Advisers turn on Darling over property tax
A senior government adviser has lashed out at the abolition of tax breaks on empty commercial property, saying it has led to many buildings being demolished to save money..
By News Desk Aug 26,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)

Small firms request red tape exemption
Small businesses want to be excluded from proposed laws governing staff requests for training..
By News Desk Aug 26,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)

Ministers seek to soften flexible working blow
The government is looking for ways to limit the damage of extended flexible rights on small businesses. .
By News Desk Aug 26,2008 - Comments (2) - Rating (2 votes)

UK economy hits the buffers
UK economic growth slowed to a standstill between April and June this year, for the first time since the country last experienced a recession 16 years ago..
By News Desk Aug 22,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)

Small firms crippled by stretched payment times
UK business are waiting nearly four weeks beyond agreed payment times before settling their debts with suppliers, the latest research from research group Experian shows..
By News Desk Aug 22,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (2 votes)

Small businesses sceptical of Olympic benefits
Small business across the UK are sceptical about the benefits of bringing the Olympics to London and even the capital’s firms are not getting too excited, a business think-tank claims..
By News Desk Aug 21,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)

Entrepreneurs’ fix for the new music problem
It’s not a good time to be a music industry exec. Digitisation of the sector with MP3s and attending high rates of piracy have sent record labels into a spin, and their ....
By Dan Matthews Aug 27,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)

The £15 Tesco business suit
I don’t buy (or wear) suits very often but when I do I remember what a splendid experience it is: getting measured up, trying on (too) pricey jackets and trousers and feeling ....
By Dan Matthews Aug 26,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)

A new bank holiday won’t boost business
Two conflicting bits of news today: the Trades Union Congress (TUC) says we should get a new bank holiday to boost businesses in the leisure and retail industries, while research group Mintel ....
By Dan Matthews Aug 22,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)

Bankesy juggles start-up and GCSEs
There’s a lot of talk about the UK’s skills shortage and how entrepreneurial businesses are suffering as a result, but we rarely hear about the entrepreneurs themselves (except when they are dyslexic or ....
By Dan Matthews Aug 21,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)

Entrepreneurs work 50-hour weeks? And the rest
Trawling through my business news resources this week I came across something of a rarity – an understated press release..
By Dan Matthews Aug 20,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)

Businesses that thought big
For the entrepreneurs among you hoping to build up a world-eating business, here’s some inspiration..
By Dan Matthews Aug 15,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)