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Reading Time | 2 mins 09 Mar 2012

More employers should consider apprenticeships

Reading Time • 2 minsA leading business group has argued that greater numbers of small firms should look at the benefits that taking on apprentices may have to offer.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 09 Mar 2012

Government should keep R&D tax credits, says CBI

Reading Time • 2 minsThe CBI has called on the government not to consider axing the research and development tax credit scheme as a way of saving money.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 09 Mar 2012

Campaign to boost awareness of business finance schemes

Reading Time • < 1 minAn advertising campaign has been launched to promote the various government-funded packages available to small firms in order to help them cope with the recession.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 09 Mar 2012

Hike in unfair dismissal claims

Reading Time • < 1 minThe economic downturn has seen a rise in the number of insurance claims made by SMEs facing legal action from employees who are citing unfair dismissal.
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Reading Time | 4 mins 09 Mar 2012

Businesses to get help in securing finance

Reading Time • 4 minsThe government has unveiled details of plans designed to provide SMEs with easier access to credit and to help with the cash flow problems afflicting many firms as the economic downturn deepens.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 09 Mar 2012

Applying for a government grant

Reading Time • 2 minsWith the banks still reluctant to lend, one possible alternative source of business finance is a government grant.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 09 Mar 2012

Avoiding redundancies

Reading Time • 2 minsUnemployment 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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Reading Time | 2 mins 09 Mar 2012

Winning new business when business is difficult to win

Reading Time • 2 minsA 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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Reading Time | 3 mins 09 Mar 2012

Tough times, tight credit management

Reading Time • 3 minsMoney, 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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