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Reading Time | < 1 min 02 Dec 2015

SMEs broadband access falls behind residential consumers

Reading Time • < 1 minSmall and medium sized enterprises' (SMEs) access to superfast broadband continues to fall behind residential consumers.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 01 Dec 2015

Funding for Lending Scheme extended

Reading Time • < 1 minThe Bank of England and HM Treasury has announced a two-year extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS).
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Reading Time | < 1 min 30 Nov 2015

First-time buyers set to open Help to Buy ISAs

Reading Time • < 1 minHelp to Buy ISAs are set to launch from the 1 December, aiming to help first-time buyers save a deposit for a home.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 27 Nov 2015

Business closures at lowest rate since 2008

Reading Time • < 1 minThe number of business starting operations increased by 1.2% from 346,000 to 351,000 between 2013 and 2014.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Nov 2015

Autumn Statement 2015 – Properties

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Spending Review was predicted to announce lots of measures to boost the housing supply and the Chancellor did not disappoint…. unless you’re a landlord of residential property.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 26 Nov 2015

Apprenticeship levy causes mixed reaction

Reading Time • 2 minsIn his Autumn Statement and Spending Review, Chancellor George Osborne set the apprenticeship levy rate at 0.5% of an employer’s wage.
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Reading Time | 20 mins 26 Nov 2015

Autumn Statement 2015

Reading Time • 20 minsOn Wednesday 25 November the Chancellor George Osborne presented the first Autumn Statement of this Parliament along with the Spending Review.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 25 Nov 2015

Autumn Statement 2015: Beware the Ides of March

Reading Time • 2 minsMaking predictions about the future is always difficult - in Caesar’s case the above prediction was of course unfortunately true, but generally most predictions are usually wide of the mark!
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Reading Time | < 1 min 25 Nov 2015

Autumn Statement 2015: Reaction

Reading Time • < 1 minThe Chancellor George Osborne has now delivered his Autumn Statement 2015. Here is a collection of immediate reactions from the UK's leading business groups:
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