research by LV= has found.…
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Self-Employed Pension Saving Falls
Less than a quarter of self-employed men are saving money for retirement into a personal pension, official figures show. Pension…
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Employment Costs For Small Firms Revealed
Small businesses pay an average of £35,500 to hire their first employee, according to research by the Centre for Economic…
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Committee To Examine Prompt Payment Code
Businesses and the public sector will lead a new advisory board designed to strengthen the Prompt Payment Code (PPC), the…
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Consumers Face Retirement Uncertainty
Consumers lack confidence in their long-term savings and investments, research by Which? has found. The consumer group surveyed more than…
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Recofloor wins MEN Environmental Business of the Year Award
Recofloor, the UK’s national vinyl flooring recycling scheme, has added another accolade to its award-winning sustainable achievements by winning the…
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Wise words at the Flooring Show from Designer Contracts
Designer Contracts, the UK’s largest flooring contractor offered its expert carpet recycling knowledge at a seminar held at this year’s…
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SMEs Warned About Cyber Threats
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) should do more to protect themselves against online fraud and IT security risks, a panel…
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Short Service Pension Refunds To Be Abolished
People who change jobs regularly will no longer have to cash in or move their workplace pension, under new government…
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Small Firms Want Auto-Enrolment Delay
More than 9 out of 10 employers who have not yet started automatically enrolling employees into a workplace pension would…
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Pension Charge Cap Confirmed
Pension charges will be capped at 0.75% per year from April 2015, the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed.…
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Small Firms Want Auto-Enrolment Delay
More than 9 out of 10 employers who have not yet started automatically enrolling employees into a workplace pension would…
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SME Owners Not Identifying As Entrepreneurs
Small business owners are unlikely to consider themselves entrepreneurs, research by AXA has found. Less than half of individuals questioned…
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Savings Fall Between Spring And Summer
The amount people saved each month fell between spring and summer 2014, both as a percentage of monthly income and…
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Funding For SME Business Advice
Small businesses will be able to get funding for advice from business schools under a project run by the Small…
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Switch Guarantee Popular With Consumers
There has been a 22% increase on the number of bank account switches since the Current Account Switch Service was…
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Unemployment Rate Falls To 6%
The number of unemployed people fell by 154,000 to 1.97 million between June and August 2014, according to official figures.…
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GoodWeave Founder Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2014 peace prize to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai, two individuals who have…
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UK-Portsmouth: Building alteration work
Official EU reference: 343759-2014 Procurer reference: HaPS/419576/AMS300/W/14/T Published on: 10/10/2014 Deadline date:07/11/2014 Location where the contract is to be carried…
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Bill Introduces April 2015 Pension Reforms
Draft legislation that sets out the pension reforms announced at the 2014 Budget has now been published. The Taxation of…
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