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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Lending ‘monopoly’ is hitting smaller firms

Reading Time • 2 minsMergers between big financial high street institutions and government measures aimed at stimulating lending amongst the larger banks in the aftermath of the credit crunch are having the effect of suffocating competition and limiting the choices of finance open to small firms, it has been claimed.
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Firms say jobs still under pressure

Reading Time • < 1 minJobs continue to be at risk during the economic downturn, with a significant proportion of employers contemplating redundancies over the next six months.
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No plans for raising retirement age still further

Reading Time • < 1 minThe government has insisted that there is no need to up the state pension retirement age beyond the increase to 68 planned for 2044.
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Business owners failing to plan for selling up

Reading Time • < 1 minOwners underestimate the amount of time it requires to sell their businesses, it has been claimed.
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Fraudsters target online tax returns

Reading Time • < 1 minCriminals are making fraudulent claims for refunds in a new scam aimed at online self-assessment tax returns.
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Employers concerned over swine flu ‘absenteeism’

Reading Time • < 1 minEmployers have been expressing worries that the swine flu outbreak may be encouraging absenteeism.
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New minimum pay rate for apprentices

Reading Time • < 1 minThe minimum weekly wage for apprentices has increased as from 1 August.
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Savers see higher returns

Reading Time • < 1 minCompetition among banks and building societies in their efforts to attract new customers has pushed up the general level of interest rates on savings accounts.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 12 Mar 2012

Conditions improve for smaller manufacturers

Reading Time • 2 minsTrading conditions may not be quite as gloomy for UK manufacturers than they were three months ago, according to the latest CBI survey.
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