News & Events
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Applying for a government grant
Reading Time • 2 mins With the banks still reluctant to lend, one possible alternative source of business finance is a government grant.
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Avoiding redundancies
Reading Time • 2 mins Unemployment is rising to levels not seen in a decade as more and more firms shed staff. Some 600,000 jobs are predicted to go during the course of the next 12 months.
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Winning new business when business is difficult to win
Reading Time • 2 mins A sharp downturn in the economy may not appear the most opportune time to push ahead with plans to attract new business.
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Tough times, tight credit management
Reading Time • 3 mins Money, as the current state of the economy forcibly reminds us, is in short supply. Credit and profit margins alike are being squeezed.
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Small firms see sharp rise in job losses
Reading Time • 2 mins Small and medium-sized businesses are axing jobs at a rate not seen for almost twenty years, the CBI has reported.
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Increase in minimum redundancy pay
Reading Time • < 1 mins Employers are being reminded of increases to the amount of an employee’s weekly earnings that count towards statutory redundancy pay.
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Regulations still ignoring adverse effects on businesses
Reading Time • < 1 mins A report has found that government departments are still putting together legislation that affects businesses without due consideration of the cost to firms.
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Bonus rate accounts used to entice savers
Reading Time • 2 mins Banks and building societies are boosting the bonuses they offer people opening new savings accounts in an effort to recruit extra customers.
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Review recommends action on small business regulation
Reading Time • 2 mins An independent review of the regulations affecting small businesses has made a number of recommendations aimed at helping firms comply with the law.
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Tax return date looms large
Reading Time • 2 mins Taxpayers are being reminded that they must submit their self assessment returns online by 31 January.