New research suggests that older workers are keen to stay in their jobs past retirement age.

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The gap between prime and secondary commercial property values in the UK is now at its widest since the early 1990s, according to Investment Property Databank’s (IPD) latest report.

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The UK economy will see growth resume in the second half of 2012, with faster GDP growth during 2013, according to the latest quarterly CBI economic forecast.

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Small businesses are still struggling to win public sector contracts despite the Government's efforts to make it easier, the latest figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.

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The majority of Britons do not consider how technology could shape a work/life balance when considering whether or not to launch their own business, according to research by Fasthosts Internet Ltd.

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New research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has found that three quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have an inflated opinion of their ability to manage people.

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Sage Pay recently announced the introduction of a new mobile payment solution aimed at small businesses. The product, Sage Pay Mobile, enables businesses to accept card payments using their mobile phone to authorise transactions.

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Reforms to European legislation on data protection will leave UK entrepreneurs and start-ups at a competitive disadvantage, according to an open letter signed by leading SME organisations.

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A fundraising summit will be held on May 14 in London in order to raise money and awareness for Richard Branson’s ‘Screw Business As Usual’ campaign.

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HMRC’s assessment of the impact of the introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) on small employers is inadequate, said the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) recently.

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The late payment of trade invoices is threatening the profits, growth and even survival prospects of small firms but few use formal procedures to tackle the problem. This is according to findings of a research report launched today by the commercial credit referencing agency Graydon UK, working in partnership with the Forum of Private Business.

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Nick Clegg recently encouraged banks to stop “sitting on their hands” and ramp up lending to small businesses.

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The next stage of the Government’s new £10 million ‘Start-up Loans’ for young people pilot scheme has been announced today by Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk.

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The latest issue of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s JobsOutlook, the monthly survey of employers’ hiring intentions, shows employer confidence grew throughout the first quarter of 2012 to reach its highest level since the survey began in March 2009.

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Following the Royal Mail’s rate change announcement at the end of last month, it appears that four in five (81 percent) of Britain’s SMEs, believe that today’s postal rate change will have a negative impact on their business. Of these, seven percent say that they fear their business may not survive the threat.

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Following its quarterly meeting in April 2012, the KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank (RTT) – a panel of retail industry commentators that provides authoritative and independent views on issues affecting the sector – is reporting an even bleaker outlook for UK retailers, with the health of the industry expected to worsen to record levels before any signs of recovery.

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The Government’s long term plan to reform the way the public sector does business ramped up today as new and updated data on £70 billion of potential future government contracts was published by Cabinet ministers Francis Maude and Vince Cable.

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Detail of support to help SMEs come up with the low carbon ideas of the future was announced recently by Edward Davey.

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The strength of London’s commercial property market has once again led the overall UK market to overall growth of 0.2 percent, according to CBRE’s quarterly Prime Rent and Yield Monitor.

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Fears of a double dip recession were confirmed today as official statistics revealed the UK economy shrunk by 0.2 percent in the first three months of the year.

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