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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Late payment picture beginning to improve

Reading Time • < 1 minThe proportion of smaller firms experiencing the adverse effects of late payments fell by 20 per cent in the first six months of the year.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

UK suffers largest pension gap in Europe

Reading Time • 2 minsThe UK has the biggest annual pension savings shortfall of any country in Europe, new research has revealed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Immigration caps may hit UK jobs market

Reading Time • < 1 minGovernment plans to limit non-EU migration to the UK could have an adverse effect on the economy, it has been claimed.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Austerity cuts will dampen growth

Reading Time • 2 minsPlanned cuts in public spending, intended to tackle the UK's largest peacetime budget deficit, will slow the economic recovery next year, the CBI has predicted in its latest forecasts.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Graduate tax would harm UK competitiveness

Reading Time • 2 minsA mooted tax on graduates would be damaging to the tax competitiveness of the UK economy, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has argued.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Top rate tax to remain

Reading Time • < 1 minThe UK's new top rate tax of 50 per cent will remain for the foreseeable future, the Business Secretary, Vince Cable has said.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Banking sector needs more competition

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the government to take action to introduce more competition into the banking system.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 21 Mar 2012

Small firms still feeling the squeeze on credit

Reading Time • < 1 minBusiness lending shrank for the fifth month running, a new report from the Bank of England has revealed.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 21 Mar 2012

Calculating business rates requires rethink

Reading Time • 2 minsThe method used for working out business rates needs an overhaul if firms are not to suffer additional tax burdens.
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