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Statistical bulletin: UK Business: Activity, Size and Location – 2013
Statistical bulletin – UK Business: Activity, Size and Location Released: 03 October 2013 – Download PDF Contents Headline figures Summary Business counts by…
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Small Businesses Hindered By ‘Complex’ Tax System
Half of small businesses spend between two and eight hours each month trying to understand and calculate their taxes and…
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Businesses At Risk Over Key Personnel Loss
More than half of UK businesses (55 per cent) would cease trading if they lost one or more key employees…
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End Of Auto-Rollover Energy Contracts For Businesses
Small businesses will no longer be locked into ‘automatic rollover’ energy contracts after five of the UK’s ‘big six’ energy…
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Business Finance Scheme Picks Up Lending
Lending through the Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme to small businesses picked up to £84 million the second quarter…
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School-Leavers Need Better Workplace Skills, Say Business Groups
Young people in the UK are leaving school unprepared for employment and the workplace, business groups have said. Recent research…
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Home Businesses Number 2.5 Million
Small business owners operating from home now number 2.5 million in the UK, accounting for 52 per cent of all…
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Keeping Your Business ‘With IT’
Technology and social media have taken all industries by storm, and is becoming a vital element to any business move.…
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Hot Weather Helps Business Boom
Continuing hot weather throughout the UK is boosting business trade, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSBs). Members of…
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RTI Is Largest Cost Of Compliance For Businesses
The new real time information (RTI) process for calculating PAYE has been identified as one of the biggest drivers of…
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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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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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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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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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Businesses Say High Streets ‘Can Be Revitalised’
More than half (53 per cent) of independent retailers in England think that their town centre is performing ‘poorly’ but…
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CBI Publishes Tax Principles For Businesses
A statement of principles that sets out steps UK businesses should take in order to improve the transparency and understanding…
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Businesses Welcome EU-UK Relationship Change
Businesses broadly support the idea of a ‘re-negotiation’ of the UK’s relationship with the European Union, a survey conducted by…
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Business Bank Opens For Business
The Government-backed business bank has launched its first phase of funding, worth £300 billion, to help small and medium sized…
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Empty Properties Charged £1.1 Billion In Business Rates
Up to £1.1 billion in business rates were paid on empty properties last year – a 19 per cent increase…
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Business red tape cuts come into force
Businesses will benefit from dozens of cuts to regulations which came into force this week, including a simplification of the…
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Business Bank To Lend £3.9 Billion To SMEs
The new state-backed business bank will offer £3.9 billion of capital to boost lending to small and medium sized businesses,…
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Northern Ireland Business Reaction to Budget
Northern Ireland business groups have broadly welcomed Budget 2013 although concerns remain over the country’s rising unemployment figures. Northern Ireland,…
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Relaxation Of RTI For Small Businesses
Small employers who pay staff on a daily or weekly basis are to be given more time to report employee…
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Budget 2013: Businesses Welcome ‘Bold’ Measures
Budget 2013: Businesses Welcome ‘Bold’ Measures Business groups have broadly welcomed Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2013 measures, which included an…
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Growing Optimism Amongst Small Businesses
Small businesses in the UK are showing signs of growing optimism ahead of the Chancellor’s 20 March Budget, a report…
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