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Scotland: Firms Need Clarity On Referendum
Scottish businesses need more clarity on how the referendum will affect them before voting on whether Scotland should remain part…
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Prioritise VAT Fraud And Online Trading Risks
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) needs to do more to tackle VAT fraud and the emerging threat of losses from…
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Inflation Wipes £6bn Off Retirees’ Income
Up to 360,000 retirees a year could see a combined £6.3 billion wiped from their retirement income due to rising…
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Start-Up Loans Extended To Northern Ireland
Young entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland are to benefit from an extension to the start-up loans scheme which will roll out…
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British Retail’s ‘Great Success Story’
The director general of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), Helen Dickinson, has told a conference of senior figures from the…
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SME Confidence Hits Three-Year High
SMEs are highly optimistic about their turnover prospects and are showing increased business confidence, two separate reports released this week…
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Scottish Stamp Duty Tax Change Edges Closer
A bill allowing Scotland to set its own rate of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) separate to that of the…
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Businesses Struggle To Find Skilled Staff
Almost two fifths of businesses that need employees with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills have trouble finding the…
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Government Support For Exports Up £2 Billion
The Government’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), gave £4.3 billion worth of support to British businesses in 2012/13.…
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First-Time Buyers In Lengthy Deposit Wait
A young, single person in England faces a 14-year wait to save for a deposit to buy their first home.…
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Statistical bulletin: Annual Business Survey, 2011 Revised Results
Statistical bulletin: Annual Business Survey, 2011 Revised Results Released: 13 June 2013 Download PDF (281.1 Kb) Contents Key points Overview User engagement…
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A Third Of Workers Take On Second Jobs To Boost Income
Three million Britons (six per cent) have taken on a second job to boost their primary monthly income, with one…
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NI Finance Minister Puts Tax In Spotlight
Northern Ireland finance minister Sammy Wilson has accused the Republic of Ireland (ROI) of ‘stealing’ tax revenue from the UK,…
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Retail Footfall Falls 0.7 Per Cent
The latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show that total footfall in May was down by 0.7 per…
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Relaxed RTI Rules Extended To April 2014
Relaxed RTI Rules Extended To The temporary relaxation of real-time information (RTI) reporting rules for small businesses will be extended…
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Growth Measures In Spending Review
Measures to stimulate small business growth and investment should be a priority in next month’s Government Spending Review, business groups…
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Cameron Lays Down G8 Agenda
Tax, trade and transparency are some of the key issues Prime Minister David Cameron will raise with world leaders at…
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EXTENDING YOUR BUSINESS INSIDE OUT
Summer is upon us and as Steve Grimwood, Managing Director of Osmo UK says, the exterior can provide a great…
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Jaymart entrance matting system at business design centre
The Alligator range of aluminium entrance matting systems is one of the latest additions to the Jaymart portfolio of prestige…
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Red Tape Freeze Extended
From 2014, businesses with fewer than 50 employees are to benefit from the same regulatory exemptions that currently apply to…
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Scottish SMEs Encouraged To Innovate And Collaborate
Businesses in Scotland are being urged to focus on innovation and work more collaboratively in order to expand and create…
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New MOT Testing Could Hit Small Businesses
EU plans to introduce additional MOT testing on light trailers and tractors have been opposed by MEPs in Brussels. The…
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Bank Lending Fell By £300m In Q1
Net lending by banks under the Government’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) fell by £0.3 billion in the first quarter…
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SME Demand For External Finance Fall
The proportion of small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) using some form of external finance – such as a bank loan or…
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Cash ‘Remains King’ But Use Declines
Cash remains the most popular way to pay for goods in the UK retail industry, despite usage falling by 10…
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