Small family businesses the 'backbone of economic recovery'

29 February 2012

The small family-run businesses that account for three million of the 4.6 million small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be the crux of the country's economic recovery, according to the Forum of Private Business (FPB). Read More >

Red tape burdens cut from UK businesses

29 February 2012

Around £4 million of red tape regulatory burdens will be cut from British businesses, enabling them to save money and operate with greater ease, according to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Read More >

Business environment still tough for small firms, expert says

28 February 2012

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still set to face a tough time in the business world, but things are looking up, explains an expert from a business funding organisation. Read More >

Childcare tax credits 'must be addressed'

27 February 2012

More must be done to help UK workers and the self-employed with the rising cost of childcare. Read More >

Proposed construction coalition threatens competition

23 February 2012

A proposed joint deal between Anglo American PLC and Lafarge SA could have potentially damaging implementations on the raw construction materials industry, according to the Competition Commission (CC). Read More >

Four SMEs to win HSBC Business Growth Grant

23 February 2012

HSBC has shortlisted ten small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK to win a cut of the bank's £200,000 Business Growth Grant fund. Read More >

Economy the 'biggest barrier to small business expansion'

22 February 2012

Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have remained resilient through the recession, two-thirds of small business owners claim that the economy has curtailed their expansion, according to a survey the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Read More >

HSBC aim to boost small business exports

22 February 2012

A £4 billion fund has been launched by HSBC to boost exports by small businesses. Read More >

SMEs represent large proportion of the government's new CloudStore

21 February 2012

Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up around half of the firms represented on the government's recently unveiled CloudStore. Read More >

Businesses should 'abandon 20th century ways of thinking

20 February 2012

Businesses need to get with the times and abandon old fashioned ways of operating in order to achieve rapid growth, according to a business expert at Wolff Olins. Read More >

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