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Business Lending Continues To Fall
The annual rate of growth in lending to UK businesses decreased by £0.5 billion in the 3 months to February…
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Boost your retail business by recycling carpet waste, says CRUK
Retailers can help their businesses and the environment by recycling their carpet waste responsibly. Carpet Recycling UK will again be…
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Bulletin: Business Investment, Q4 2013
Part of Business Investment, Q4 2013 Revised Results Release Released: 28 March 2014 – Download PDF Contents Additional Information Changes to the…
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Budget 2014: Measures For Businesses
The Chancellor George Osborne delivered his fifth Budget statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday 19 March. Here’s a…
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Budget 2014: Business Expectations
Ahead of the Chancellor’s 2014 Budget statement this afternoon, here’s a summary of measures and policies that the UK’s leading…
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MPs Call For Business Rates Reform
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has concluded that the current business rates system is “not fit for purpose” and…
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Business Leaders Call For Apprenticeship Boost
Business leaders are calling on the Government to encourage businesses to hire more apprentices ahead of National Apprenticeship Week. With…
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Business Bank To Support Peer-To-Peer Lending
The British Business Bank will invest £40 million to support peer-to-peer lending to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). The investment…
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Retailers Propose Business Rates Reform
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published a set of ideas to reform the business rates system. The Road to…
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Government Support For Flood-Hit Businesses
Businesses affected by recent flooding can get Government support to help them recover. Announcing the package of measures David Cameron…
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Business Groups Call For Prompt Payment Reform
Business groups have called for reform of the Prompt Payment Code (PPC) after data showed that more than half of…
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Businesses In Northern Ireland Confident For 2014
Businesses in Northern Ireland are showing increased confidence for the year ahead, according to a survey by the Northern Ireland…
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Business Leaders Look Ahead To 2014
The UK’s leading business organisations have expressed optimism for the year ahead but called on the Government to introduce new…
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Scottish business rate rises capped at two per cent
Scottish business rates will increase by a below-inflation two per cent in 2014, the country’s Finance Secretary John Swinney has…
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Pension costs deter business investment
Seven out of ten businesses say the cost of running a defined benefits (DB) pension scheme is stifling their investment…
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Sucess for first small business saturday!
Local retailers celebrated the UK’s first Small Business Saturday as shoppers descended on high streets for the first weekend of…
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Autumn Statement 2013: Business Announcements
The Chancellor George Osborne has now delivered his 2013 Autumn Statement. Here’s our summary of the headline announcements affecting businesses.…
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Medium Sized Businesses Leading Economic Recovery
Businesses that employ between 50 and 499 people and have an annual turnover of between £10 and 100 million are…
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Business Enterprise Research and Development, 2012
Statistical bulletin: Business Enterprise Research and Development, 2012 Released: 22 November 2013 Download PDF Contents Key points Overview User engagement R&D expenditure R&D…
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Annual Business Survey, 2012 Provisional Results
Statistical bulletin: Annual Business Survey, 2012 Provisional Results Released: 14 November 2013 Download PDF (345.1 Kb) Contents Key points Overview User engagement Interactive…
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Business Groups Call For Rates Reform
Two of the country’s leading business organisations have called on the Chancellor George Osborne to take urgent action on business…
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Business Bank Investment Funding Launched
The first round of funding for the investment arm of the Government’s Business Bank, designed to stimulate the flow of…
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Laying solid foundations for a stable business
The statement rings true “good foundations provide stability.” It is a well-known fact that good foundations are vital in the…
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Scottish Businesses Urged To Claim Business Rates Relief
Small businesses in Scotland are being urged to take advantage of tax reliefs on business rates via the Small Business…
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Business Group Launches Guide For New Employers
Many growing businesses are unsure about their obligations when taking on employees for the first time, the Forum of Private…
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