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Prime Minister David Cameron has launched an £82m loan scheme to help young people work their way up the entrepreneurship ladder.
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Despite the Eurozone crisis, and economic doom and gloom at home, the inaugural Vistaprint Micro Business Confidence Index paints an optimistic picture of how Britain's micro businesses are performing.
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New research suggests that employee confidence in management is falling; half (43 percent) of the workers surveyed said they are better people managers than their own boss.
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SMEs looking for funding can now take advantage of a new free tool that provides access to a wide range of options.
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A new wage incentive scheme to encourage employers to give young disabled people further work opportunities was recently announced by the Minister for Disabled People.
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New research from energy giant npower has revealed that SMEs in the UK are missing out on significant energy savings each year by not having trained staff in placed to procure energy.
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Outstanding debts to the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses have reached a high of £35.3 billion – an increase of almost £2 billion on the last reported figure from six months ago, and the largest overdue amount measured to date, according to new research from Bacs Payment Schemes Ltd (Bacs).
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An innovative £200 million programme to help up to 26,000 of England’s brightest businesses achieve their ambition and potential, as well as creating 55,000 high-value jobs has been launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable.
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Staff are not feeling inspired or valued in the workplace, according to a new survey of 1000 workers conducted by YouGov.
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The majority of the UK will be taking a well-earned break over the Jubilee weekend. But many criminals will see those five days as a prime opportunity to strike, which could have grave consequences for Britain’s SME owners.
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The Direct Selling Association (DSA) is today releasing new figures which show a significant rise in the number of people turning to direct selling as a way to earn additional income. The new figures show there are now 395,000 direct sellers in the UK, 20,000 more than 2009 figures (375,000). The rise in direct sellers mirrors the recent unemployment figures which saw self-employment rise by 89,000 to a record high of 4.16million.
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Despite welcome news today that inflation dropped to 3 percent in April, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is warning that employers are continuing to struggle to close the gap between basic salaries and the cost of living.
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Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden is backing a Government campaign to tackle outdated perceptions of manufacturing and seek out new, innovative ideas, it has been announced today (May 23).
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A partnership to create a new independent £2.9 million enterprise research centre that will help drive Government policy for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has been announced.
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According to research released recently by 1&1 Internet Ltd, slow running and unreliable websites are still a major gripe for British Internet users. With 71 percent of UK web users regularly inconvenienced by slow running websites, they continue to cause negative emotions.
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Companies are being urged to act fast to ensure they do not miss the deadline for the North East Exporters’ Awards.
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Leading employers, including Marks and Spencer, Deloitte, Nestlé, O2 and NHS Employers, have thrown their weight behind a new campaign launched today by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) designed to generate a step change in employers’ engagement with young people, in order to boost their employability and job prospects.
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Technical cock-ups including email and internet failures have been voted the most stressful office conundrum according to the latest poll.
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A digger painted with the Union Flag is one of several eye-catching displays taking centre stage at a new manufacturing showcase at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
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As the university year draws to a close, a new survey, from CareerBuilder.co.uk, shows university graduates can expect up to 20 percent higher starting salaries than they did in 2011. Finding that dream role could be less demanding too with 17 percent of employers saying they are planning to recruit more graduates this year than last.
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