<![CDATA[inspiresme.co.uk - Business news]]> 5ad444c7-fd59-4cf1-881e-f32c4acf8eca <![CDATA[‘Hidden High-street’ – half of small businesses invisible through mobile search]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:31:51 GMT b7a52785-146c-4f1a-817e-1448843f2a5f <![CDATA[Innovation competition winners announced]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:04:44 GMT 23c93e2d-d71f-43cc-8749-27958bb0eb4a <![CDATA[System needed for small businesses to report cybercrime]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:11:26 GMT dd56af88-82e4-4a86-b609-6039083eb145 <![CDATA[New research outlines scale of challenge facing pension reforms]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:44:03 GMT b2c1038b-b715-424b-ad9b-7bd69c06015d <![CDATA[O2 opens up Priority Moments to help boost small businesses]]> Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:51:41 GMT 02cb7156-8329-4091-986f-75ed2d76752b <![CDATA[RBS to boost small business lending]]> Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:37:42 GMT f5b88330-e548-4af1-bc7a-f7fcdfb7a4fe <![CDATA[Morale of British workers hit by economic crisis]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:00:44 GMT 535e7edd-90e9-4849-b582-ad3dea80aa15 <![CDATA[Summer of celebrations fail to quash Eurozone worries for businesses]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:08:53 GMT 385e7b28-cf9c-409b-9a52-874ad93705ef <![CDATA[SME confidence rises but investments stumble]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:16:23 GMT fb5bbf84-e162-4247-84d7-1e17e09707c9 <![CDATA[Online retailers top latest customer satisfaction ratings]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:16:22 GMT 7ce63189-42a1-49d2-bd55-3a620c6759e6 <![CDATA[FPB launches new scheme to help SMEs in Scotland]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:47:45 GMT ba13cccf-142a-4cd0-80c1-af6051a92828 <![CDATA[One in 10 SMEs have considered closing down]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:47:43 GMT 5ff52126-efec-441b-adf3-36bfe7f4210a <![CDATA[Bank charges crippling SMEs?]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:33:41 GMT f4934c37-c0a9-47c4-a832-0f7978c67e33 <![CDATA[Employees feel they could do a better job than their boss]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:47:25 GMT a2995b95-c108-4fb3-a808-d19c39663633 <![CDATA[Kay Review publishes report on UK financial sector]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:57:50 GMT a1d3665a-9a09-46e5-8fef-488db201c30d <![CDATA[Remote working trend rises as Flame comes to London]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:35:36 GMT a21a4414-e818-436f-bee4-63997dff0aa3 <![CDATA[Councils must better understand procurement spend with SMEs]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:56:13 GMT 87ba4dac-3165-41af-805c-09c50d660678 <![CDATA[Nearly half of UK SMEs at risk by not insuring key staff]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:43:43 GMT cd553e39-f6d3-4fea-a982-4c21f3d3c547 <![CDATA[CIPD: Corporate scandals erode trust and employee engagement]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:52:47 GMT 32f4e902-f64d-4315-98db-0a04087eea79 <![CDATA[Workplaces ‘remain co-operative’ despite tough economic environment]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:12:26 GMT 1a022ce7-b2fc-4856-9732-d24d86564819 <![CDATA[Olympics’ effect on business ‘negligible’]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:13:23 GMT f9bfa354-ae8f-41b3-b881-68cd3a05498f <![CDATA[Cuts to red tape are ‘reduce’ burden on small businesses]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:11:28 GMT 9b4c7e2f-8dbf-4e40-adcc-b03a5fbf3d3b <![CDATA[Britain’s businesses say no to further EU integration]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:50:00 GMT bf828bc9-5e44-4dd1-a7d2-950ecc58cc04 <![CDATA[Buoyancy at UK's dropping jobless figures]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:45:15 GMT 964aa7e4-1ca3-4a22-bc76-95e70d48cde0 <![CDATA[Scottish retail sales ‘stagnate’ in June downpour]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:31:58 GMT 3b68c1b1-f0ff-4e37-9f71-f327e045514b <![CDATA[UK tech startups offered chance to hone skills in Tel Aviv]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:56:33 GMT 5974424c-4308-43e1-952c-8dd50ded59cd <![CDATA[Court of Appeal backs HMRC in tax avoidance case]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:18:10 GMT 55009a58-b875-4344-a511-ad78fcc41105 <![CDATA[NIG rolls out Essential Property Owners to select broker partners]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:09:51 GMT ac0e9fe0-03a7-466e-a5e5-97cf734e98ba <![CDATA[Don’t delay on automatic enrolment, says Pensions Regulator]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:52:53 GMT 79192b44-2799-4574-a6fd-9666dff3fe11 <![CDATA[A third of SMEs miss out on valuable tax breaks]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:09:20 GMT d7235615-d8cf-4184-acfa-b35b88bebfe7 <![CDATA[One in five businesses in London not preparing for impact of Olympics]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:49:47 GMT 0988704c-c137-41b5-8532-e1957b26af80 <![CDATA[UK business leaders expecting 'summer of sweat']]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:32:32 GMT 27f60a69-c017-4eea-9c5e-97285a1c4738 <![CDATA[One in ten SMEs have suffered from a data hack]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:14:48 GMT 93e2ce4f-2c93-4533-a86f-f9b955fb6901 <![CDATA[SMEs risk losing business as they struggle to put customers first]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:46:54 GMT 2de3efc0-1ebd-412e-8f0c-0f2941b483be <![CDATA[SMEs putting data confidentiality at risk?]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:09:30 GMT ef052ae7-0014-4529-a617-bdce03bacb21 <![CDATA[Government proposes ‘new consultation’ on consumer rights]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:44:25 GMT 3d0f5700-75a4-48bf-99fc-cbb9c78967cd <![CDATA[UK faces ‘crisis’ of innovation investment]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:08:28 GMT 87241da3-da07-4030-ab0e-b2f955938e19 <![CDATA[New stress tool unveiled by CIPD]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:58:06 GMT a5cfe381-2b73-4d2c-9fa0-28dcf9ba71f8 <![CDATA[Bank of England & Treasury announce Funding for Lending Scheme]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:40:47 GMT 2cc65e6a-346b-48ea-a372-525d7f458c39 <![CDATA[UK workers abandoning their career plans will ‘lose out in the future’]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:52:44 GMT 52bef397-dba1-4088-92d3-e4c39b7fc5bd <![CDATA[O2 network failure ‘shakes small business confidence’]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:14:24 GMT 36128bfb-b8b3-4c10-ae1c-d2a62e9ed4c5 <![CDATA[Construction industry urges government to boost economy through infrastructure]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:06:33 GMT 5dd754af-7a6e-4396-847d-582ce55450c8 <![CDATA[British small businesses pay over £2.3bn each year to banks in fees]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:57:08 GMT 8d482f68-9908-4c70-8eb8-80c11deeb5ba <![CDATA[UK SMEs ‘getting worse’ at protecting private information]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:47:26 GMT 98fa8db3-6923-490c-b6c9-bf73efc158d4 <![CDATA[Older workers urge employers to provide more support]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:17:56 GMT 9733a454-4193-47aa-beef-65d49021cd53 <![CDATA[Rise and rise of the online fashion retailer: Asos eclipses M&S]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:03:23 GMT 5f2f3199-5bdc-4730-b0c7-4059b4e9ee1a <![CDATA[One in four British workers have ‘lied to get additional holiday leave’]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:25:49 GMT 16f5f08f-10d4-4f52-970f-abbcfe46c9b8 <![CDATA[Government data shows scheme is helping long-term unemployed]]> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:13:34 GMT f6da40c3-9a7f-4f3d-88bd-c09038d4af37 <![CDATA[Santander UK announces internship programme for small businesses]]> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:53:43 GMT 0c779062-6ead-4c56-aa47-4b21ffa1679a <![CDATA[Jubilee ‘saves June’ for retailers]]> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:07:30 GMT c0f3e3c4-215d-44c5-bb53-5c748a992b2e <![CDATA[Miliband calls for big banks to sell 1000 branches]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:07:50 GMT 18ac9e9c-6e1e-491f-bc1d-0ea09b0d98e2 <![CDATA[UK business confidence falls to lowest level this year]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:52:58 GMT 8ce434ce-c535-4437-aa4b-e3e000fd1353 <![CDATA[Employees ‘much less satisfied at work’ after major life event]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:35:10 GMT f391b6fe-4309-411c-bbf3-b0389d8e9771 <![CDATA[ Jubilee responsible for June sales lift but upturn was short-lived]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:36:52 GMT 66cf6fc3-3979-4e5e-af20-c0555f7b0286 <![CDATA[Tax Return Initiative offers chance to settle tax bills]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:00:17 GMT 66f85ea0-2023-4911-b2b8-d79e3d287451 <![CDATA[Prisk announces ‘Make it in Great Britain’ finalists]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:38:50 GMT 68f65628-1ed7-4893-b6a1-c3a04bd0f55e <![CDATA[Employment tribunal numbers have ‘barely changed’]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:25:00 GMT f409338e-92af-4dc0-8e25-2960d90d6e8a <![CDATA[Employers failing to ‘capitalise on qualifications’]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:17:44 GMT 31fdcbd3-0061-4533-a21c-c96df8d3e565 <![CDATA[New lease to make it easier for SMEs to move premises]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:53:16 GMT ea6d2b86-b8c7-4349-a6c8-78e5e22806f6 <![CDATA[Government shows support for employee ownership]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:37:30 GMT f57c8f20-cf8e-486f-8ece-ab535a5c9dcb <![CDATA[Revision of copyright system to assist growth]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:24:37 GMT 06b90a61-ef9c-445b-9daa-0f172f99eb31 <![CDATA[Government delivers better access to business mentors]]> Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:21:39 GMT 329de8d8-314b-4356-8c53-fd2a34a2a645 <![CDATA[Mixed results from BCC’s Quarterly Economic Survey]]> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:35:16 GMT 894f3682-8f7a-47b7-9396-59cfab7c83b2 <![CDATA[SME workers missing out on family-friendly benefits]]> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:25:35 GMT 0ac4b3a1-dd72-4609-803d-41ecb22e5fe8 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs choosing small businesses over banks ]]> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:01:41 GMT d718ebbd-9c75-403f-9c7e-b9af9524eb88 <![CDATA[UK workers putting in ‘three weeks overtime’ a year]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:47:30 GMT 0579006b-0961-4cb0-9bd1-ac839f726efd <![CDATA[New proposals threaten Welsh charity shops]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:43:08 GMT 6a980498-6be9-4598-b5ea-c7e7d5534275 <![CDATA[Business owners ‘do not enjoy’ leading a company in tough times]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:25:30 GMT 4e0cca9d-7b70-40ba-b6c7-fc976c8a1299 <![CDATA[Interest rate scandal: King calls for UK bank culture change ]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:19:41 GMT 8b1117e3-6e71-4f57-a7cc-a107a17f7f10 <![CDATA[Smart is still the way to go in the workplace]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:49:52 GMT 52c8098b-5bc0-4cee-962e-8e094d02a4b1 <![CDATA[Apprenticeships programme continues to grow]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:32:45 GMT 8927772f-bac4-437e-87e6-e9bebef2d9de <![CDATA[SME borrowing costs high despite NLGS]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:22:46 GMT 300af193-0e8d-4c89-b8d9-8ad1797d07b7 <![CDATA[Planning delays 'stymieing SME growth']]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:39:39 GMT 7150882c-d55b-4e4c-81f6-4cbf4020f3fe <![CDATA[Downturn sees sharp rise in women starting their own businesses]]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:34:57 GMT 5d239445-a584-46dd-81aa-7c0117840d1b <![CDATA[Olympics could boost ‘fragile employer confidence’]]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:11:14 GMT b31bae57-5b49-4bae-958a-224a4a7287f8 <![CDATA[Consumer demand for new cars boosted by finance deals]]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:56:19 GMT 5b35e1f8-ad83-42c7-800e-0382e2bc7211 <![CDATA[International trade 'to drive UK economic growth']]> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:05:18 GMT d3f06b95-80ee-4707-b3f8-a75643829cc9 <![CDATA[SMEs urged to think about public liability insurance]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:57:33 GMT c439ac7e-86fb-4c62-a118-10da66792549 <![CDATA[BVCA signs strategic agreement with UKTI]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:22:12 GMT efd188e7-9011-47d4-b536-1bc4f0d8aef7 <![CDATA[London firms feeling positive about Olympic Games]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:51:38 GMT fe5ce276-fb58-4201-8e1e-f25f5e17ab14 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurial ‘can-do’ attitude poses potential risks for small businesses - report]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:24:08 GMT 6931b1b3-22ac-41a5-bef1-e1e02309fe6b <![CDATA['Nearly half of SMEs have considered selling up', claims report]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:33:38 GMT 0a6fcac3-a67d-48df-886b-4e4e0f2b7bee <![CDATA[Cash flow warning in anticipation of mortgage hike]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:54:22 GMT 26ecb520-3c9a-4d11-9e6b-d4b54d7a5b67 <![CDATA[FPB looks forward to 'more work-ready pupils']]> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:30:28 GMT b652cc7b-6655-4c10-9b50-f14c515aaa4f <![CDATA[UK firms maintaining promotional marketing spend despite recession]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:58:51 GMT 7c987c88-91f0-42c8-8793-4eac283e7e24 <![CDATA[New Government proposals to threaten flexible working ]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:10:59 GMT a06da89d-b59e-4ef3-99c3-d52156d7367e <![CDATA[Contract End Date campaign reaches milestone]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:27:18 GMT a9607569-cf21-4034-b54a-8309e94d49ef <![CDATA[AXA helps small businesses shape up for London 2012]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:13:47 GMT 5fb92ba8-8034-425e-a563-df6f17cd8bf5 <![CDATA[Mis-selling scandal could destroys thousands of SMEs]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:35:21 GMT db20fef2-6a79-4133-86ac-8628e7a55155 <![CDATA[New raft of professional apprenticeships announced]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:24:18 GMT 368a9c70-c7ed-44ac-b14f-1609f14dbafd <![CDATA[Confidence among UK businesses on the increase]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:40:10 GMT fa330351-51da-4786-9aa9-0c047d540456 <![CDATA[Boost for SMEs looking to compete with supermarket giants ]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:59:11 GMT 8e494ecf-6834-4d6d-a16d-dfdd1f44a377 <![CDATA[Research rethinks the future of access to finance]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:17:15 GMT fa75e78a-f4ec-40e2-8398-a46e1b95b8a2 <![CDATA[Research finds ‘poor attitude to work’ among long-term unemployed]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:52:42 GMT 2955bb1b-ce8e-462d-89ce-162a417c6ff1 <![CDATA[Bank squeeze hits as SME confidence falls]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:10:26 GMT 93596208-fe2a-42b8-9ecc-1c57f2b059d1 <![CDATA[Food and drinks brands to see demand increase during Olympics ]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:09:10 GMT 106cd40e-aad0-46b3-a005-794b089d7c73 <![CDATA[ICO launches IT security guide for small businesses]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:57:45 GMT ef2dd750-9a1f-4dec-a18d-ed40e198e1b7 <![CDATA[Survey finds 'online file sharing poses greater risks to SMEs']]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:56:37 GMT cbfae037-c17e-49a0-88d3-22fa15740809 <![CDATA[UK SMEs failing to optimise online selling tools - report]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:17:48 GMT 9f96cc68-486b-4ae2-bb5c-9e9a20e5db93 <![CDATA[No-fault dismissals omitted from new regulatory bill]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:13:40 GMT f94588ac-8e01-4b6c-8404-c45cb43c7646 <![CDATA[Businesses 'need to build trust' in online data]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:04:04 GMT 003566a0-0095-45a2-99d2-0d8f0fac4046 <![CDATA[Small firms spend three weeks a year chasing payments]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:51:02 GMT f40da2c0-d718-43b1-8082-c959daf821c5 <![CDATA[G20 nations urged to bring youth entrepreneurship to forefront]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:45:43 GMT e3c1d830-0305-4ceb-b902-df11a5d25c80 <![CDATA[Music in the workplace ‘improves staff morale’]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:46:11 GMT 2816eeef-aa0b-403e-8b80-f9e488c3d0c8 <![CDATA[UK businesses want more free trade in Europe, but less integration]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:01:51 GMT e0b03e89-5549-49dc-8b1d-06e0fa607833 <![CDATA[BoE to encourage lending with new financing package]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:43:25 GMT 84728e87-5fed-4def-b8b8-5f24b8dc031f <![CDATA[Serviced offices increasingly popular in North East]]> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:37:29 GMT 88784275-04bc-45f0-a0e2-b3e835ed5e6d <![CDATA[CBI urges Government to commission review of environmental taxes]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:24:59 GMT ad11c2d1-ec35-4724-87f3-5da200291e54 <![CDATA[Male and female leaders ‘excel in different areas’]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:02:43 GMT fff6fa1a-9b05-4a83-a074-b3e4f894adf8 <![CDATA[UK business thriving but ‘entrepreneur’ label loses popularity]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:37:32 GMT 81c2bbf7-1b6e-4add-a1d3-bab4e6a901ae <![CDATA[Growth in permanent placements eases in May]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:39:15 GMT d584da15-49cc-4222-89a0-540e3b56a40e <![CDATA[US bank to target UK tech sector]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:00:00 GMT ba758c15-2e40-4b90-a6d9-0b6b688431da <![CDATA[New start-up fund launched for London businesses]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:20:18 GMT f63e0f80-83d9-4708-9861-2b281032e4a3 <![CDATA[Employers dissatisfied with school leavers’ skills, says CBI]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:57:56 GMT 6282be83-2f19-4929-ad8c-d0ff3fcea0ae <![CDATA[Web functionality a crucial factor in customer choice]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:50:37 GMT 94f04e0f-f18f-4964-9c8d-73bd654e4170 <![CDATA[Stress is not recognised in UK’s small businesses]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:46:49 GMT 588356d8-0fd8-49bc-aa67-974b32db4d74 <![CDATA['Less than one in three employers ready for auto enrolment']]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:53:13 GMT 6ef45026-0d76-4635-8551-48a16f03f8e9 <![CDATA[Facebook launches Business Boost programme for SMEs]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:53:47 GMT 2f160a87-32b0-4a43-8f0f-ff2a925783b8 <![CDATA[Osborne tax hike on empty property criticised by own party]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:36:54 GMT 1287738b-e779-41b4-a739-911132bc8e8d <![CDATA[UK sales people speak out against negative preconceptions ]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:01:38 GMT a8ed7d38-6105-4a81-8e5c-4ded8abf2a62 <![CDATA[New business website from AXA]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:00:00 GMT 13dbd3c0-937d-49aa-a31c-20cfd495de42 <![CDATA[inspiresme competition to help SMEs take businesses online ]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:40:31 GMT e0ba2903-2a9e-42c8-bb50-a0acc12090ee <![CDATA[UK and US call to make the most of international patent system]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:18:00 GMT 0777bb61-7cf5-464e-b9b7-7f865e8db701 <![CDATA[Doug Richard to lead Government apprenticeships review]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:03:24 GMT 9b6a3e54-89ae-44db-9a35-fc126f74a0fd <![CDATA[SMEs ‘unaware’ of business partner debts]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:56:24 GMT 7bfd58fd-0712-4059-a971-bce8c0840365 <![CDATA[ No-fault dismissals proposals "objectionable and unnecessary", says CIPD]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:33:50 GMT d783d808-3cc4-434f-9950-3a3420f52a20 <![CDATA[Skills Minister unveils new investment in skills for key industries]]> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:51:10 GMT 79654ac2-ca56-48ef-b86f-dd9b63ff8456 <![CDATA[Enhanced UKTI package available to East of England exporters]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:56:05 GMT c4869f9c-10c8-421e-97da-a091489ba367 <![CDATA[Online sellers have just one week to register for tax opportunity]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:39:20 GMT 19aa2737-b00a-413a-aa56-46a7b58b64de <![CDATA[SMEs benefit from growth in Twitter business recommendations]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:28:07 GMT 9009977e-ef63-43bd-8cb6-b0c6fdb9399a <![CDATA[£500m Government investment fund open to SMEs]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:14:56 GMT cf8be468-fd64-4cf7-a85d-8ee0c9e8c8f5 <![CDATA[First Government buildings become available to start-ups]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:04:35 GMT 74740cb2-45c1-4cb7-b067-9ffd9ef57ba2 <![CDATA[Small firms ‘key to boosting apprenticeships and jobs in capital’]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:50:53 GMT 49391794-6463-41b1-9c4e-24b096df90cb <![CDATA[UK SMEs ‘reject’ payday loans]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:42:15 GMT de71702d-12ae-438a-8b2a-2e0acaed5434 <![CDATA[Third of Brits unwilling to trust ‘any organisation’ with their data]]> Thu, 31 May 2012 10:29:44 GMT 26dda502-2c1e-40c5-9493-2a2f211f60cc <![CDATA[Customers favour firms with ‘excellent customer service’]]> Thu, 31 May 2012 10:09:05 GMT 5b9e710e-c746-4cc6-a673-8f6de4bca4da <![CDATA[Businesses to benefit from environmental legislation and advice forums]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 10:05:05 GMT 3b09e4ed-49fe-43a6-ab29-70c4da0e2408 <![CDATA[Revenue warning on late employer returns]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 09:42:14 GMT 01e3366b-a131-4052-ae1a-80df0b5263d2 <![CDATA[Live Olympic travel advice to businesses on Twitter]]> Tue, 29 May 2012 10:28:56 GMT 16c64f63-9a85-4e95-aef3-98c3cdb6742a <![CDATA[Employers ‘out of touch with staff’ due to poor social media engagement]]> Tue, 29 May 2012 09:57:55 GMT fd09a1c5-fb82-4eba-81ab-2e9b2e5bbaaf <![CDATA[New £82m start-up loan scheme to target young]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 11:34:16 GMT ce439f1a-4568-4b74-a3af-87c4cd726959 <![CDATA[UK’s micro-businesses ‘bullish’ about year ahead]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 10:39:52 GMT 08c8c9ce-bc01-417e-ad91-c7ad02a624ab <![CDATA[Employee confidence in managers is ‘falling’]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 10:07:27 GMT 40686def-da59-460f-9fb7-c37ce8817aa8 <![CDATA[‘BUFFY’ helps SMEs access available funding]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 10:47:38 GMT a6c5b8a7-4b5a-41b0-9733-3ae1d22a7897 <![CDATA[Wage incentive for young disabled people announced]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 10:32:54 GMT c37fd71e-dbfc-48ed-ad3e-b46f0b2fa385 <![CDATA[SMEs 'losing out on energy deals']]> Fri, 25 May 2012 10:31:47 GMT d1a735a5-2fd9-4454-8bd1-b44ae2178348 <![CDATA[Overdue payments exceed £35 billion for UK SMEs]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 10:17:56 GMT f7ad1177-6cf6-40cc-aef8-28319baf60b4 <![CDATA[£200 million programme delivers growth support to ambitious SMEs]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 10:10:38 GMT 0fa67a5a-665c-4fa3-97ab-6ef874772e1c <![CDATA[Survey suggests ‘crisis’ level of workplace disenchantment]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 09:54:41 GMT 6a94908b-4014-41a9-8c91-d4fc898e14c5 <![CDATA[Security: Take measures to protect your business jewels]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 09:16:39 GMT 1a663028-f139-4987-b547-e3fefa505926 <![CDATA[Direct selling industry reports significant upswing in new sellers]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 10:21:23 GMT 4ea50f5b-f218-4c4e-a303-05e5b4092512 <![CDATA[Employers struggle to fund wages that keep pace with inflation]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 10:12:28 GMT 49dc6da9-938f-4055-a27a-7ff377b43e00 <![CDATA[Dragon Meaden backs new manufacturing scheme]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 09:51:18 GMT eda6b9fc-1db0-4ed5-b599-94d62c95c20a <![CDATA[New £2.9 million enterprise research centre will drive SME policy]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 12:03:35 GMT 73d384d3-4a03-45ff-825b-06f9791ae0fc <![CDATA[Britons waste two days a year on slow websites]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 11:31:43 GMT 404556dc-89b4-4dc4-8bb2-6fccf84feb4c <![CDATA[Deadline approaching in search for North East's top exporters]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 11:23:15 GMT 1b8e9575-76f2-433d-998f-c812e3ab151b <![CDATA[Firms step forward to get youth into the workplace]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 10:41:30 GMT 5fbd6529-acc7-49b9-946a-bb02432f39f3 <![CDATA[Tech problems most annoying at work, says survey]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 15:17:23 GMT 8d5890f6-3e4f-4dfe-ac2d-1f1a0cda9cd0 <![CDATA[Construction industry digs for victory]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 09:19:38 GMT 534c604a-7d94-4716-b5c6-c9d68b1090c3 <![CDATA[Graduate recruitment to rise in 2013, says survey]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 15:50:03 GMT 9f2780be-7c4a-416b-8229-c0ec2f393e20 <![CDATA[Is VC funding for UK SMEs dead?]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 13:49:11 GMT 0de963bd-78a0-438a-bec9-150fbad356c7 <![CDATA[SMEs looking to technology for disaster recovery]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 11:50:54 GMT b3b1c0a2-40a7-48f9-aade-f9dd69046ccf <![CDATA[Britain's got talent - but UK firms fail to protect it]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 10:58:13 GMT 878c1072-23f8-4036-90cb-01730d1ccb6b <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs and VCs not on the same page, says Coutts]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 10:09:26 GMT 02dc4305-360c-4f56-9c78-d0475b6c968a <![CDATA[High growth SMEs driving private sector employment ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:48 GMT c692922c-e087-49fa-8808-86a2d1704b9d <![CDATA[Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 15:03:13 GMT bc792b20-70d0-4976-9f99-657ec2768f39 <![CDATA[18m customers use social media to talk to firms]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 12:35:06 GMT 5e6dc299-07c5-476e-a656-9dc967cdce4e <![CDATA[Survey shows' high value of apprentices' - Hayes]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 11:21:38 GMT 44fd1bc0-f091-4113-92e4-b86051e754e2 <![CDATA[Employers 'more positive on immediate jobs outlook' - CIPD]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 12:16:01 GMT 9f422f15-2029-4d71-bab7-3cde8879d31c <![CDATA[Leading British talents give hope to young unemployed]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 10:10:41 GMT 16bb337c-13ce-4ae3-b3df-76a1dec7a2ac <![CDATA[Energy costs and broadband 'top list of SMEs' infrastructure issues']]> Fri, 11 May 2012 14:52:39 GMT 63d32ef8-f07c-4fb0-a6b8-92a25087b4f6 <![CDATA[HR Directors concerned over losing top performers push remote working]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 11:14:50 GMT 7f3ead5c-3659-4c73-b764-197b04675eb7 <![CDATA[Potential for thousands of jobs at Leeds Enterprise Zone]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 09:28:15 GMT c1c645a3-2d55-47fe-9adf-847bbecb63e1 <![CDATA[Evidence 'supports benefits of flexible working']]> Thu, 10 May 2012 11:45:43 GMT 7f5b6a2d-a0ce-4b44-a5ee-3f734842d326 <![CDATA[Wasted time in meetings 'costs the UK economy £26 billion']]> Thu, 10 May 2012 10:42:35 GMT 2f709b10-4298-4d24-850e-fe7e8d4cfa2d <![CDATA[April washout fails to turn high street into ‘damp squib’]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 15:35:55 GMT e3f3fc45-f742-4016-9a8b-1ce88cc37df2 <![CDATA[Competition opens to find Britain’s ‘most enterprising place’]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 12:05:27 GMT 7f39ee3b-f3f0-4706-b4b7-d7ba4eb69917 <![CDATA[UK SME sentiment improves alongside orders growth]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 10:15:27 GMT 33b73edc-ff45-4115-8257-ca9d21933cdf <![CDATA[Contest offers SMEs time with development team]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 11:37:18 GMT a96dd089-cf66-43c1-81ef-036535661b5c <![CDATA[Consider SMEs in Queen’s Speech, says FPB]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 11:14:10 GMT 45ffee1c-4715-47a5-9482-009a78eb4bad <![CDATA[Forty percent of new retirees would be ‘happy to work past 65’]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 11:01:53 GMT 74558010-ed17-40e3-96cd-1d7e2b02eebf <![CDATA[Gap between prime and secondary commercial property reaches '20-year high']]> Fri, 04 May 2012 10:43:15 GMT d629a5b6-2ab9-40d9-b332-5b475c2f7eed <![CDATA[UK economy will ‘pick up’ through 2012]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 10:08:22 GMT 863cb0d1-b3e6-4ef2-93b3-2573f69a0a0a <![CDATA[Small firms ‘losing battle’ for public sector work]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 09:41:23 GMT d0067937-6a8f-4584-803a-2daf8a7733c4 <![CDATA[Britons considering starting in business ‘underestimate technology’]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 10:42:32 GMT 5799c2e2-f7cf-4dd2-8dd9-a46c2c086705 <![CDATA[Research finds ‘reality gap’ in UK managerial capabilities]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 10:28:36 GMT d49f81a0-3d8b-4c9d-a001-7d9ddc779bbd <![CDATA[Sage Pay introduces mobile card payment solution for the UK]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 10:10:51 GMT c638d80f-3dcb-416e-b195-135c7321d27c <![CDATA[EU law reforms will put tech SMEs at ‘significant disadvantage’]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 10:40:23 GMT 6971fc26-acd6-41ef-8174-535caddfa352 <![CDATA[London to host Branson's 'Screw Business As Usual' summit ]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 14:22:51 GMT 525cc5c1-414c-4be1-bf2a-e0f377c6cf46 <![CDATA[Tax information obligations will ‘present problems for small employers’]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 11:04:06 GMT 192faf9c-fbe9-43b7-ba81-824901fcd5ec <![CDATA[Late payment continues to affect small businesses]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 10:42:12 GMT 96513151-401a-409e-819a-5c15e46a857c <![CDATA[Clegg urges banks to lend to small businesses]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 10:27:54 GMT 4365bf2c-4366-4cab-9536-39da00911922 <![CDATA[Providers sought to help deliver start-up loans for young people]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:14:26 GMT 4d693696-8230-4eff-9f4f-e1facb7f7771 <![CDATA[Employer confidence at record high, says new survey]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:53:35 GMT 1d2cf750-d8c8-4504-9d8c-40c99afa889f <![CDATA[UK SMEs ‘fear the impact’ of today’s Postal Rate Change]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:41:47 GMT d2955aed-decf-4140-bc03-93a1ed99bf4f <![CDATA[Health of UK retail will worsen to record levels]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:34:36 GMT 55e74099-c5de-4a77-acf3-cbd38bb2b375 <![CDATA[£70 billion of potential Government business published]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:48:38 GMT 5b0e10a3-458b-4b8f-b558-5999e01cdfca <![CDATA[DECC unveils new package of support for “eco-innovators”]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:35:23 GMT c44c21bf-8858-4d9d-a601-41e33f5f9dd0 <![CDATA[London continuing to drive UK commercial property growth]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:27 GMT 0814ec4d-e6fe-49dc-9049-5d4b076e58cc <![CDATA[UK economy falls back into recession]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:59:45 GMT dbc26580-4af9-46e0-94af-eb92ec5e2b4c <![CDATA[SMEs in north east concerned over region’s economy ]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:07:23 GMT c3e64dcd-a5d7-45ab-be28-2c1412ca7aea <![CDATA[Businesses and consumers to be empowered to challenge anti-competitive practices]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:47:07 GMT c2fd3673-4c3d-425d-9135-3d691e093bb6 <![CDATA[SME owners facing retirement struggle]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:21:52 GMT ad4fe7b5-1404-43e9-b636-67706a9001a4 <![CDATA[Study finds ‘unacceptable’ security risk over cloud applications]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:54:37 GMT c97e29cd-fba6-47f5-90aa-8856c7444790 <![CDATA[Bosses must put finishing touches to Olympics preparation]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:43:13 GMT 13ce07cc-627c-4ac3-bf32-bb4ff06a9e49 <![CDATA[Nearly half of office workers ‘dream of an afternoon nap’]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:11:43 GMT f6e6ae6c-e8ed-4ee4-8c6b-0f9f9ae5d815 <![CDATA[Workers ‘faking it’ to impress bosses]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:26:37 GMT b861aff3-b7a5-4248-8939-da84883a4c23 <![CDATA[Middle managers left behind by UK business]]> Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:39:39 GMT 3bd661fd-b4f9-4d3e-9fde-bc8473717cc4 <![CDATA[Acas launches guide to help employers tackle mental illness]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:59:18 GMT e779c0f6-f1e2-4d46-a8d5-24796bed0f49 <![CDATA[Complaints from small businesses against bank loans jumps 10 percent]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:28:08 GMT 3ac8c7d2-1add-4dda-90bf-c92ca9113042 <![CDATA[HMRC issues warning over May 1 self-assessment penalties]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:11:19 GMT 805b472c-8655-4f06-99c0-2e544a152af4 <![CDATA[Britain risks economic underperformance by ‘prioritising youth over experience’]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:54:38 GMT 1fb5ce37-a3bb-4c47-bea0-d0c6173c5ef8 <![CDATA[Cost of motherhood ‘pushes mums into red’]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:34:20 GMT 40a13029-55a1-494a-b55a-b5f32afa71cd <![CDATA[Presentation key to avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’ ]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:20:34 GMT 72868543-c0d5-4234-91c8-f7f8d8f0b0de <![CDATA['Madonna generation' of women aged over 50 defy jobs recession]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:51:03 GMT 803bbe01-d675-4912-af08-87dc5e16fe70 <![CDATA[Sage launches free record keeping iPhone app]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:39:53 GMT 021481c8-dcd1-4aef-a23e-217b9199c2e5 <![CDATA[New fund to invest at least £40m in UK companies]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:28:59 GMT 2e348ece-b552-4d79-90a4-40e5504311d0 <![CDATA[New mobile apps to help with record-keeping]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:46:57 GMT b0d1fb40-81e6-45d2-9c70-dceabddcdf38 <![CDATA[SMEs favour face-to-face communication on finance, says research]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:32:58 GMT 95dce1fc-7664-4cb8-a358-1cd04b56d064 <![CDATA[Physical and mental stress won’t stop SMEs ‘gunning for growth’]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:13:35 GMT 0e9e04bc-1b7f-4c17-aff4-6081b0e1d31f <![CDATA[SMEs must become more energy efficient, says EU commission VP]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:54:01 GMT bfc1d432-699f-4423-898d-fbb97f838a1b <![CDATA[Economy will stall until ‘sustainable recovery’ in 2013]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:33:48 GMT 0eda36b1-7f02-431c-a7e8-61e2c79cb24b <![CDATA[Generation Z employees ‘happy’ with business-led devices]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:23:20 GMT 27164d1c-a7b7-4b40-a85f-e9a817f04ed3 <![CDATA[HMRC issues annual returns reminder for businesses]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:29:33 GMT 78b7163c-cbc9-43c7-9f98-d1afa52514e5 <![CDATA[Companies using exclusions to avoid AWR impact, says research]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:17:58 GMT c55a73de-f122-4ab6-bb81-9af05ca95b41 <![CDATA[SME owners defy health and safety rules to keep firms going]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:09:18 GMT 790372f8-2bde-4d57-b038-d722d9f4506d <![CDATA[Social networking creating nation of ‘job flirts’]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:05:51 GMT 7fcbc79f-ff0d-4081-976e-2001dc289478 <![CDATA[Incentivise healthcare tax breaks for employers, says seminar]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:40:49 GMT bfc51006-d7a7-4288-99fd-94dbdfd13ba1 <![CDATA[Temporary workers good for employers but ‘not for employees’]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:33:51 GMT ace38ab0-78ec-4f23-b097-0f1e724b6beb <![CDATA[FPB criticises HMRC’s IT shutdown at end of tax year]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:55:03 GMT a6f6ad33-5bd0-4206-888b-f08c0f6309d1 <![CDATA[National Careers Service launched by TV chef]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:32:29 GMT 84d526de-d14c-42fb-bf48-00ba0fd866d7 <![CDATA[Tribunal shake up will ‘help business growth’]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:02:08 GMT 6bd2d268-7495-4f70-9b68-fcf3a29f9c7a <![CDATA[ Entrepreneur First announces graduate entrepreneurs scheme]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:14:54 GMT 8999dcd7-65c7-4ecb-9d6b-5834518855fb <![CDATA[SMEs go 'back to basics' to beat late payment]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:35:44 GMT bcecb9c9-f0c9-4bd2-9bdf-530553f246c5 <![CDATA[Women still missing out on top jobs]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:51:11 GMT 52568ab6-f039-419d-9f83-d0fb191d6f91 <![CDATA[Fit note a positive step but more guidance needed]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:14:30 GMT a8563c05-c20f-438b-beb1-4f95ddf1b447 <![CDATA[Upturn gives hope of business recovery in Greater Birmingham]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:59:31 GMT 0ea786dc-2790-4852-b2df-8084fe5a9cca <![CDATA[Cloud services benefit mobile workers, says expert]]> Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:51:06 GMT 0d4f7a76-dc72-432f-8bfe-b78a8fc9f531 <![CDATA[BSIA highlights importance of understanding industry standards]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:23:20 GMT 2a94c09c-ee6d-4cbd-8185-7051012b7eb0 <![CDATA[Continuity planning key to success during Olympics, says firm]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:13:40 GMT 793b4a49-7fcc-43eb-93de-94bd44ee1145 <![CDATA[Bosses ‘sick of Twitter timewasters’]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:59:04 GMT b0138993-f905-4941-adef-961cdd17c935 <![CDATA[UK SMEs pessimistic over future of sterling]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:19:22 GMT f6204ba2-8f0b-4c03-b37a-b0ab5f6e2d3f <![CDATA[Despite investment, town centres still face a tough future]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:37:30 GMT 19f99199-1d97-46b5-8847-52a8b447f37e <![CDATA[New minimum 12 month duration for all apprenticeships]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:21:34 GMT 061f9b33-023b-4f78-a88c-916d7ba7b2d4 <![CDATA[Patent Box stays intact and moves a step nearer, says law firm]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:38:24 GMT 482a1c59-889e-4032-b49e-328dd3fe1a73 <![CDATA[Staffordshire start-ups could win up to £5,000 of PR support]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:16:14 GMT b6e7d8cc-34ed-4653-a3d5-c531a1ad400f <![CDATA[Research reveals ‘new battleground’ over customer services]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:57:19 GMT 0c2d2063-d8a2-4076-bac2-0d18b83d85d1 <![CDATA[Scottish SMEs urged not to forgo free support services]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:55:05 GMT 1e7f145a-ab41-4d68-a91f-ea58ba38b605 <![CDATA[Consultation: improving Trading Standards to protect consumers]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:17:15 GMT 72c80cff-ca71-4cb5-aa9a-06fce2aea173 <![CDATA[UK food and drink exports hit £12 billion last year]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:02:50 GMT 5b81ac4f-49fd-44b6-b96a-9975440d3a65 <![CDATA[Corporate travel expenses sucked into £1bn black hole]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:55:21 GMT b0618048-41d5-4b0a-9b86-d704b38f1275 <![CDATA[Chancellor launches Google Campus in East London's Tech City]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:47:35 GMT 1bc14a6d-5e9b-4ab1-adc4-807943735d4e <![CDATA[Being green is key to a happy working life, says research]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:27:27 GMT 1ffe9bb4-2657-4549-9d69-1e00a60bc109 <![CDATA[Employer confidence in recruitment reaches ’12-month high’]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:19:32 GMT a8220a6d-a1fe-4426-aef9-a8c3aec99ac5 <![CDATA[Osborne looks beyond loan guarantee scheme at additional lending measures]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:08:14 GMT e0248d05-ebb0-426e-a8ef-5b6f6218c0c3 <![CDATA[Welsh SMEs to benefit from £40m fund]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:18:03 GMT f5a6c4fe-8761-45ee-b88d-c168f921d362 <![CDATA[Property could be more vulnerable in longer daylight hours, warns BSIA]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:08:56 GMT fe425be5-f85f-45ed-b008-8779e9241c1c <![CDATA[Stress in the workplace to rise, say major pan-European opinion poll]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:54:20 GMT 2ef63e5c-0924-49e5-8535-87f7eda2665f <![CDATA[New code of conduct for HR professionals ]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:50:21 GMT 90c92575-425f-40e3-a385-90142ade9da3 <![CDATA[Six SMEs win national awards for internships]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:35:15 GMT a9278c91-af6c-48c7-b05c-fe9ef942937f <![CDATA[New start-up competition launched to encourage entrepreneurship]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:26:47 GMT 7b7be8d0-8f13-46a5-8be3-47b53f333901 <![CDATA[Traditional recruitment methods 'still favoured by hiring managers']]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:17:16 GMT 4377cf84-802c-4e34-ae25-02006b0cad2a <![CDATA[FSB: Regulation watchdog needs sharp teeth]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:40:19 GMT 64c089c0-e896-41e4-bf0c-fe6c1d4bdd60 <![CDATA[UK employers reveal ‘widespread lack of knowledge’ about absence]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:51:07 GMT e4b37721-aee9-45fe-a8aa-93850f8a9d58 <![CDATA[Westcountry SMEs urged to ramp up CSR efforts]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:28:48 GMT eb462627-475d-4883-81ee-75fe1da18ccb <![CDATA[Benefits packages failing employees, says research]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:19:45 GMT b37fa868-d2a5-4376-869c-c05c590aa9fb <![CDATA[Emerging markets targeted by business leaders worldwide, says research]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:07:17 GMT 1ff836f4-a230-41dc-a96d-17e50785f08e <![CDATA[Agency Workers Regulations cause little disruption, says new survey]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:51:58 GMT c058a42d-f129-4a37-9ea5-9010c5256917 <![CDATA[Green Deal boost for small businesses across UK]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:43:23 GMT 3b65c646-cc78-4c5a-ab11-66350aeb9612 <![CDATA[Budget 2012 round-up]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:26:35 GMT 07a1f73a-229c-4d20-885a-4161de9d8e5e <![CDATA[BUDGET: Osborne promises help for businesses]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:01:50 GMT 9e470591-6920-464f-8a47-649228d94b6a <![CDATA[BUDGET: Growth slow in 2012 but improving over next two years]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:42:46 GMT ebffe27c-638d-4ba4-b938-fc541227e96d <![CDATA[Mend SME cash flow in budget, says FPB]]> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:06:24 GMT ab47dea0-f5d0-4883-a00a-5b6cc56609d5 <![CDATA[UK businesses urged to claim full tax relief on capital allowances]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:20:34 GMT 7030b225-846f-4adf-92c2-97a41827e2ee <![CDATA[Costs of data breach rises 68 percent in five years for UK businesses]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:09:25 GMT 54f0cb17-aad4-400d-a7b0-51be51413252 <![CDATA[Scotland: permanent staff placements increase strongly in February]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:03:15 GMT 504d74b5-3ce9-4a23-bd0d-d5adbd38dd3f <![CDATA[Retailers that don’t accept cards ‘inconvenience’ public]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:34:00 GMT 0ebd2052-7a05-4959-838c-176cee572cba <![CDATA[HMRC warns over tax fraud after business owner jailed]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:22:45 GMT c718f638-d1ee-462b-8c2f-6c2082bf1a53 <![CDATA[Committee warns of £190bn business funding gap]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:33:42 GMT d30c7e39-e4d9-4e00-969a-54abfff02de7 <![CDATA[Small businesses should be making more of the 'green channel']]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:09:08 GMT 69ace77e-9712-4337-badf-d08cb590b98e <![CDATA[EU approves UK schemes to improve SME access to finance]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:17:28 GMT 26be935e-4106-49b6-a6fb-3821802eff7c <![CDATA[UK SME bosses ‘work through illness’]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:12:11 GMT 10aa1f58-a92d-49f5-8307-a915ea612fb6 <![CDATA[‘Tech-vexed’ businesses feel the strain ]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:40:40 GMT 3c6b16cf-028a-475a-aae5-56f8ac765795 <![CDATA[Experian launches pay-as-you-go credit checks for SMEs]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:37:03 GMT 1f424167-1785-4977-95ec-d0bcd99cfe0c <![CDATA[UK small businesses don’t see customer engagement as a differentiator]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:19:05 GMT f1c66245-2078-40da-8161-2d9cc638852f <![CDATA[Redundancies since start of jobs recession cost UK employers £28.6 billion]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:48:34 GMT 9ab578f2-0bc4-4432-aa17-c2f12c0242dd <![CDATA[Small business confidence improving despite cost pressures]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:10:50 GMT 749b11e0-eb90-441b-85b6-f717ec245d60 <![CDATA[Government action on small business contracts]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:24:00 GMT 944cd0c6-215a-4da3-a0bb-0a98d5daf9a5 <![CDATA[Workers turn to temping to regain control over their careers, says new report]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:10:44 GMT 385ab50b-17bd-4c78-b7e7-beb8adc50919 <![CDATA[Survey: SMEs carry higher risk of data breach than larger counterparts]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:39:58 GMT ea59148c-f943-4a79-9949-a153a1be8b70 <![CDATA[£750,000 boost for turning ideas into business reality]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:19:32 GMT 0a4a334b-6775-4d8e-8e89-e2f1f8b4277a <![CDATA[Employers embrace new ‘ageless’ workforce but absence fears persist ]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:09:52 GMT 3f671593-b828-4404-bb9c-c47df2b9383b <![CDATA[IT departments are obstacle to innovation, says survey]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:37:11 GMT bef0999b-0dc1-4d5c-8198-d1e60ee724d0 <![CDATA[UK property industry will ‘strive to meet’ Government sustainability targets]]> Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:23:57 GMT 3014eb47-dc50-4ce6-94f9-9046e860bb24 <![CDATA[Working mums feel men are discriminated against on flexible working ]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:06:39 GMT 9cfd3957-8855-4ffe-8a6d-9dde2aab1b1a <![CDATA[Employers have ‘worrying’ understanding about healthcare of workers placed abroad]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:48:42 GMT 8af58b02-ad19-4604-afa5-1a244e00e8d8 <![CDATA[IT departments must evolve to meet new demands, including mobile working]]> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:38:40 GMT 7a753181-fbe9-4a48-ad50-4d425a594f64 <![CDATA[‘Big business’ giving SMEs a bad name, says survey]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:52:34 GMT 62e079ea-a916-4dca-aff7-31c07bae2fef <![CDATA[UK firms should act on credit department succession to attract key talent]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:45:59 GMT ae02143d-4b2c-4ab6-a330-0811b647f728 <![CDATA[Osborne hints at possibility of no-fault dismissals for small firms]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:35:39 GMT 48e52e5f-3d5b-488b-997f-ede566a0fc87 <![CDATA[UK SME leaders say ‘inadequate technology’ hurts profits]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:24:24 GMT 50742594-f551-49a1-bd2f-07aaaa56c244 <![CDATA[A fifth of SMEs with employees anticipate applying for funding in Q1 2012]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:14:14 GMT ea95dfc9-242e-45c7-9200-c5af7b018bb8 <![CDATA[Government must give small firms a place at the top table]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:59:15 GMT 760489ed-05c7-441a-bcff-d416626e2238 <![CDATA[New plans to get ex-offenders into the workplace]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:35:24 GMT 15ddb614-8847-4082-bd18-87bf776bb72a <![CDATA[No double-dip recession, says BCC]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:39:55 GMT 22665584-881a-4ac8-8ae0-77afa1577a8d <![CDATA[Employers warned over jubilee breaks]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:37:19 GMT bf56042b-9bb5-4af9-b39f-dd18d7613036 <![CDATA[New joint initiative aims to build enterprise community]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:07:24 GMT 2bc2af2e-2e1e-41dd-8316-4a25d2d15a2f <![CDATA[Skilled migrants make ‘positive contribution’ to business operations]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:42:51 GMT 3f03b406-9b04-4f01-8818-42e1f9426031 <![CDATA[SMEs need greater assistance when trading overseas]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:33:30 GMT 612eed3e-72a1-432a-97b9-04f3040b724e <![CDATA[Flexible working is ‘directly linked’ to productivity and increased revenue]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:55:53 GMT 9919b6b4-49e7-4404-b0ec-df72c80128a8 <![CDATA[Two-fifths of UK commercial properties to fall foul of 2011 Energy Act]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:02:52 GMT 8d33897b-8cd5-41ae-8a2f-583a4d2161a6 <![CDATA[Survey reveals extent of social media marketing by SMEs]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:34:47 GMT 1bd0a137-7d4c-4906-a3d8-f5669a0fbfd3 <![CDATA[UK SMEs buy technology without ‘knowing if they need it’]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:10:51 GMT 4058859e-eb91-42eb-9e37-733479c5a0cf <![CDATA[Struggling SMEs in Norwich braced for business rate hike]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:36:06 GMT df93fa67-3515-4eca-b036-e4a733af1a8d <![CDATA[Retail sales stabilise in February, says CBI]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:28:55 GMT ca0c376e-8b95-48bf-a760-c277c6d4a275 <![CDATA[SMEs to take on ‘fewer staff’ than last year]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:04:11 GMT 832480d2-6168-4cb3-972d-e983e6020b69 <![CDATA[Mark Prisk to celebrate small firms at ‘Get Britain Trading 2012’ launch event]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:30:48 GMT 8122ac68-31b5-46f4-9747-6076e0a0f724 <![CDATA[Nearly half of UK line managers ‘are ineffective’]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:22:09 GMT 32f229ae-7058-4e29-a845-863d9aaf2d46 <![CDATA[Perceived cost puts people off starting a business, says research]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:10:30 GMT 0b9daa8f-a5eb-43e4-9c38-d983b190105b <![CDATA[Hays reports tunnel vision trapping workers and hindering growth]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:31:47 GMT 36203d52-3bff-43fe-8142-6fea4c2b461d <![CDATA[Vehicle supplier aims to ramp up SME funding]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:53:50 GMT 21396998-2c93-42e0-ab21-2de9c5bff437 <![CDATA[UK insolvency rate falls as SME financial strength improves]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:26:55 GMT abb8babe-8505-4e9e-8cd0-b980aac8f644 <![CDATA[Finance firms collaborate to help SMEs access alternative methods of financing]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:03:46 GMT 35d518c2-221a-4095-a063-ad9104b94790 <![CDATA[European SMEs dependent on IT but ‘unaware of cloud benefits’]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:14:52 GMT 7405fc4f-70c1-4b32-af84-831ee41771c9 <![CDATA[Branson launches competition to find ethical entrepreneur]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:58:31 GMT 1c6a30c5-c3df-4bfc-870c-647de424a77b <![CDATA[Majority of British firms to increase marketing budgets]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:36:41 GMT e6a9ace9-85f5-4f23-926d-3898848ecf0f <![CDATA[CBI urges chancellor to make growth and investment priorities in Budget]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:59:41 GMT c2184cf1-98e9-4ed7-9586-d28fbeab6b3b <![CDATA[New account helps SMEs make late payments a thing of the past]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:46:08 GMT a7e16581-09e6-4ea3-abf5-b88b792c9315 <![CDATA[Extra £1bn in Regional Growth Fund will be a welcome boost for business, says BCC]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:07:43 GMT 7c96ea05-a251-47d2-bd63-6f5b21c1b667 <![CDATA[New tool helps HR departments make the right employment choices]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:22:16 GMT 94d6910f-e120-41f2-accd-3f6b4ed5c20e <![CDATA[SMEs resilient but economy stalling growth prospects]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:01:36 GMT 611a1a61-cca4-4948-8a2c-411ae3504354 <![CDATA[Britain tops European charts with work-life balance priorities]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:36:52 GMT 796b4d3c-cc96-43d7-8ab6-3036ee59bb90 <![CDATA[Coalition pledges to crack down on issue of 'NEETS']]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:34:21 GMT c8c49600-bdf8-4db3-b099-df483c4dcf30 <![CDATA[Directors upbeat on economy]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:49:39 GMT c8e22868-57c4-4fc8-8bfc-be6546167035 <![CDATA[HMRC issues tax return penalties]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:44:25 GMT 3940bafd-e1b5-4aa4-ae59-30ad1c7e44d5 <![CDATA[SMEs unprepared for Olympic impact]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:41:47 GMT 332745ba-f78a-45ed-956d-e4de0f92d4a2 <![CDATA[Employers signal positive shift in pay prospects]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:46:37 GMT 9234cd71-4c33-4962-bca6-195282284a5a <![CDATA[SMEs increasingly using social networks for business]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:31:07 GMT 113a674d-4f46-45ca-a188-46c7649c5f38 <![CDATA[Bank of Ireland may get new €150m EIB credit facility]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:24:44 GMT 22079ec1-5bcc-4f17-a187-8661c8de63f7 <![CDATA[UK firm risk alienating 90% of customers through poor communications]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:09:27 GMT 5b6bf235-0b94-4134-97d9-57f7fdc4ef36 <![CDATA[Flexible working emerges as ‘trump card’ for employers seeking best talent]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:55 GMT eb98b4b3-4694-4488-bc5f-7ab7aec2ab64 <![CDATA[FSB in Scotland calls for regulatory overhaul]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:01:00 GMT 1a31184b-6c8a-4f65-b2cf-a085ae7cbeeb <![CDATA[Digital London announces competition for ‘market-ready’ start-ups]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:47:54 GMT 47bceba9-65c8-481d-81a4-5834662014ea <![CDATA[British ‘yob culture’ affected 18 percent of SMEs last year]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:35:51 GMT 06707d25-08e3-4464-b639-94f517c96db2 <![CDATA[Government appoints small business owner to advise on apprenticeships]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:20:39 GMT daa5b25c-9b57-4dc6-9029-707b60bf9213 <![CDATA[MP group to analyse barriers to SME growth]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:06:57 GMT f8e2204f-b779-4a9d-832c-db0124466f30 <![CDATA[HMRC to target known PAYE dodgers]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:55:16 GMT 10325249-4bce-4c6b-bfd3-f0d9467e7e0e <![CDATA[Energy firm offers free usage monitor to green-conscious businesses]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:23:32 GMT 9ae52c6e-9c00-4ef9-b875-8bf94e885d0f <![CDATA[CBI: UK economic growth to restart this year]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:05:50 GMT 1f290152-1734-4a13-844d-24e3484caaa3 <![CDATA[Private sector redundancy plans create ‘worst employment prospects since the recession’]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:38:01 GMT 62dceea6-1cd2-4c83-82bb-17b161ad05bf <![CDATA[UK bank lending fell throughout last year]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:30 GMT ec958005-4bf5-434c-a6b2-13211df0549a <![CDATA[New international study identifies ‘engagement domains’]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:01:52 GMT 64f5a68b-1007-4ebb-a309-f2907a378491 <![CDATA[Ex-Dragon: South West SMEs can lead recovery]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:50:09 GMT 527e5a93-b8ab-4a6f-b689-6ed46bed6826 <![CDATA[EU meets SME research and development budget target]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:01:46 GMT 879ab25f-2d93-4318-bec3-dfa32f8fc06f <![CDATA[Under a quarter of Government contracts go to SMEs]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:53:38 GMT c91fa388-7df4-484e-9b67-e034ec5c0326 <![CDATA[Lack of planning costs SMEs dear, with 1 in 5 denied loans]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:24 GMT f4a3a75b-abc7-47af-b584-f3d2de5583d2 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship Inquiry will tackle access to finance to small firms]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:19:41 GMT 25d97d29-3a10-4d45-b400-09f3cb7eb4c0 <![CDATA[UK SMEs look to IT solutions for growth over coming year ]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:14 GMT cfa0d829-2569-4c75-a053-6c0b4c1a728a <![CDATA[Report on Jobs shows rise in permanent placements for first time in four months]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:48:54 GMT 76357c44-cc11-47f2-9f8b-0383e16611a6 <![CDATA[SMEs turning to renewable energy generation, says new survey]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:03:33 GMT 1d3cd83f-6c09-4b98-bd10-4f0ac861c20e <![CDATA[Tech firms to underpin commercial property confidence in London]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:51 GMT 4a516fcd-985c-4ae6-a041-191757eda301 <![CDATA[New British Gas initiative to help SMEs cut energy use ]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:07:25 GMT 69db8780-e6fc-481f-9f1a-582b896f4237 <![CDATA[SMEs in Wales just looking to ‘survive’ in 2012]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:50:43 GMT c542319b-48e4-4bde-993e-7f5f98439bb3 <![CDATA[Company breaks record to achieve Investors in People Gold Standard]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37:39 GMT 4f1fe5ea-7521-4b1a-bf35-0849e044ad27 <![CDATA[SMEs to stand up and be counted on late payment]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:13:25 GMT 0eff5d6b-3aff-43e2-9ae3-486057976b13 <![CDATA[UK budgets show optimism, says new research]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:41:40 GMT 9b22cbeb-a34c-4fc5-aaf4-8a9e8e9b4aca <![CDATA[Skills organisation condemns low level of workplace training]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:26:55 GMT 6f34b512-08dd-487e-9409-278de6f349fc <![CDATA[SME manufacturers still gloomy, as political and economic uncertainty grows, says CBI]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:08:58 GMT 8850e36b-db5e-4f26-82ec-e4860dcdccc7 <![CDATA[UK bank lending to fall in 2012, says forecasting group ]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:45 GMT a0e5a302-3d89-40fa-a4d1-4009b5156fe2 <![CDATA[O2 serves up free broadband to SMEs]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:42:17 GMT d0f8fc62-fefc-4c54-aa58-c688270bec30 <![CDATA[Business is a force for good, says British public]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:25:37 GMT d89a961e-04a2-47a0-92ec-4f2051d9a25e <![CDATA[More holiday a bigger motivator than job security, says new research]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:15:28 GMT c65783cb-f9ee-4b73-8eb7-129aabc50dd1 <![CDATA[£1m fund opens to SMEs in Liverpool region]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:58:37 GMT 20fe7575-87c1-4c1e-96ac-1a500adb6949 <![CDATA[FSB launches SME campaign in Somerset]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:29:01 GMT 52eeaf6c-f513-4533-8407-7584e20dc8cc <![CDATA[Search begins to unearth Britain’s pioneering female leaders]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:56:44 GMT efd8f9af-995f-4a62-a069-47a488acecda <![CDATA[Companies leave staff in a cloud of confusion over snowy days]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:05:04 GMT 5acb32f7-4c87-412f-9d1f-f31ef396c98f <![CDATA[Crowdcube launches crowdfunding affiliate programme]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:54:03 GMT 44c455f9-0de5-4107-a268-9619e5209c41 <![CDATA[Britain’s talent have ‘no place to go,’ says training charity]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:21:13 GMT d68bd5a3-f4b9-4762-8fb7-5984499e7914 <![CDATA[Start-ups powering UK economic growth but vulnerable to business failure]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:28:40 GMT ed421da2-fa26-482c-8a26-bfcca0160b8b <![CDATA[Lack of language skills a ‘rising challenge’ for UK businesses]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:45:03 GMT a721c0af-e229-4980-a291-5a7395883b55 <![CDATA[Substantial growth in apprenticeship starts and completions, say statistics]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:29:56 GMT 742143c1-3f7e-47bd-b475-6797c25f3c51 <![CDATA[Investment fund raises £100m for energy efficient commercial premises]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:48:08 GMT 1d86b70c-c56e-4334-bf8b-0e0460aee42a <![CDATA[Employers in ‘denial’ about workforce impact of Olympics]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:19:26 GMT c83c61e9-58d1-4bdc-8b68-2beea0d996bd <![CDATA[Innovative SMEs shaping the future of business, not corporates]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:08:30 GMT 9c4f09be-841e-4e4a-87a2-023923d3ea80 <![CDATA[G20 web economy to ‘double’ by 2016]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:13:48 GMT 4ca716ef-02b7-46d5-901d-6dc621df1075 <![CDATA[Commercial property owners facing flood insurance issues]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:03:35 GMT 15da5cc4-d97e-421f-ab44-7e121d11c99a <![CDATA[UK firms improve payment performance in Q4 2011]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:23:15 GMT 009ca2bd-7d3d-4cae-b0ab-fce134b353f1 <![CDATA[HMRC puts back tax deadline due to strike]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:02:45 GMT 9dee3225-eea7-47c2-b492-efc314782407 <![CDATA[New timetable clarifies automatic enrolment starting dates]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:51:10 GMT 818b825d-c69d-4ad8-a1df-7a256fb36d03 <![CDATA[Hays reports employees remain proud to work in private sector despite stress]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:29:11 GMT 0accee62-7674-441b-ac0d-b4757cd4efe1 <![CDATA[Small businesses to be exempt from EU privacy rules]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:12:47 GMT 49d89355-b173-4f78-8471-261a2a3a90dd <![CDATA[Shortening supply of serviced office space in London, says new report]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:56:46 GMT a3e186ad-9a9e-4ac5-8dd9-bc3b2e9bfe65 <![CDATA[Sage Pay launches new start-up package to help SMEs]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:46:17 GMT 4a455d4c-4f77-4694-8eda-82f530ae9d42 <![CDATA[Schools must play leading part in creating entrepreneurs, says business organisation]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:33:01 GMT 3b92653f-e1ef-46f0-811d-967acc4a44f8 <![CDATA[Britain’s entrepreneurs 'lose enthusiasm as conditions worsen']]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:28:10 GMT 18c99de0-4d2b-4904-940e-c672bcabeb69 <![CDATA[Small firms losing patience with late-payers]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:21:27 GMT a0488539-d461-4261-b8e6-3e4332f5da1e <![CDATA[Last minute rush for SME investment tax breaks]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:05:31 GMT 31039093-4cba-49af-a92c-c3b33e29c0ee <![CDATA[Royal Mail price hike to hit SMEs]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:42:53 GMT 3596fe09-d8e3-4c5e-851f-d5eaf729167c <![CDATA[Government to launch mediation scheme as part of tribunal reform]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:07:06 GMT 83e31f56-2af7-4a4c-b708-ec5558ecde77 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs gain access to empty Government office space]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:56:33 GMT 1267ccf8-57a8-48b8-a21a-55619fbd5d1c <![CDATA[SMEs are entering 2012 with mixed emotions]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:18:07 GMT 99ba7bef-96a8-4e24-af10-39d559f2d572 <![CDATA[Majority of EU jobs created by SMEs]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:02:42 GMT 278957bd-ad33-451d-a69c-c164a4ce0c9e <![CDATA[Online portal launched to help employers and employees adopt flexible working procedures]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:51:45 GMT 928fa8bb-d65d-4861-a6e0-657ad1149940 <![CDATA[Iconnyx & The Supper Club release SME guide to 2012 budgeting]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:08:12 GMT 4fa8238a-11ae-47d0-87ad-8dfa3c1f7ddc <![CDATA[Micro-businesses in Wales ‘confused’ over public sector support]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:44:39 GMT edf5c2e9-0b72-4d44-964a-98bf0e79c909 <![CDATA[67 percent of homeowners see no improvement in UK customer service]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:32:55 GMT 939f1d7a-1e33-4977-895f-97ffc702a859 <![CDATA[Economic fears forcing third of staff into work when sick]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:49:43 GMT 530fd72c-495c-4527-b863-8d75cf97e5f5 <![CDATA[Dragons’ Den entrepreneur urges SMEs to leverage the web]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:10:23 GMT fa0c24da-cd8e-4ece-ad38-78d997dd6376 <![CDATA[Three million people yet to file tax return]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:51:43 GMT 5b1fc31a-34f1-4f3e-b35f-eb599828d53a <![CDATA[Manchester city centre office market endures difficult 2011]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:04:31 GMT 7a402e03-25e1-42ba-aa3b-3246d19fa6f1 <![CDATA[‘Marginable’ uplift in sales for UK SME online retailers ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:00:03 GMT 546816c4-6137-4ae8-a3e9-3a8fc74e2b9b <![CDATA[Small business confidence crashes at end of 2011]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:46:11 GMT b1a2989e-62aa-42dd-8168-53253b6be912 <![CDATA[Firms urged to overcome the 'hiring people like me' culture]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:02:22 GMT f7fefa26-0767-4ec9-9f41-1c02168643c2 <![CDATA[North West SMEs expecting rise in commercial property values]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:44:23 GMT bc42f609-b36c-46ca-9e98-2cc1cb738f16 <![CDATA[New legislation allows credit unions to take bigger role in financial landscape]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:33:51 GMT 24ae0fa1-dd22-41fd-8ac5-972abf7eb3d8 <![CDATA[HMRC must assist SMEs with RTI, say MPs]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:22:29 GMT a6448e90-0266-4c88-832b-08b467b91fb6 <![CDATA[SMEs think Olympic Games will not positively affect their firm]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:11:32 GMT 3693ce4c-8d09-4537-b68a-c93a5b2c9316 <![CDATA[SMEs are best-placed to lead UK economic recovery, says expert]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:01:14 GMT a7002e84-7ea0-4628-9442-afb9d8ca0ec9 <![CDATA[One in 10 SME owners risk home repossession to stay afloat]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:47:17 GMT b514b648-d0aa-4d69-a826-9988e444b81c <![CDATA[SMEs "complacent" about digital marketing]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:10:27 GMT 3e91f2f7-7b78-474e-b256-85d11d90975c <![CDATA[Retailers rank security as biggest challenge for 2012]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:59:59 GMT 70361455-2e60-4b8e-b9e3-e2d65c8a031d <![CDATA[Lack of confidence among SMEs threatens recovery]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:43:50 GMT 3cd68384-2a11-4737-9597-7816085a02a0 <![CDATA[Graduates from Salford University launch dynamic news distribution website]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:28:55 GMT 7a97a8d5-e559-43d3-874b-73766c21120d <![CDATA[Business costs ‘rocket’ when procurement is cut]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:03:17 GMT fd6f617a-b895-41f2-9c33-193534d2a191 <![CDATA[SMEs could benefit from ‘self-employed people under contract’]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:51:31 GMT bc9c1321-b721-4e35-888a-2d726c25a6e1 <![CDATA[HMRC issues self-assessment tax return reminder]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:41:16 GMT d4923d20-08f5-4c87-b6ee-ee28935a3fb3 <![CDATA[New EU scheme to reward waste-reducing SMEs]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:42:34 GMT e39b8517-f94c-4679-94f8-0aa75a036d7e <![CDATA[Increasing numbers of Britons dream of going it alone]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:02:16 GMT 19ba07b0-aa96-4d68-959d-47fece39b064 <![CDATA[Three quarters of SMEs use social media]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:29:03 GMT 00146a4a-b78d-4ed5-ad70-1c1c307618e7 <![CDATA[New advisory service for SME manufacturers]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:35:00 GMT 71af7afb-1245-4db1-8b41-83d0220e6977 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are the saviours of British innovation, say experts]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT 6450b721-e2c8-4de4-b0e7-2a4097acd2c7 <![CDATA[Reform to employment law for small firms branded ‘a gimmick’]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:46:51 GMT c125c055-643d-43cf-b922-c8079e9fa0a1 <![CDATA[UK sees increasing number of start-up businesses]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:28:00 GMT 09f71475-a00e-44f5-b623-1a72c3bd98e8 <![CDATA[Public sector workers experience low morale]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:06:00 GMT 17c6fc31-81b4-4f6c-a340-0a0f5051ea46 <![CDATA[Lending squeeze reduces credit available to SMEs]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:51:15 GMT 969a34e2-507d-43f5-86d0-73d02cf853b5 <![CDATA[2012 will be a tough year for small businesses, says FSB]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:16:00 GMT 01e2bafa-4cba-4dbc-b0ca-b9ca004e9696 <![CDATA[Social media a ‘go-to platform’ for making complaints]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:55:50 GMT 54fd1249-8b64-4d4c-a3d8-c2c06fd0d78e <![CDATA[Small businesses warned against reducing bosses’ pay]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:24:07 GMT 041e7500-5902-4c1b-bd76-c2784e655538 <![CDATA[SMEs positive about growth prospects in 2012]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:09:48 GMT caecc7e9-6745-4509-90da-1dc087d64ac8 <![CDATA[SMEs focus on increasing export turnover]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:59:01 GMT 38f1ff19-e124-4e62-8ec2-6757ff498e9a <![CDATA[UK economic growth beats estimates]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:47:03 GMT 94df7f24-a71c-44fb-8f25-3beca2b5c9b7 <![CDATA[North/South business insolvency divide broadens in November]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:40:28 GMT ca3af707-75ed-4454-b1dc-e57bb141f717 <![CDATA[Ireland: small business morale falls]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:56:37 GMT d590c5a0-e681-4132-b16a-0dc2117f234c <![CDATA[Companies unprepared for auto-enrolment pension rules, says research]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:39:48 GMT c7f1c306-afb0-4275-9f8c-55588674bc9b <![CDATA[Two-thirds of entrepreneurs to work over Christmas and New Year]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:25:45 GMT b0f00890-3809-47a0-9ae7-f009d752d174 <![CDATA[Investors show support for British Crowdfunding start-up as Crowdcube raises £300k in 10 days ]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:36:42 GMT 024ff6cb-d0a2-4aa3-ae2e-16379c45ff37 <![CDATA[Defra launches food waste project for SMEs]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:22:07 GMT 3c06ad7b-28d0-4c3e-b8d4-813f5224a48e <![CDATA[Banking sector shake-up ‘must improve competition’]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:01:58 GMT b40dc9c4-53d0-45c3-9a40-5b3b685775c0 <![CDATA[Britain’s youngest SMEs could add £360m to UK economy]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:56:07 GMT 992e9bef-1d6e-45f6-ad9d-bacfb29e1328 <![CDATA[Late payments a major issue for SMEs in Ireland]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:24:18 GMT b8473abe-4e3b-4a87-90ee-f130c1f81cbe <![CDATA[Graduates turn blind eye to SMEs and social channels for job seeking]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:00:33 GMT 875475b0-044b-4533-bfcc-3b5d1bc3f7af <![CDATA[2012 festival to be shaped by tech businesses]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:32:06 GMT df1566dd-c1d7-46f6-bc53-9ee24cffa86f <![CDATA[Increase in female starts-ups as women entrepreneurs capitalise on lifestyle trends]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:12:16 GMT 1deceed8-04d9-41a4-ad43-bd8b6dd39d7d <![CDATA[UK SME worms its way to success]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:22:17 GMT e2b4aace-4b4a-4988-81ad-9fbde9f3a147 <![CDATA[Late payments hampering SMEs]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:43:02 GMT 0ac1378a-2a9b-421d-beae-f378608129e6 <![CDATA[Brits using social media to vent frustrations, but is anyone listening?]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:51:40 GMT 0f93c22a-540d-4be6-b7f8-5a0c1d2744ac <![CDATA[British Gas urges businesses to prepare for winter]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:14:11 GMT 2c8681e6-23b5-432f-8f46-b36b60b8e60e <![CDATA[Government failing to support economic growth, say UK businesses]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:32:57 GMT e4313237-93e6-40a5-af76-0705aea5840e <![CDATA[Mary Portas report on high street unveiled]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:48:11 GMT 1363c87e-d1f8-40e2-a706-75947b8ab5c3 <![CDATA[Exports key to job creation and economic growth, says Trade Minister]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:34:45 GMT 62393949-7dcf-42f5-87a9-58643f7f9e99 <![CDATA[UK commercial property market shows signs of resilience]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:16:36 GMT 47c18288-fe26-4f42-a3af-d1fd4974e411 <![CDATA[Deadline worries over £15m Welsh growth fund]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:38:56 GMT ad14ea51-2041-47fe-ab58-a7fa0778fa58 <![CDATA[Government to set up £75m technology fund for SMEs]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:27:16 GMT 5ae6192f-b729-4b7e-bd9d-1421a2703f6d <![CDATA[Survey: unemployment is world’s fastest growing worry]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:08:03 GMT 0c59dfac-2c1a-42df-847f-3a22c747dff3 <![CDATA[UK microbusinesses to hold Christmas parties despite slowdown]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:43:32 GMT 8ba31605-222d-465f-a24f-b21712c14d67 <![CDATA[One in three London SMEs to hire staff in first quarter of 2012]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:35:02 GMT 6f9732ed-610f-4bcd-8fed-64ea05922d72 <![CDATA[Scotland: fewer entrepreneurs starting businesses]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:21:46 GMT beb645ca-e99e-4d37-9a74-fac01a7cbec5 <![CDATA[New intellectual property support for SMEs]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:59:26 GMT 5191a1ab-ca5c-4a12-a435-5c49ed3b3466 <![CDATA[E-commerce and social media 'give SMEs a headache']]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:26:53 GMT 31e83d73-4fa3-4fe9-bc8a-062e63ea63be <![CDATA[David beats Goliath in online retail stakes, claims new report]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:21:56 GMT 3f88c35f-e273-41c1-89c3-b6335fc51330 <![CDATA[FSB concerned over 4G mobile broadband]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:58:00 GMT b580dbfc-bac6-45fd-b523-aa2d965f5c78 <![CDATA[SMEs ‘outmanoeuvre’ large firms online]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:20:28 GMT c23117ad-df33-49e0-b7a8-67fcf2bdf753 <![CDATA[Employer preparedness for auto-enrolment 'not ubiquitous']]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:07:30 GMT d07884aa-a809-4ea9-b3e8-579c2c8c9d41 <![CDATA[Money for SMEs tackling youth unemployment]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:56:38 GMT a72ea571-b216-4f8a-baff-b9ff40dbecc1 <![CDATA[IPD warns UK commercial property at a standstill]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:48:43 GMT bf9659af-cbff-47f4-9049-b50152a01238 <![CDATA[HR teams 'stressed by December absence']]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:10:52 GMT 48ed81fd-c102-44aa-bfe5-fe2e7ff22aee <![CDATA['Cut bank bonuses and dividends', King warns]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:16:22 GMT 961f0df9-cea5-48fa-8c9b-118a9a25cf1b <![CDATA[Employers 'will support benefits']]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:30:00 GMT 0d9030d5-bfde-45a1-9171-948623116f20 <![CDATA[New initiative for SMEs launched by Santander]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:50:02 GMT 6fc94a94-2a44-49ab-86e4-4c5ccbacd38c <![CDATA[Funding 'to deliver 19,000 new apprenticeships' - Cable]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:13:40 GMT 241cc879-cf4f-40f0-a53d-a1cf45401482 <![CDATA[Time running out for young entrepreneurs]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:39:47 GMT 799e18c7-ae72-4083-b0c3-4a51289e5613 <![CDATA[UK bosses usher in an end to ‘9 to 5’]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:53:23 GMT 0e8d379b-9377-4eb0-a737-c1e0bc629f7e <![CDATA[UK employers positive about pay and growth]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:43:47 GMT 5cbb0986-d5a3-4cb6-80e0-3169cdbf76b0 <![CDATA[Ireland: third of SMEs applying for credit]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:12:38 GMT 9bba5ac1-ddc8-40bb-b6f5-f4c9939723c6 <![CDATA[Osborne unveils business growth measures in Autumn Statement]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:08:20 GMT f30f195a-87ca-4d7d-86a4-f1fd4ba38321 <![CDATA[UK SMEs financially savvy but have ‘low risk awareness’]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:46:50 GMT 0986fae6-84fd-4511-b974-2c1d07482517 <![CDATA[SMEs back green energy but face obstacles to adoption]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:12:33 GMT b71ccb82-b74d-4c27-92d6-971cbe913ade <![CDATA[Auto-enrolment delayed for SMEs]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:37:19 GMT 6e24f214-47a4-4a1c-991c-97f8a7814732 <![CDATA[New partnership makes employee benefits more accessible to UK SMEs]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:15:23 GMT c5a842ee-d108-49e5-ae7a-a19a532a92f3 <![CDATA[Economic health biggest concern for SMEs]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:42:32 GMT fd36b030-05d5-4e6c-ae7d-e37595963b88 <![CDATA[Osborne to back up to £40bn in SME loans]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:52:48 GMT 9fc1e6e5-8ee0-4aa0-8dd8-d21e50c79ca6 <![CDATA[Boris Johnson backs young London entrepreneurs]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:16:22 GMT 23c4a75c-2f6f-4a4b-8dc9-cc35073c6e88 <![CDATA[SMEs ‘take a chance’ with minimum insurance cover]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:26:57 GMT 0d6ebf5f-fda7-4ff6-a109-2018dc852fe4 <![CDATA[Survey reveals insights into start-up success]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:32:18 GMT e2df1b92-dd33-4821-bb3f-2d0681d0d5c1 <![CDATA[Public procurement reforms will benefit SMEs]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:06:08 GMT 717cbd6c-51ea-4f7b-95d9-1b7584be371f <![CDATA[SMEs missing out by not offering Wi-Fi]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:55:31 GMT a3252d35-ca1d-4285-a373-24537042a999 <![CDATA[Ireland: group give tips to help SMEs weather storm]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:05:00 GMT 1a7da32f-c47a-4531-94d2-0f9a0ac262dd <![CDATA[UK SMEs planning acquisitions in 2012]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:47:22 GMT e7ff01c1-d6bc-4d71-84e7-1cc3236a4da2 <![CDATA[Overdraft charges rise for SMEs]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:21:27 GMT da360f17-64af-4ee4-861a-7feebb1f8aa8 <![CDATA[Online reviews of business ‘commonplace’]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:30:33 GMT e086c014-c688-4ec0-a36f-c3c7172997af <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs show "resilience in adversity"]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:15:49 GMT c8c93090-45ef-40f3-830e-d2e06402953e <![CDATA[Job tribunals ‘shake-up’ unveiled]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:59:00 GMT 76faa2dc-b87b-42d6-8db0-55553d06a7b7 <![CDATA[UK SMEs not facilitating flexible working practices]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:58:58 GMT 67e3c6a3-9943-413a-bafc-2b82a49cb2ed <![CDATA[Pest infestation a ‘very real’ problem for some UK SMEs]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:37:23 GMT 7213e70b-0cf1-49b3-92b6-5f8cdb6a6a42 <![CDATA[Business disruptions hit revenue for UK SMEs]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:11:41 GMT 9744fa5f-97b1-4d93-8223-a711f3641de1 <![CDATA[Ofgem outline new proposals]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:13:06 GMT fdaff5e8-b49b-42c3-97f4-e4a910537df8 <![CDATA[SMEs report reduced demand for external finance]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:09:08 GMT cfc5a9b9-de06-48fe-8f03-bc649d1ea893 <![CDATA[Scottish SMEs may face ‘Christmas crunch’]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:42:32 GMT 80552990-8aec-42b8-a40d-ebc9371c7145 <![CDATA[SMEs underestimate security threats]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:18:25 GMT 08fd29fb-f1eb-4636-9d30-1251b8884332 <![CDATA[SMEs dealing in cash to avoid paying tax]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:55:58 GMT c91101af-f6fe-4766-b32e-edeb2806e8cd <![CDATA[CBI: businesses can help UK economy]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:24:53 GMT 1a1bee5a-d965-42a6-b792-e5bc06214327 <![CDATA[Sweet success as firm's workforce doubles]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:24:50 GMT 1b13e7e1-f0c5-4122-bf02-97aa6b4e7790 <![CDATA[Ex-forces entrepreneur scheme to be expanded]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:06:41 GMT c580952c-1a80-4877-9fac-dfed34e5829e <![CDATA[Government calls for 10,000 mentors]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:01:33 GMT 718a0b2d-b5f4-4182-9e9a-f5edc0dc7bdf <![CDATA[SME lending falls in third quarter of 2011]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:39:10 GMT cc69e92c-6e91-4bc2-ba1f-7563ce25e7d8 <![CDATA[UK SMEs cut the cost of Christmas]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:12:28 GMT 545aabff-7f75-4299-8dca-6ee72054ab08 <![CDATA[UK SMEs to 'lose £500 million' as Adobe scraps Mobile Flash]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:39:07 GMT cabb3cc2-5e81-4de6-b7e2-21d9a4740060 <![CDATA[Downing Street to offer e-commerce seminars]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:38:25 GMT 1d85760e-02d2-4822-84aa-8876bea9a112 <![CDATA[BIS Minister launches Global Entrepreneurship Week]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:19:56 GMT 7a064445-03bc-4917-9fd7-41aa049cd3d0 <![CDATA[Hays: SMEs may miss out on key talent]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:51:48 GMT e20c1fcc-9d3c-410a-b719-cb25b72b5d53 <![CDATA[Scotland: SMEs demand action on energy]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:36:04 GMT ed5c301c-3bd4-4730-bbdd-1fdafb0d3920 <![CDATA[28 percent of freelancers have little or no work - claim]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:24:07 GMT 961e4cf2-b6cb-4b24-a141-e49f5c82b373 <![CDATA[2012 Olympics – Opportunity or threat?]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:38:29 GMT 100d48de-88ec-4972-8fbc-abe1a15fbf68 <![CDATA[PM praises 'Tech City' growth]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:04:45 GMT d046cc2b-0a5e-4296-b464-151df0174dc9 <![CDATA[Yell grows web services, focus on SMEs]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:38:26 GMT 9579ae80-3fe7-4891-8c77-5f32008b8dd9 <![CDATA[Fund to support pre-IPO SMEs launches]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:52:45 GMT 16fbc266-3d17-4c25-a018-ff2365c47715 <![CDATA[CBI: SME sentiment falls]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:19:12 GMT fed5914c-fd79-45e2-97d4-d1afc9e24670 <![CDATA[Emerging strongly in 2011 - accounting tips for SMEs]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:58:56 GMT 693d2396-4db8-4b57-b9b5-5097f689b920 <![CDATA[Survey: Younger staff more likely to quit]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:26:02 GMT b55253a3-6d43-4b61-a592-b1bc2e479cec <![CDATA[Groups want role of micro-firms recognised]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:05:51 GMT b9102dfc-dd78-4509-84ba-46aaef0226e0 <![CDATA[Simple steps can reduce energy bill, says expert]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:15:26 GMT e496047b-542d-41cc-b74c-7f5476f6b1c8 <![CDATA[SMEs vulnerable to data loss]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:18:49 GMT 5740434f-a9be-48f3-a5f0-2095b0ec573d <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs to benefit from new share capital guidelines]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:04:26 GMT 73cd1100-eef0-4234-ae16-53a902e6497c <![CDATA[Exports grow as UK growth slows]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:52:44 GMT 4922d12c-323f-435e-ad4b-72599085471b <![CDATA[RBS aims to increase SME lending ]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:29:42 GMT 0676a71f-8c06-443f-bd20-2d6d2c196ff0 <![CDATA[SMEs encouraged to embrace outsourcing]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:56:53 GMT bfe64831-04a6-43a7-8164-52ab5d1ac211 <![CDATA[Firms in Wales encouraged to take advice sessions]]> Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:43:33 GMT d92c4941-2edb-42e4-92bd-6b9963676be2 <![CDATA[UK property sector showing signs of recovery]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:19:10 GMT b4c56ac3-1b32-4d1e-bf4b-67798f6f9679 <![CDATA[SMEs stuck in IT “dark age”]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:45:38 GMT 26e76a00-c799-438e-ade7-144d396f6005 <![CDATA[Late payments to SMEs hit record high]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:23:18 GMT 9acb7590-cc52-4a3d-86cc-2720b7fcb4f8 <![CDATA[Utilities company helps SMEs save energy]]> Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:12:08 GMT 82ac3684-9c40-4ce5-825d-813ff5dc4256 <![CDATA[Tax incentives could help youth employment, says CBI]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:20:06 GMT 41571f3f-29ea-44d5-944c-e41f50f565fc <![CDATA[SMEs want utilities ‘code of conduct’]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:18:18 GMT 5b7b931a-6851-4700-ad7e-3e4c76c7ff17 <![CDATA[Lloyds receives £150m loan fund from EIB]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:38:55 GMT 432f10df-bc3d-44c7-ab52-b411e67de3b9 <![CDATA[New collaborative project to help SMEs]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:43:33 GMT 7abc5cf7-e16c-4cc7-8b0d-0fc8703e063f <![CDATA[New survey reveals rise in job opportunities]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:08:19 GMT d8d229c5-378e-4d45-a723-f329a3a35ab2 <![CDATA[King denies doing little for SMEs]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:53:30 GMT 615c222f-c328-4eaa-9f84-2b53237ea7ee <![CDATA[Insurance experts highlight problems of water damage for SMEs]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:54:30 GMT dc743f0f-29ce-4200-a216-74511eb5f881 <![CDATA[Small firms undecided about social media]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:37:48 GMT 983c679d-77a7-4238-a5ee-c219f2ff1ed9 <![CDATA[Government policy on SMEs 'inconsistent']]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:23:24 GMT 6b3bf361-11f1-4e27-b881-8125c6043004 <![CDATA[Young businesswoman lined up to be 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year']]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:47:56 GMT e0595872-b5a3-4a75-9036-5e8aac7dd998 <![CDATA[SMEs stockpiling cash, not investing in growth ]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:15:19 GMT d29ba56b-8e16-4c4f-b0c6-789b8a41025b <![CDATA[SMEs targeted by EC accounting shake-up]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:35:58 GMT 1932b668-7ae6-4d66-8a68-f125151aa484 <![CDATA[Small firms ‘should not have to provide pensions’]]> Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:18:06 GMT fb82bded-ed02-48b8-80c1-ec260f2dc5eb <![CDATA['Employers risk losing top talent' - claim]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:33:55 GMT a159ba02-1653-402f-b4e0-96fce571609d <![CDATA[SMEs urged to prepare for pension auto-enrolment]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:03:22 GMT 2a1668ca-6d28-49c1-b2ea-f149c851eb6e <![CDATA[Inside the mind of an entrepreneur]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:49:41 GMT dc068f71-ed5f-425d-a331-d5541ce61c18 <![CDATA[Banks must do more to repair SME links]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:33:35 GMT 83d8f2d0-6f45-48fe-b142-8d2f12ee8165 <![CDATA[Banks’ lack of common sense is slowing growth, say SMEs]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:39:41 GMT 60561050-c8c3-4e38-bbea-676194a75439 <![CDATA[Clegg to tackle red tape]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:51:34 GMT 6445d214-c416-41a8-ad0a-664682170d97 <![CDATA[UK SMEs losing £7.7bn a year through energy inefficiency]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:32:54 GMT 70d6b73d-7b2c-4057-9150-1b1c1b398c50 <![CDATA[Vodafone launches new SME tariffs]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:20:03 GMT 4e3ba33e-ed89-4c2b-88c2-1bb2658c3980 <![CDATA[North East micro businesses worst hit for insolvencies]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:30:30 GMT 5bb0fb7b-ab20-4d57-b2c3-866c09b52e27 <![CDATA[European Commission takes action on scams]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:22:30 GMT 476c16fe-a5cd-4689-9a58-ee5869350fd0 <![CDATA[SMEs face credit ratings ‘lottery’]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:10:55 GMT 01d710ff-5f93-4050-81c7-c6e761c91dc5 <![CDATA[Commercial property growth in the North West stalls in Q3 2011]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:10:39 GMT 3c694eb5-295e-4bde-b9e2-c7c56d22274c <![CDATA[Businesses lose £300m a year due to slow rate valuation]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:35:21 GMT 2e7fe96b-ee89-4cfc-b2ac-806bacd971cc <![CDATA[Consumer confidence falls again]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:06:35 GMT f51df6b6-d9b9-41e2-8bd9-609d3abc6408 <![CDATA[Riots lead to falling business confidence among SMEs]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:22:19 GMT 9c40d342-d98d-4693-b92c-51184018d349 <![CDATA[Barclays supports UK SMEs with new initiatives]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:12:28 GMT 2dcae335-af4d-4493-917a-24712c82c721 <![CDATA[SMEs fear costs of NHS and welfare reforms]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:37:54 GMT 7e997f2f-f29d-4961-a94d-38169bcbe8f1 <![CDATA[SMEs not receiving value from Google Adwords]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:18:40 GMT 9f4fab9a-9758-41a2-8932-78504f174fb3 <![CDATA[Commitment to assist SMEs with waste launches]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:14:46 GMT cf4ac46b-cf8a-4e59-a5d5-473810b5c761 <![CDATA[New NI loan scheme pledged]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:05:24 GMT cbe8386b-b1ff-45c0-87d6-cc6ae334ed60 <![CDATA[10 early warning signs of business fraud]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:42:00 GMT d04e973f-6869-4fc9-b67e-b5dc29bb6ed9 <![CDATA[SMEs should engage management accountants to ‘improve performance’]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:45:36 GMT cac0e0b0-d603-4966-b19e-2e5bea5bf2f0 <![CDATA[Confidence falls among SMEs]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:27:10 GMT ca77d3b0-c343-436f-96dd-a90c6e87e206 <![CDATA[SMEs recruiting IT staff should be less 'picky']]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:07:33 GMT 56f8ca83-9cb2-4f59-a55e-d0d7878c2163 <![CDATA[High-speed broadband ‘vital’ to SME growth]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:45:54 GMT 4b5b7973-5996-4c50-a077-277aacba9e8a <![CDATA[New service to aid SME manufacturers]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:19:51 GMT 957d1288-daae-4e11-9a4e-d6128b554671 <![CDATA[Cloud computing can help with e-learning]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:05:53 GMT 04d07e15-9494-4b05-9b8d-549f090dff0e <![CDATA[New UK bank targeting SMEs launches]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:57:31 GMT 16d11de2-7cbf-4f55-8f77-4312a3450cc6 <![CDATA[Youth ‘shun’ sectors with job prospects]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:07:35 GMT b3cd0a16-b8aa-4a4a-a121-7f1e9c8737f0 <![CDATA[Employers struggling to keep up with social media trends]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:33:12 GMT 5cae07e6-6e8a-44e2-8ae9-e8f2e2e9615c <![CDATA[SMEs have inadequate security measures]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:10:21 GMT 3e13b0b5-6d19-463a-bf9f-76e75757681a <![CDATA[London’s commercial property provides access to a ‘world-class city’]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:32:46 GMT 028bbc89-5a3e-44b1-b006-96c8e0ce956f <![CDATA[The pitfalls of poor customer service]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:12:30 GMT 54eef24a-b91f-41f9-a34c-1191d518719c <![CDATA[North-East SMEs have the best ‘entrepreneurial spirit’]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:04:42 GMT bb795e5a-84cc-45d2-9e4a-62e1e6a5cc42 <![CDATA[UK staff work 26 million hours extra each day]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:56:02 GMT a16f559c-8c2e-46df-8806-541f37a0dff3 <![CDATA[SMEs admit to dismissing employees unfairly]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:24:40 GMT 221ddd31-13eb-4b87-8bb3-237b3003f354 <![CDATA[SMEs may be hit by rising online fraud]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:08:11 GMT 57caf730-6b41-4011-b807-7884310de4f4 <![CDATA[SMEs waiting too long to buy professional indemnity insurance]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:41:14 GMT a47e43cc-385f-4cb1-ae7c-c4138c019846 <![CDATA[Midlands SMEs most confident]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:21:54 GMT 3dabbc2c-2d8a-4d6d-810e-1ea9029a019f <![CDATA[UK economy stagnates in Q3 2011]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:26:13 GMT c3b32600-54af-480d-b463-6e0837862fa1 <![CDATA[PM must outline recovery plan, says BCC]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:11:06 GMT dbcd1428-1ceb-4b65-a685-a820a81c0f9e <![CDATA[1 in 3 SME cloud users in next year]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:58:15 GMT 2a026638-d2fd-445c-b1f1-8438f79809a6 <![CDATA[Greater Manchester business hub could benefit 75,000 firms]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:46:27 GMT ee008d34-3374-4f5d-9972-133973370925 <![CDATA[SMEs hit with energy bill increases of up to 100 percent]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:25:29 GMT 0004cf18-5a2e-46dc-a98a-9ad94f69600e <![CDATA[RBS urged to drop loan prices]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:08:50 GMT ec560fde-5df4-423d-a5cf-7412a7250ba5 <![CDATA[Employee engagement in UK behind global trends]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:29:14 GMT 1f7c82c6-a436-4f5e-885a-08a4dc45be73 <![CDATA[Small businesses must benefit from quantitative easing]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:00:28 GMT 422bd1f6-bce0-41e8-a2c0-d02ffe6e793d <![CDATA[Stress most common reason for staff absence]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:41:28 GMT ef1571f7-835a-41a9-b9a0-eb3b0dafa63b <![CDATA[IoD backs simple taxation for SMEs]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:20:56 GMT be6807d0-3052-466d-8aad-49909b94df8e <![CDATA[Over half of SMEs looking to grow in 2012]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:39:37 GMT 99b7d902-7825-46a7-92bd-228d8587e7f8 <![CDATA[Businesses under pressure to meet sustainability targets]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:39:15 GMT f10adb89-795a-4d55-b3dc-27ab9f7dce54 <![CDATA[CBI calls for more apprenticeships]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:46:16 GMT 531f779b-8a4b-4e11-a477-4a17e1d20900 <![CDATA[European SMEs behind on Digital Agenda]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:08:33 GMT f6108972-43fa-4e06-b360-2e584c5efae5 <![CDATA[SMEs disgruntled with coalition]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:00:53 GMT 1e99b940-a920-49e4-8fea-4de6ccdea2ac <![CDATA[North-East SMEs feeling positive]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:48:09 GMT 941b28ef-4c1d-45d8-a94a-0af48d90e006 <![CDATA[SMEs to lose £3.4bn to winter absence]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:14:05 GMT 8b160306-29e0-47b8-a83f-9a7164bb75d0 <![CDATA[AWR to make small businesses warier]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:00:56 GMT 5367b6a7-8f07-4873-a2d3-d6ae2a216f0f <![CDATA[Businesses asked to help reduce red tape]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:55:31 GMT 443bd457-89e6-41d1-933b-d3f311ca4fab <![CDATA[Osborne pledges billions to small businesses]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:38:09 GMT 38b32a63-83ca-40f3-aff4-62f32321f4ac <![CDATA[Two-thirds of workers would rather sacrifice pay than colleagues]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:13:56 GMT 5ddc8447-bbe5-4f5f-88c6-aca417c75a7a <![CDATA[Former fast food worker launches UK’s first dinner party website]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:24:25 GMT b168f931-15cc-4b69-b8ea-24adb2402c04 <![CDATA[SME profits fall by up to 50 percent]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:06:04 GMT 8a96c129-85d2-4463-aea1-452d84e37acd <![CDATA[SMEs hurt by employment regulation]]> Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:48:12 GMT 78e43586-c186-43eb-955e-d4c01763e59b <![CDATA[Patent protection too expensive for SMEs]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:05:06 GMT 785b655a-ad91-4a34-a5bb-d3aad95b34f1 <![CDATA[Government cuts business red tape]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:58:05 GMT 1477f1f7-d213-4f0c-9d42-097990fa64d5 <![CDATA[Cash pot available to North-East firms]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:36:20 GMT 0eab8e82-b66f-43ed-af4b-39edfb4cac84 <![CDATA[Most small businesses 'unprepared' for data breach ]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:14:30 GMT 1fcf2b98-e4a9-49af-a6e0-2c180fd082f5 <![CDATA[SMEs accuse Miliband of misunderstanding job creation]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:00:41 GMT 4bc3a925-1361-401c-95d0-3b12acd48f09 <![CDATA[SMEs urged to monitor cloud use]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:52:28 GMT 5219f228-135f-44d2-b1ee-58fa77737f69 <![CDATA[Property on Circle Line routes most sought-after in London]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:05:43 GMT ace4904b-61ef-4ff3-b983-9079aefff083 <![CDATA[Government consultation on SME finance to close]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:29:01 GMT fc21aa42-366b-452a-a1a9-5bdcd53763ca <![CDATA[IT support firm predicts 2012’s SME security threats ]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:50:30 GMT c606fcdb-f032-4056-a076-b80011162ca0 <![CDATA[UK's brightest businesses step up for Global Entrepreneurship week]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:00:35 GMT f76b1399-4252-4ee5-9adc-9da56e99b009 <![CDATA[FSB calls for MPs to focus on economic growth]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:53:13 GMT 326bc71d-4356-411e-8e25-d1633b9e328d <![CDATA[Experian launches UK’s first finance finding website for SMEs]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:31:13 GMT 8fb003c9-2799-4fec-86c9-989e06730e6b <![CDATA[HMRC ‘holding back’ on SME checks]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:51:43 GMT a5cdbf3f-4ddc-4a94-b99b-e28022f70f39 <![CDATA[Tax break looms for Britain’s fast-growing SMEs]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:40:29 GMT dc5b449b-67b4-4775-a8ba-ecf774bb75a6 <![CDATA[Northumberland SMEs offered procurement workshops]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:08:48 GMT 23fb5cb2-6848-4c8e-ae54-4fd5bb4891b1 <![CDATA[SMEs breaking new regulations face £5000 fines]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:44:36 GMT 7cb59120-7f4b-43f6-be63-563912420ece <![CDATA[Berry good result for NI small busness]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:16:39 GMT 11ea7eb9-bd28-415f-a770-da6966f8ff39 <![CDATA[DWP investigates SME recruitment]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:12:57 GMT 78dc9c42-2eae-46f0-bd68-e26940c758a0 <![CDATA[Job vacancies drop by 10 percent in August]]> Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:15:05 GMT 25000edd-3622-4711-b7f7-eaedfa1df6fa <![CDATA[Reality shows 'could be damaging UK business']]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:58:54 GMT 9a052261-3376-4703-bb2c-bf3926c942d9 <![CDATA[SMEs experience 16.2 percent revenue increase]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:37:51 GMT f65161dd-78f6-44bb-8b63-f64696e6d699 <![CDATA[SMEs still struggling to secure credit]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:14:11 GMT 7db2434e-003c-4ee2-9eb0-8a1b621f5412 <![CDATA[Economic confidence falls but performance holds steady]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:55:15 GMT 9009bab3-b618-405c-ba9d-6136a8cc0a04 <![CDATA[BT unveils 'KickStart' business scheme]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:34:19 GMT 87a03e67-8123-43f5-b235-dc568706e35d <![CDATA[Firms 'request unreasonably-sized offices']]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:32:30 GMT 8b802774-6895-4d49-ab82-1af21c22b48d <![CDATA[New Government regulations could aid commercial property development]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:21:56 GMT 0fffc434-3edb-4c72-a0c4-bf16a406f415 <![CDATA[NatWest 'Ambitions Bus' hits the road]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:05:20 GMT 3f261aa4-dd94-4eef-84b9-59d67cb5f13f <![CDATA[Three quarters of businesses say bank margins on loans are too high]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:13:32 GMT e92f9707-8dc5-426e-b9f3-5e98403f6143 <![CDATA[Cloud providers look to small business for growth]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:02:35 GMT 313beab9-3505-4940-ad25-e4bd6c4f46be <![CDATA[EU Late Payment Directive to help SMEs]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:39:34 GMT 26b025a7-04e4-4c97-888b-4aff47d18c90 <![CDATA[Northern Ireland businesses save over £5 million]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:15:08 GMT 602bbccc-a778-49cc-8ffd-a22661bea75c <![CDATA[Government asked to help SMEs going green]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:12:16 GMT 091e2e51-bfae-4980-8015-dc5b378a7e42 <![CDATA[Seven out of 10 UK SMEs risk doing business in the dark]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:50:38 GMT 26401f48-50d5-4b9e-848e-3d20e044223f <![CDATA[UK SMEs considering moving their company in order to cut costs]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:35:28 GMT 7ec5dec0-b45f-4b65-9326-6c4c6a42a5cd <![CDATA[Government ‘backtracks’ on SME procurement promise]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:06:30 GMT ee19b4b8-6b0a-445c-a518-e19f9bb47bbf <![CDATA[UK commercial property tenants 'increasingly satisfied']]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:02:25 GMT 872808cd-0dc6-403c-bf12-8183bb5b7e61 <![CDATA[‘Ideas bank’ tours North Tyneside for potential entrepreneurs]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:52:43 GMT cf41d1d9-a093-49e8-b094-daeabc312ba1 <![CDATA[FSB welcomes Government investment in infrastructure]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:08:44 GMT 11873fe6-0ab8-416e-a50b-16fb2ae4cc49 <![CDATA[EU finance ministers visit Poland for debt crisis talks]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:48:35 GMT 9c9b2c01-f40e-447a-b713-b01e4a1a9d43 <![CDATA[Construction SMEs in London offered low-carbon advice]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:32:27 GMT a62d5676-5a03-4192-bc6d-88bda8fc87d4 <![CDATA[Number of fraudulent HMRC emails soars]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:29:55 GMT 90ed851f-afb0-4963-8e23-c33de2e50962 <![CDATA[FSB calls for urgency over ICB industry recommendations]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:14:07 GMT 79994b92-1ffb-405d-a25f-d5f16cbba4ee <![CDATA[Google to help Britain’s SMEs grow]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:03:05 GMT bb96c9d1-7f8f-4035-af0b-48d5cdf52ff3 <![CDATA[SME owners leading UK to economic recovery]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:50:25 GMT 85b615b7-29f6-4d94-af62-509b88f74021 <![CDATA[Government funding provides fast broadband for SMEs]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:50:45 GMT 8369cbcf-1e67-488a-a113-f5b269c1d19f <![CDATA[Small businesses bring innovation from the bottom line to expand ]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:11:00 GMT 4af2f717-901d-4dea-a8c1-80cd692d5eea <![CDATA[Business activity in Scotland increases]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:27:22 GMT ed8a6de2-7b67-4ea6-90ec-04982ffe4b50 <![CDATA[SMEs opt for 'human touch' over online banking]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:46:16 GMT 455eab27-ca8e-4cf6-8bf9-408693d99f1b <![CDATA[Growth expected in north despite funds gap]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:16:34 GMT 02bb0974-c6fb-40d0-a4d3-aaeb6e1d9087 <![CDATA[Government urged to help with SME growth]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:39:09 GMT 27b6d74e-50ff-44a4-9d2b-e3c94b2c1137 <![CDATA[Online e-tailing: insights from SagePay’s 2011 e-business benchmark report]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:35:13 GMT 28a32ea5-a63c-48c9-8e9e-6f119d29998b <![CDATA[Business confidence increases in August]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:51:25 GMT c416720c-9149-4cea-b483-1ead40218c07 <![CDATA[Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) is ‘failing’]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:29:33 GMT e64f91e3-c4fb-4e30-ae19-7b3601f7e87e <![CDATA[Lack of business knowledge in SME construction]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:12:04 GMT 8ece57f9-4730-4b1d-96a1-d3938cfe2b00 <![CDATA[SMEs being overcharged by ‘greedy’ suppliers]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:23:00 GMT 10ebcc16-22a7-44e1-9544-8ea149f78ea4 <![CDATA[Home workers struggling with work/life balance]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:01:56 GMT 899ae20a-6a60-431f-8b2f-ab792ca4874b <![CDATA[SMEs unsure where to find financial advice]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:48:52 GMT 738126d3-cf56-4373-80fc-5c52277dbb05 <![CDATA[Acas releases employer’s guide to social media]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:37:16 GMT 920f2e85-da59-4129-a931-f59d9e69a282 <![CDATA[SMEs missing out on innovation funding]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:14:19 GMT 5b21b646-3970-4619-90b4-b01ac320f099 <![CDATA[Commercial properties may require energy efficiency overhauls by 2018]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:51:08 GMT 7e159234-0646-4a19-bcd4-8da974468f7a <![CDATA[North East small businesses to receive funding advice]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:43:52 GMT 39721a39-8efe-4df4-a2bc-d0ca9c90ff02 <![CDATA[SMEs may be missing out on valuable tax benefits]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:02:18 GMT 8a1a7bfc-7d88-408e-8085-a49a6bd57ac1 <![CDATA[George Osborne revises the UK’s economic short term hopes]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:38:48 GMT 8ffff0c9-3558-41fe-be60-e149ad1e7acf <![CDATA[FSB chairman urges Prime Minister to follow through banking reform pledges]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:52:48 GMT 37544708-21fd-4127-9e0c-75e354fa5688 <![CDATA[Employers failing to protect pension investments]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:01:46 GMT 40242527-425b-4f00-902c-8a674525b9ad <![CDATA[Online SME retailers experience slowdown in sales]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:24:16 GMT 6f2eb454-f2e9-46db-810d-69ffa9d8bdf6 <![CDATA[Government to slash red tape on apprenticeships]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:48:12 GMT b5a73ab3-3539-47bc-b145-6f8dc89e0ca1 <![CDATA[Ireland: Credit Review Office (CRO) criticised]]> Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:00:08 GMT f9de230c-b317-4c17-b6c5-8dd5e859fd34 <![CDATA[Increased collaboration between businesses and academics]]> Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:42:40 GMT 8ec58c52-5510-4e64-a5a7-341e3685b44e <![CDATA[Competition hots up for Discovering Start-Ups 2011]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:38:38 GMT 373e014c-1f47-4caf-99b2-15c079410c4c <![CDATA[Volumes contract in UK services sector]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:34:14 GMT 5a9a2bae-b795-42d0-8003-50a2cfd27272 <![CDATA[Potential Norfolk ‘growth fund’ for SMEs proposed]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:21:03 GMT 8e354d38-afb7-49c3-886f-bef575ee8b6e <![CDATA[Lifestyle businesses to flourish by 2020]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:57:54 GMT ae39bf40-731d-4e33-bac4-2d7fb01f6f06 <![CDATA[Lack of available credit and consumer caution pose biggest risks to businesses]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:10:34 GMT 01ab1ad6-5860-4602-8500-419d5c7465f4 <![CDATA[Wales: confusion over 5p levy on plastic bags]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:19:05 GMT 39c7b4aa-d922-4c5f-a399-5eb9fcc27e65 <![CDATA[SMEs spending £6bn a year in compliance costs]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:28:13 GMT 3d08ce3b-50c8-4003-a7c7-a34a96fe0f1a <![CDATA[Workers would sacrifice pay for three-day weekend]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:52:48 GMT 5bc78760-d4f9-42a2-b54c-085baac30d91 <![CDATA[inspiresme.co.uk to cover ‘Do Your Own PR’ event at Clerkenwell Workshops]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:38:05 GMT 42833ffe-16a4-4377-b89b-4c7f8149c893 <![CDATA[Skills shortage top concern for UK tech SMEs]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:48:01 GMT 9307c4ac-296b-406e-be68-6116f2726645 <![CDATA[Cable accuses banks of slowing reform]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:30:58 GMT 8b30a3e8-096f-4d31-9203-bad480435495 <![CDATA[Ireland: banks ‘unlikely’ to meet SME targets]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:59:11 GMT 899d4fb1-78c6-4c52-92d5-3190189fda8e <![CDATA[Over half of UK workforce unaware of 2012 pension reforms]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:01:54 GMT a2bd35da-6279-4b53-bcae-b44c8e889cc0 <![CDATA[Unemployment among women increases following cuts]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:39:44 GMT 98fc4d05-e8f9-47a3-af67-7d6d709998af <![CDATA[Nine out of 10 Buckinghamshire SMEs reject HS2]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:24:48 GMT 7b07d711-66ea-4092-aee8-dabafb84c085 <![CDATA[Accountancy firm questions HMRC’s SME crackdown]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:17:42 GMT f50980e4-7bb1-47e1-b579-4f445c3f632e <![CDATA[NI: SMEs angry at energy price hike]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:52:58 GMT a25b3118-0d5e-497a-880d-2c740f57bd3c <![CDATA[Small firms believe social media ‘unnecessary’]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:59:50 GMT a76f05d6-7114-4426-bd74-05713273685d <![CDATA[Small firms in Bradford benefit from rate relief]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:42:21 GMT 442f0250-7182-42e9-9e05-62ea79be1691 <![CDATA[Call for SME financial reporting to be reduced]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:24:58 GMT 0690ac16-0288-41e7-a0a8-33869cf74709 <![CDATA[eBay million-pound businesses to rise by a quarter]]> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:18:16 GMT 40898e08-6380-4a1a-91bf-d5814bd8d0c8 <![CDATA[HMRC’s online tax systems not ‘fit for purpose’]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:02:13 GMT a704ab70-36cf-4917-baf8-f5b1d00edb9a <![CDATA[Graduate pay average decreases]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:52:13 GMT 4ae709c7-e51e-40b8-a641-4d6b94fd7b03 <![CDATA[Greater numbers of SMEs adopt ‘open plan working’]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:51:38 GMT 800392e0-b9f2-443c-ab02-0361e36e1296 <![CDATA[Small firms must bolster virtual server security]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:18:25 GMT 2f461e1d-ab1c-4536-8d32-5992af6abb2d <![CDATA[TV advertising is still most effective]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:13:05 GMT 7b8bef31-9b67-4a94-9712-cc5014c60ca4 <![CDATA[Apprenticeships must be better marketed]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:50:27 GMT eb6fd2c3-cacd-4eac-83ae-55dd13e3446f <![CDATA[Third fund set up for riot-hit businesses]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:47:29 GMT 36b55c15-5d9d-4e26-ac64-2844f9c952d4 <![CDATA[Cheque uncertainty must be reduced]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:47:27 GMT 47314ae7-e7db-4e44-8b52-81e95d2eac06 <![CDATA[Health and safety ‘being used as excuse’]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:36:23 GMT 347fe60d-011b-4660-87ca-da293476a000 <![CDATA[UK customers most likely to complain]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:28:00 GMT 7217fa50-faba-4218-a94a-b5f468f87ee1 <![CDATA[Fasthosts warns SMEs about sending ‘spam’]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:22:49 GMT 713d7d14-d626-4e5b-9f54-9927e3f0c208 <![CDATA[Scottish SMEs face ‘abyss’ over tramwork disruption]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:26:06 GMT 355bf44c-dff4-439a-a424-76c91a9d12ae <![CDATA[James Caan offers web tips to SMEs]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:06:39 GMT 2c0ddba5-902b-4b6e-bc41-7c8b83a2edec <![CDATA[London offers competitive marketplace for small firms]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:56:37 GMT 303eacd6-7129-4687-81ab-7790d8dd4991 <![CDATA[Half a million companies created since general election]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:50:41 GMT 0a81aeb5-bc23-488f-9ca1-843e9414fd31 <![CDATA[Businesses paying too much for essentials]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:22:10 GMT a3ddad10-c36c-4f84-b15b-4d3da547f335 <![CDATA[Wales ‘back in recession’]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:44:21 GMT 156f020e-9574-4c9f-8190-b97577c6d6f5 <![CDATA[UK academic promotes optimism and chance theory]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:13:53 GMT 42813112-8e0b-4d4c-adcc-05e2a974e058 <![CDATA[Training levies could hinder employee investment]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:02:19 GMT d3943cb9-c4b5-402b-94c3-2a1c51b650b1 <![CDATA[Almost 80 percent of Irish firms have frozen pay]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:42:29 GMT 963ab8b1-41b7-485b-9ee8-0e91691e383b <![CDATA[Steady growth expected over coming decade]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:16:23 GMT 581730b5-b3ec-4b6f-809c-10ea67dd151c <![CDATA[One in three would report underperforming workmates]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:49:38 GMT b55b3638-1a07-4c5f-a7df-3f3092720d92 <![CDATA[Eleven percent of shops vacant]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:43:24 GMT 1742374b-c339-46ea-9108-456a49c3f506 <![CDATA[ inspiresme.co.uk to cover 'Beyond Networking' event]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:14:25 GMT 971ef8f4-fe5b-45c9-9ddd-52e0f36d69a1 <![CDATA[Small businesses not capitalising on social media]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:59:51 GMT a3aaa6d1-2a79-4e88-b9e2-9b7ee45c3378 <![CDATA[Chinese internship programme to benefit UK SMEs]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:32:04 GMT 21f082c4-d07b-48fa-9447-b14847b52db1 <![CDATA[FSB wants internship expansion in capital]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:07:15 GMT 6a7928a3-6b4e-4293-8a10-44bbc5753019 <![CDATA[Employers: female employees won’t return after maternity leave ]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:59:58 GMT 3c1fbc6b-f5fc-4943-ad18-e30fa2413464 <![CDATA[Consumers buying less than this time last year]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:50:02 GMT 8df1b531-2b7c-4daa-958d-41ef091285de <![CDATA[UK unemployment total is rising]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:59:05 GMT bd4e7794-c29c-418a-975d-5fd7e9666f28 <![CDATA[SME owners choose to take ‘workcations’]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:49:58 GMT 446f2eaf-2c84-466f-99b2-a9267febd261 <![CDATA[Welsh businesses get cash injection to raise IT skills]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:34:15 GMT 979358bf-254e-4dfa-bbe9-b2ad2a3d77d0 <![CDATA[London business fund receives £20 million boost after riots]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:21:38 GMT d0414899-d9dd-4557-befe-86ebcde1f2b2 <![CDATA[Lack of trust undermining morale]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:08:43 GMT 22a429b4-8613-4b04-a79a-4cacd0d7b77b <![CDATA[Further enterprise zones announced]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:32:17 GMT 55eaa383-6fe2-446f-b6dd-360d74f7736e <![CDATA[SMEs struggling to find skilled school-leavers]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:21:41 GMT 754f9280-2b2a-4fc6-8725-4b0c867982bd <![CDATA[Social media fatigue increasing]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:14:20 GMT 0ac2d172-da07-4fd2-b5da-de105bed4a4c <![CDATA[Unemployment figures expected to fall]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:04:05 GMT 96664e56-854e-4865-a0c2-8589120aa9ea <![CDATA[RBS to assist riot-stricken SMEs]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:25:48 GMT 172bc00c-9eea-47df-96da-e8a869d5ba72 <![CDATA[46,000 jobs could be created, says FSB]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:15:54 GMT d4e879ab-d6d8-4c5a-a2fd-0ed4409e8cb5 <![CDATA[BCC aims to help business growth]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:38:35 GMT 8aeb96e2-8641-4cd7-a7ab-a9bbf48f06fa <![CDATA[New technology ‘too complex’ for SMEs]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:31:37 GMT dd110e36-108f-4c57-9494-b9711823616d <![CDATA[Richmond firms benefit from green grants]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:24:23 GMT a21abd68-f9a6-403f-b5ff-7de4a0ee7b5d <![CDATA[SMEs advised to seek legal advice for contracts]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:19:54 GMT bd7dedb0-363d-4e14-8815-6673c31ca494 <![CDATA[Employers plan redundancy drives across UK]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:17:38 GMT 70304ab7-5a77-467b-9e9e-4e9510f4c5ff <![CDATA[Small firms chase late payments faster]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:58:22 GMT 1c184913-efca-49a6-9080-dd110a032ec2 <![CDATA[Urban unrest makes case for flexible working, says CIPD]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:29:54 GMT 56924c70-5795-404b-a5d6-eb2b3ed01b21 <![CDATA[Business confidence falling throughout UK]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:15:48 GMT 1226f1a8-d343-4251-a783-6ad74c6756d8 <![CDATA[E-learning offers benefits to small firms]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:06:43 GMT fd3b1e8a-e89a-47a8-917b-7bc46b5ac606 <![CDATA[Two-week compulsory holidays could prevent fraud]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:20:02 GMT 27f7c3f0-5dc5-477a-a06c-43e834186d13 <![CDATA[Bank of England governor admits SMEs are ‘suffering’]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:17:23 GMT b526c0b9-78d6-4d93-8867-901284098888 <![CDATA[Stay in contact with customers during riots, urges expert]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:04:22 GMT 0ce6fbb3-7d07-4866-b400-80a1ba18ba19 <![CDATA[Record numbers of consumers ‘have no spare cash’]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:07:44 GMT 92e0a06b-2d8e-4964-8deb-e1f55c3abfb8 <![CDATA[Minimum wage increases hurting local retailers]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:56:57 GMT 5e14cc35-1c25-45c5-8e9c-d7209a9de2ce <![CDATA[Cloud computing could lead to lower staff absence]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:49:37 GMT deef434c-c731-46f2-b69e-621e1749c681 <![CDATA[SMEs in Yorkshire feel financial pain]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:42:41 GMT 84c0f85c-61a5-4478-8219-9f4d245155a9 <![CDATA[SMEs turn to the north for investment]]> Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:24:15 GMT 9918b9be-d36e-45f4-af1a-83ee573ba1ad <![CDATA[Ignorance no defence regarding SME staff driving at work]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:42:06 GMT 648be2bb-bc63-4825-807b-f098e5628c65 <![CDATA[Cost of riots counted; social media to blame?]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:34:44 GMT aee1cec5-804a-4be9-9c61-12cf324a9be4 <![CDATA[SMEs see benefit of going green but fear tax and red tape]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:04:37 GMT 463be0f0-1fa6-40cb-8280-04ec20c6d7d7 <![CDATA[SMEs missing best energy deals]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:47:19 GMT 63fbf6cb-e287-4e4f-9869-4b0fe9f56299 <![CDATA[Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year awards open for nominations]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:36:30 GMT 8fbc5a66-4f46-4887-a891-8a9378936bc6 <![CDATA[Welsh stock exchange could bolster economy]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:28:46 GMT fb848b12-64e6-4a10-a8d7-3a8e6b4e40ee <![CDATA[SMEs not making effective use of social media]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:16:29 GMT 0b9b368a-f20e-4ab7-9c0e-227651875946 <![CDATA[London riots destroy homes and businesses]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:07:02 GMT a4ca95d4-5139-4ac9-9160-00fba445654d <![CDATA[SMEs spend nearly £7bn on cloud]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:03:53 GMT 55f6f16f-5fe7-4ce7-83f0-8db79ebd149b <![CDATA[Flexible working benefits all parties, says CIPD]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:56:46 GMT 9de73f2e-8560-4600-8821-77641c99e3cb <![CDATA[Decline in Northern Irish business activity]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:43:40 GMT 0c9258e6-e132-447d-a641-261bc0f9371f <![CDATA[Quarter of UK SMEs lack useful contacts]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:38:52 GMT 52222797-1641-45c3-861a-b17af7b497c0 <![CDATA[Government’s green drive ‘insufficient’]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:37:08 GMT ead447ab-4cae-4e23-845b-e23db3822e2c <![CDATA[Number of insolvencies stabilising]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:29:31 GMT 51b48010-2b4a-42c9-a445-a49f38871dd1 <![CDATA[SME manufacturers fearful of slowdown]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:05:43 GMT 20a937d0-0f86-4059-b2bb-ab34ac54b985 <![CDATA[Data security a priority for online retailers]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:20:01 GMT 8e94c3ab-39de-4ce0-88b1-f8fef5eb03c4 <![CDATA[Small businesses unprepared for scrapping of DRA]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:04:21 GMT 7deb193a-c35f-4c2d-b8eb-8b2db682edfb <![CDATA[2012 increasing commercial property demand]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:44:08 GMT da8166dd-fb9e-45c4-8936-6e5e24b4bc18 <![CDATA[Welsh businesses unsure about property expansion]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:37:57 GMT 7ffa2184-05c5-4236-adcd-8d130b66c0be <![CDATA[Social enterprise ‘outstripping mainstream enterprise’]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:34:55 GMT 52cae85a-0901-4137-9697-7ecb50310391 <![CDATA[£10 million boost for London SMEs]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:06:36 GMT a420d667-a98f-4b69-b3e3-681d29e90923 <![CDATA[UK copyright law to change]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:42:27 GMT 4213ff85-a448-4b1f-bbab-4170e6baa939 <![CDATA[SMEs increasingly ambivalent towards cloud]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:17:40 GMT 22efc1f6-1fe5-472f-b628-7d09c8bc858a <![CDATA[Workplace gender divide narrowing?]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:50:48 GMT 30008ae3-901a-402d-b815-93c9b5aef835 <![CDATA[Retail prices cut as shop price inflation eases ]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:39:58 GMT 49de67f1-cd9b-4fdc-bf7f-9855ae79743a <![CDATA[SMEs losing millions by leaving computers running overnight]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:59:07 GMT 0a80fbee-90de-4e1f-8b36-fc45d87010cb <![CDATA[SMEs: biggest issue is downturn in demand]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:54:29 GMT c0189b28-d011-472f-8397-61a642c3d83c <![CDATA[Local Enterprise Partnerships receive £5 million boost]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:44:26 GMT d1ba7f2e-46f8-454a-aeee-b375c86a948b <![CDATA[Employers critical of fit note system]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:40:14 GMT 4ab50a48-d37f-487a-8361-73a8538e31fa <![CDATA[Green tax burden ‘reaches tipping point’]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:36:38 GMT 70de6648-eb3b-4bb2-b84c-d3511cf88fe2 <![CDATA[HSBC unveils Project Merlin commitments]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:40:58 GMT a4df26ea-72d2-4559-86d7-2906637e619c <![CDATA[Cameron’s advisor wants to scrap maternity leave]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:24:48 GMT 229d614d-90b1-4ae3-bfc5-eb52a6c41d2b <![CDATA[UK companies ‘must work on cost management’]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:19:28 GMT cae16dc9-e3dd-4d0c-842a-d1e2b3514907 <![CDATA[Access to finance still a major concern for SMEs]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:16:01 GMT 7ff561b3-81b1-47be-a24e-01cd4c31d149 <![CDATA[Time to Pay scheme creating ‘zombie businesses’?]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:05:51 GMT fabb4cf6-c617-4edc-9ba1-cca022a2a19f <![CDATA[Vimeo expands with small business service]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:48:37 GMT 8b3f6a62-eee0-49af-8c9d-b4c720b47dc5 <![CDATA[Small businesses now able to raise £4.4m without prospectus]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:07:27 GMT c61b92a0-7518-4039-89cb-1cb9d39c3263 <![CDATA[Debt solutions company warns SMEs about personal loans]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:59:30 GMT f6151b9f-3891-454b-8907-13b01a33476a <![CDATA[Employers ‘must check communications policies’]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:36:25 GMT b63be762-459b-4bd5-8420-0e5fe126c89f <![CDATA[New research dispels Generation Y myths]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:33:07 GMT 0c6e000f-6b55-46a4-9e84-2285f41bdcee <![CDATA[Interpersonal skills more important than knowledge]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:26:47 GMT 17484c6b-810b-4ebf-b2ec-bb4bdb14ac7a <![CDATA[UK ahead of Europe in m-commerce growth ]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:06:23 GMT fbb754e0-3656-4519-9c8c-6d2d354416f9 <![CDATA[OTS proposes simplified tax system]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:54:50 GMT ed585861-2cef-43e6-934a-2d6e6fb392af <![CDATA[Facebook targets SMEs as Google+ increases market share]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:26:21 GMT 40e161a9-6bac-449d-88d3-ef663c8bbdfb <![CDATA[Bristol enterprise zone cause for concern in Wales]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:13:45 GMT 46556c6f-747d-4514-8fd2-81fa1876b44f <![CDATA[Teachers unprepared for Cameron's entrepreneurial vision]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:23:59 GMT d0918d45-971e-4046-bcc7-0749b21b3bf8 <![CDATA[Retail employment falls across the UK]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:32:02 GMT 0f418f94-8aaa-40fa-a0b2-5342b705cf22 <![CDATA[SMEs unprepared for changes to PAYE]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:14:01 GMT 69b1b24b-3609-422d-88fd-f62cb64554ee <![CDATA[Three quarters of businesses not conducting reviews]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:54:26 GMT 53308182-8275-41b7-bdde-20477ad15d9d <![CDATA[Small companies losing out on currency deals]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:25:37 GMT 18881a53-f181-4917-8fdb-ec4e5e4373f2 <![CDATA[Google streamlines AdWords for SMEs]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:46:21 GMT ab98e06e-f7d9-4983-9abd-176ed2afaec2 <![CDATA[SMEs say tax breaks are too complicated]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:02:00 GMT 4b376dee-e322-4fb3-bfd5-df0e6a7a39ce <![CDATA[New start-ups created to avoid top income tax?]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:29:04 GMT 1a658239-29cd-4a92-9f34-aa0565dcf3e5 <![CDATA[North/south divide becoming apparent in property market]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:15:22 GMT 2872937c-f61a-4a19-813f-107d40162dad <![CDATA[Businesses appoint social media managers]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:11:49 GMT 9e78e65b-671c-46c1-9d39-388d4f152f94 <![CDATA[Pay most likely to cause employees to change jobs]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:59:07 GMT 65a6d92c-33ea-454d-b53a-a72b4aaabfa8 <![CDATA[Report urges Welsh businesses to invest to grow]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:53:51 GMT 118be9a7-3076-4fce-9467-394f0c223d51 <![CDATA[Employees want workplace ban on social media]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:35:35 GMT d0c08817-afae-45da-b457-0595b6c73d3b <![CDATA[Over half of small companies 'fear for survival']]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:25:04 GMT c3b462a1-fc77-49bb-83d0-91b8d1694bf1 <![CDATA[FSB says small businesses need competitive marketplace]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:14:47 GMT e6815ca3-2eb0-41d5-9128-cdf5d8a00f40 <![CDATA[Small businesses spending more time on regulation than in 2009]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:48:58 GMT 2f13f9d0-b056-4b94-931a-51a9c9814599 <![CDATA[Accountants ‘most valuable business advisers’ to SMEs]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:22:01 GMT 4c37c935-a94f-461b-91e1-d37b2a2e0f05 <![CDATA[High-quality premises attract better employees]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:08:12 GMT aade33f2-33fa-435d-b6c1-4ab4828e3cb9 <![CDATA[Lending to SMEs falls again]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:56:39 GMT 607a404d-8088-4e3e-b121-7519513cd236 <![CDATA[UK economic growth slows]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:44:13 GMT 776625ed-d8ad-423e-976a-0a987727cebb <![CDATA[‘Horrible Boss Syndrome’ leading to resignations]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:23:27 GMT bdd6b8b8-9b0b-45ac-a869-9d17e1a172c1 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs avoiding taking holidays]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:09:27 GMT 910990ba-f41c-4c62-92d4-274338174536 <![CDATA[Pressure increases to place women in senior roles]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:57:18 GMT 11b88bc7-3e76-4fa7-b3c5-ba56d2f8afa3 <![CDATA[North-East and Yorkshire SMEs are seeing ‘patchy’ growth]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:08:27 GMT 34658233-f92e-4993-b172-5a18476d8146 <![CDATA[Small businesses ‘lose out’ over arbitration rules]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:02:01 GMT 760253be-421d-47f8-86bb-45562e5962b0 <![CDATA[FSB says late payments are still affecting small businesses]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:56:34 GMT 499907c5-004d-4b6e-9be0-52b6215154c2 <![CDATA[Does British education support entrepreneurship?]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:51:40 GMT 1088f595-f6e6-497d-9baa-43d38e13eb87 <![CDATA[West Country SMEs to benefit from £1m investment fund]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:47:18 GMT e4db29a9-eb57-4ac6-ace3-186f0d9202d6 <![CDATA[Small shops exempt from Welsh plastic bag levy]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:39:31 GMT 0e0f7b8a-8e44-4ab9-8960-3e2820a33518 <![CDATA[SMEs expect to increase recruitment]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:33:28 GMT 1a906594-449a-43fd-bbd7-4617d1b6e09d <![CDATA[SMEs to see rise in credit costs]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:25:26 GMT 94362f4b-8cb0-400a-9b8f-c14c93224ae0 <![CDATA[Scottish economy behind rest of UK as insolvencies rise]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:07:50 GMT 64c3dd6f-cd70-4ab1-9ce8-1f50ad4d7190 <![CDATA[SMEs need Government help, says ex-CBI boss]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:44:13 GMT bd775677-1b9b-4c99-ad70-a8589df89d2c <![CDATA[ACCA calls for clarification over international framework on bank capital]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:31:13 GMT 17fe8c97-e1f3-4810-b38e-73e6947c65a8 <![CDATA[New code of practice 'to provide high-quality internships']]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:19:48 GMT 63d24bb7-5ced-4c11-b2ad-eb5651f69f10 <![CDATA[New microloan fund helps support SMEs in north-east]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:19:42 GMT 12dc0423-f59d-4afc-a2e0-bb1ac3f92809 <![CDATA[Carphone Warehouse launches new SME business drive]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:02:08 GMT 4ea08c75-85ae-4d4e-afe9-09ce921b8e84 <![CDATA[Pension auto-enrolment to cost £2.1 billion]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:58:13 GMT 9da0785e-10ea-4916-b456-39ee36b58dea <![CDATA[Consumers disappointed with mobile web]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:38:30 GMT 231ea9df-a052-4015-a4fa-6da2283c5a8a <![CDATA[Mobile payments ‘to see mass-market acceptance’]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:23:46 GMT 2c17e4db-047c-4f3e-89b7-5619489353e0 <![CDATA[Family businesses have happier staff]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:07:50 GMT 0babb750-ee89-4b32-970c-b60980801cc0 <![CDATA[Government announces new support for cities]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:50:11 GMT 55eff757-36e7-4e5a-8a39-4290f76dff85 <![CDATA[Over half of SMEs have no website]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:30:55 GMT 76c739f4-49f8-4567-a0a3-14fc64926177 <![CDATA[Government to name and shame late-paying contractors]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:22:13 GMT 8a213c9b-c7ff-4969-905f-e0c92ba00c81 <![CDATA[Flexible working important during sluggish economic climate]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:09:19 GMT 7c78049d-da2a-4bfb-876b-799cf13cd1ab <![CDATA[Shell Springboard competition opens for seventh year]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:23:35 GMT 1bae9bc0-11c0-4cd4-9dac-a0ad61c77af7 <![CDATA[National skills project to boost UK economic growth]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:37:21 GMT 5268cd77-437c-4fab-8b3d-91ac59816bee <![CDATA[Government allows local councils to keep business rates]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:36:30 GMT acabd316-c787-4ca6-b738-465d37662476 <![CDATA[Recruitment stable and set to pick up, says survey]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:06:27 GMT 86543db1-8643-48ed-aa5a-37837047aec1 <![CDATA[Consumerisation increases productivity but limits employer awareness]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:54:12 GMT 67982809-a4e0-4fbd-95c3-6967694c5b78 <![CDATA[Welsh SMEs request VAT cut]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:35:17 GMT 883b2f0c-8fb2-43c5-aa53-76e00f296158 <![CDATA[Wireless tech start-ups get chance to wow investors]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:30:50 GMT f126b037-17ab-4075-9d80-2d4e984cf5fb <![CDATA[Long-term absence leading to low employee morale]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:26:52 GMT e641df75-234e-4aa8-a627-c2ff16d6cdae <![CDATA[‘Glass ceiling’ increases risk of corporate failure]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:13:12 GMT 8c8ab152-4fe5-4d11-97b2-41460815d69e <![CDATA[One in three workers admit to ‘skiving’]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:43:36 GMT 34d401d3-8a56-4b37-8d6b-3c7d7dd4745a <![CDATA[M-commerce drives digital retail]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:37:01 GMT dd19fa99-1fa3-4c51-ace7-a3f004242758 <![CDATA[London commercial property demand increases]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:25:08 GMT 428cd69f-35e2-4072-9e7b-eee7176674a8 <![CDATA[Construction job losses on the horizon, warns FMB]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:19:19 GMT 34d3f4c5-182f-42e9-b87c-06abec466a89 <![CDATA[TfL will offer support to SMEs in advance of 2012]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:39:18 GMT 1c8a8926-1a28-456e-9471-6e4c17648a51 <![CDATA[Remote working soars at SMEs]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:28:07 GMT 65cb158d-5227-4edd-9c10-6f0f94cfc813 <![CDATA[SMEs warned over taxman’s changing stance]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:18:04 GMT 851940ed-230c-4f41-896a-02eb026a3f64 <![CDATA[Scotland’s small businesses more likely to fail than larger firms]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:08:40 GMT ef273dd1-15c9-4a9f-aca2-c14f1ec46344 <![CDATA[UK traders troubled by Eurozone]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:20:17 GMT 092fda09-cc03-4dc4-9712-e3898f22d43f <![CDATA[Marketing budgets cut for third quarter running]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:12:05 GMT 1259efbd-d16e-43d6-a796-f098ab23a5cc <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs gather for Queen's Award for Enterprise]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:05:31 GMT 50e616c8-1169-4ac6-87bf-bab0398c92ef <![CDATA[Microsoft expands Zune Podcast Marketplace for SMEs]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:35:57 GMT 2f52f870-2c3a-4d4e-9b1a-eca36ba910a8 <![CDATA[SME planning applications should be fast-tracked, says FSB]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:19:23 GMT 309a17c3-4754-460f-b563-42a601d8240b <![CDATA[Greenpeace urges sportswear giants to clean up supply chain]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:00:14 GMT 71c8ab0f-8b44-41c9-8559-4f3c929f0731 <![CDATA[Gender divide still prevalent in the workplace]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:53:20 GMT 37e25fce-8851-49e8-bb91-32a67e3bc1f2 <![CDATA[UK commercial property affected by administrations]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:44:34 GMT 1803ac13-485a-4094-870c-8a2a4014b5a0 <![CDATA[Poor spelling 'costs SMEs millions']]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:26:53 GMT ef7c6136-dcea-46a3-8d3c-78f6a24e7563 <![CDATA[UK companies 'down-banding' before redundancy]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:07:51 GMT 014748d0-81e9-4b4b-9311-eaf3bbd47c0d <![CDATA[North Yorkshire councils make commitment to small businesses]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:03:30 GMT 24baa97a-2310-4d50-953e-2dae333e181f <![CDATA[European SMEs raise commitment to emerging markets]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:21:26 GMT 42b3e9f3-0532-4d53-8b22-de301c12ad56 <![CDATA[Small companies struggling to create jobs]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:13:13 GMT 5311fb2e-0824-4d40-b9ea-5160f5f199ec <![CDATA[EEF and UKTI partner to promote exports]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:11:24 GMT 54b1ad8e-3695-418b-a5bb-e1dab1634ac5 <![CDATA[High rates threaten Ireland’s small businesses]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:04:41 GMT 16796072-c586-4bc8-aa4b-216a12baa29e <![CDATA[Yell Group's second partnership in as many days]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:55:19 GMT 7d973ce4-86b6-4020-ab04-8321172cb705 <![CDATA[UK SMEs fear closure as business investment drops]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:29:57 GMT d628d523-3066-4be2-807e-fefcf20693a1 <![CDATA[Local authorities ‘should keep business rates’]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:13:40 GMT ed200883-0d95-4622-b94d-511ef308dcc8 <![CDATA[Could later opening times save High Streets?]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:01:45 GMT 65277437-f804-45a4-82c1-445ae8b2f4b9 <![CDATA[Cheques to remain in circulation]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:12:11 GMT 06467261-fa12-4f6f-ac48-e20ed3a14385 <![CDATA[New findings reveal complex relationship between SMEs and banks]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:17:31 GMT f835c66c-ee97-489e-a29d-2febdadc2767 <![CDATA[Companies overpaying into defined benefit pension schemes]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:54:34 GMT 21b9b7da-f770-4e15-a263-30c4fbdcaf6c <![CDATA[UK fraud exceeds £1 billion]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:52:06 GMT 3f56c544-42bb-4639-84c1-26f06a8d56ae <![CDATA[UK economy still a concern]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:42:26 GMT 5c5f07d5-66c8-41ab-baf5-e039b3cac0df <![CDATA[London and Leeds leading commercial property market]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:32:42 GMT 58af605b-f8c7-44d6-b157-ed487f8d14ae <![CDATA[Intellectual property worth £65bn a year to Britain]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:31:55 GMT 47913f6c-6f43-4c41-8e84-d24433292b08 <![CDATA[Olympic UK must get better at customer service, says report]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:55:33 GMT 3b511fd7-64b6-45a2-87ac-7d5494155a5d <![CDATA[Welsh High Streets ‘doing best in UK’]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:34:05 GMT 093d8021-6d74-4a8c-bd95-c063d60e1926 <![CDATA[UK employees disengaged from work]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:23:31 GMT 5dcd1d6c-dc15-455d-9e46-e10d6d5a7345 <![CDATA[SMEs forced to raid savings]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:11:27 GMT febd4e7e-b224-406c-a824-f7d252adb953 <![CDATA[EU commission to debate SME definition]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:54:59 GMT ba759906-7598-4680-b4b2-7ec2612f3c70 <![CDATA[Over-regulation 'holding back business growth', says recruitment boss]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:46:51 GMT 9b14e8e3-e04f-4401-86a0-a5762bc4d976 <![CDATA[Banks to be held to account over North-East promises]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:23:09 GMT fcce75bc-3087-4f19-ac72-27be55ed0270 <![CDATA[Funds drought stalls small firms’ recovery ]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:13:19 GMT 556c090c-4e60-4a9d-b70e-2352878c945d <![CDATA[New cyber-crime agency 'will aid SMEs']]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:37:33 GMT dccb0cf8-652b-4eea-93c3-86ec9eb234d9 <![CDATA[Treasury pushes angel investments in start-ups]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:44:12 GMT eec1f059-8315-4207-838c-58b0a7785c16 <![CDATA[Financial sector’s poor support for SMEs hurting economy]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:22:37 GMT f9daa8a7-06a1-46c5-b5fd-11ecba90f2b3 <![CDATA[Average public-private sector pay gap widens]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:21:03 GMT c965b4c5-9815-4a2a-a27c-c04e8e563efd <![CDATA[British firms unite to sell cloud to SMEs]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:12:56 GMT 69bf0925-a469-4668-b5ab-b45720a8faf8 <![CDATA[HMRC targets small businesses over VAT]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:00:46 GMT 7703e81d-ff85-4e21-b3cb-5891cae464cb <![CDATA[Politicians gearing up for SME work experience]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:47:14 GMT dd08cbaa-4997-4f9a-876b-d800613d33ae <![CDATA[Government urged to help sole traders]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:28:09 GMT 2e16e7ea-bb30-4b15-a9d9-ad5398ee32ca <![CDATA[Foreign banks could improve UK lending conditions]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:14:12 GMT 63841db8-de4f-46fe-a793-64b4b655d419 <![CDATA[Leadership failure undermining employee happiness]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:44:49 GMT 34fa6ef1-3069-49e6-9432-c99977ddedf0 <![CDATA[Small companies failing to utilise mobile technology]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:31:38 GMT 6fc067a7-a4c7-40a5-a080-a64772893258 <![CDATA[UK SMEs urge Government to back business]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:22:59 GMT 47858da1-9a81-4ff7-ba32-b200dced5ec0 <![CDATA[Late payments still an issue for small businesses]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:07:42 GMT 98c28c52-4b23-42de-a93e-76e974490309 <![CDATA[Job losses cost UK employers £13bn over three years]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:25:46 GMT 486b0698-f856-4dbd-98c2-d50b6206082b <![CDATA[Age discrimination claims rise 79 percent]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:34:58 GMT 600096c2-e02d-4163-b343-92ccbb143956 <![CDATA[Banks to launch mentoring scheme for SMEs]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:56:43 GMT 9113a9ba-e6ee-4fbd-b1d8-7beb42abcece <![CDATA[Employees admit financial worries but fail to plan effectively]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:11:30 GMT 141aae11-ced7-472d-8956-4399575be693 <![CDATA[Eurozone manufacturing growth hits 18-month low]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:28:37 GMT 78dca3ea-5e27-4b86-805c-14f90772c8b8 <![CDATA[Small business credit costs to rise further]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:12:38 GMT 83e84ccf-7962-44ef-b850-4cefee2a4811 <![CDATA[Bribery Act is now in force]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:07:35 GMT 85bf37c4-4d63-453a-b679-210f15c01572 <![CDATA[Firms ‘should hire UK workers’]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:55:23 GMT d677224d-51b3-45d6-854c-0eb03301d041 <![CDATA[New guide launches to help employers improve work experience]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:53:09 GMT 679bb2db-ff68-4773-8900-03b85a003dad <![CDATA[Small business investment platform revealed]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:44:10 GMT eba9b565-ba61-4136-96f6-33374298515b <![CDATA[Thousands of public sector workers go ahead with industrial action ]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:02:00 GMT fdffc1ab-e7b7-4186-8350-da6fd40793fb <![CDATA[Workplace absence levels in decline]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:55:17 GMT 8581d2e8-b5d9-40e3-849a-90a7b8864b7d <![CDATA[UK’s small businesses would be hardest hit by Greece default]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:42:56 GMT 60ff05ff-5d66-46c7-9549-7f818b620760 <![CDATA[Lloyds told to improve SME lending by shadow minister]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:28:42 GMT ff71026d-56a9-4ac3-b0f8-93ec4af03ab1 <![CDATA[SME bosses may cut holidays]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:27:11 GMT 65ea58ca-77fe-41d9-9a56-3d056578f928 <![CDATA[Irish rate hike plan will benefit smaller businesses]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:23:02 GMT 9e1747c5-2b57-4933-8a27-553ee5c4c5e4 <![CDATA[Westminster: UK’s most expensive business location]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:22:00 GMT 4af8c921-e3ea-42f6-8d53-1e17089950b0 <![CDATA[SMEs should name and shame late payers]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:11:21 GMT 7051e8b6-14d2-48a9-9108-ad5812d2d307 <![CDATA[Textile company designs route to export success]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:49:45 GMT fb469ddf-8357-40ef-8882-cd51cbc04f97 <![CDATA[UK CEOs demand higher staff productivity]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:31:53 GMT 396e94c9-b502-47de-8ff0-70319a0dfc5c <![CDATA[SMEs seek to diversify through acquisition]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:17:14 GMT c5f8cff4-3109-40c4-a122-61d1c693e181 <![CDATA[Knowledge economy key to sustained prosperity]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:17:01 GMT 4a36589f-c8c2-4157-862a-d8bdfdae1111 <![CDATA[Experian warns of impact of retail insolvencies on SME sector]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:09:46 GMT 85c5877f-6744-48c8-8039-a6f5e44b875f <![CDATA[Increase in UK workplace deaths]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:09:14 GMT 4ce5c801-ef72-46a1-a191-f72ae2745c3f <![CDATA[Vodafone launches new broadband plans for SMEs]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:03:18 GMT f685de92-49ad-49c8-9ca5-d9d3b222bfe0 <![CDATA[Business rates could be localised]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:55:08 GMT f9105a33-143e-4c6e-aa42-fbee686c5fcf <![CDATA[Single EU patent system a step closer to reality]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:41:11 GMT c31186fb-5d1c-4a24-bb52-f37b9402799e <![CDATA[Smaller companies getting highest returns from social media]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:34:11 GMT ee96acd1-a86e-4dc2-b7c2-adf670c9cef1 <![CDATA[SMEs struggling with inflation]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:26:38 GMT 1fd9d6ba-c992-49e3-9265-b60fb81a898e <![CDATA[HMRC increasingly targeting SMEs]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:25:38 GMT 73dbe8c4-3e1c-4d5f-98cf-b0b26af0290d <![CDATA[Recession prompts wave of eBay businesses]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:15:59 GMT 99d22342-b7bf-43eb-ae45-cb73145e7f57 <![CDATA[Graduate jobseekers face record competition]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:04:01 GMT bb04be37-a4e3-47d3-85bf-20147690c84b <![CDATA[More high street stores announce closures]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:02:40 GMT 3f9abf6b-7acb-4ff5-b064-888afeccf627 <![CDATA[Report reinforces importance of SMEs to the EU]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:58:47 GMT 022b8776-52bf-4448-977c-7b4c94cc17ee <![CDATA[Credit card use declines 13 percent]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:13:37 GMT 9bfb99ef-7662-4c2f-977e-83064c4e9dc9 <![CDATA[Interest rates must rise globally, says BSI]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:08:23 GMT 1e617196-f28a-4f30-bfff-c78565f93476 <![CDATA[£50,000 available to social entrepreneurs]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:56:20 GMT d64b394d-d904-4e12-ae44-30f84a8827f2 <![CDATA[Metro Bank will offer broad support to SME market]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:47:09 GMT f13278cc-90fd-4409-acaa-99a6f639bdc4 <![CDATA[Quarter of UK workers would move abroad for better job]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:17:10 GMT e2b6b7bf-f3d1-4f3b-aaa2-a10f58dddfe1 <![CDATA[Quarter of apprentices drop out]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:58:11 GMT fe3c47c2-a35a-48df-9661-420f64b1f2a6 <![CDATA[Firefighters criticise higher pensions contributions]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:57:43 GMT 6fe55690-6610-431f-aae9-addc6f0f77ab <![CDATA[‘Rent day’ causes wave of closures]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:59:12 GMT 09ce8053-85ce-483b-803c-c6d0bb01d63d <![CDATA[Fraud in business on the increase]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:27:45 GMT 74b2711a-7872-48ac-a31f-974db3cd7030 <![CDATA[SMEs will struggle to fund pension auto-enrolment]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:48:13 GMT 319352d9-2e22-4c45-a87d-173ffef90380 <![CDATA[84 percent of companies have suffered a security breach in the past year]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:41:51 GMT 11c6093c-bb8f-42b3-b055-835a7a5224b8 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs driven by redundancy]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:43:11 GMT c5ed8693-ae62-4975-bb63-3410f6cedb34 <![CDATA[Government’s apprenticeship targets exceeded]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:20:21 GMT d99d70e0-5db3-494c-a9b6-47cecbe5d6aa <![CDATA[Late payments causing problems for SMEs]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:10:41 GMT cdd5f72d-1715-4115-a324-95f1cf6632b9 <![CDATA[First candidates to achieve Qualified Franchise Professional status announced]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:04:06 GMT 0546922c-0fc6-498f-bc9d-4bb3f73657f8 <![CDATA[Successful companies provide managers with HR skills, says survey]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:22:11 GMT 5e91d2f3-b332-444b-a239-9a4e3bd7d639 <![CDATA[Ministers to be warned on pensions reform consequences]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:02:15 GMT 5979f676-fb8c-4cb4-9b44-e71f651c235b <![CDATA[New MPC member against interest rate rise]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:03:36 GMT 26a6ea02-b62b-4e0a-98aa-180b56fc5f0a <![CDATA[Job growth in private sector as public sector struggles]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:15:31 GMT 023b4755-55e7-4c7c-83ec-caac78b78181 <![CDATA[Green economy slips down agenda for manufacturers]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:38:37 GMT 4d2e97ac-f549-471d-ad16-2ebb40e169cd <![CDATA[IT decision-makers reluctant to make move to cloud]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:57:41 GMT 061b999f-5a3c-457e-acb4-6f71d8f19a98 <![CDATA[Government urged to merge employment and skills policy]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:18:07 GMT f513c85a-5a40-4dd5-8ed6-cd61f5a04ec6 <![CDATA[Older workers neglected in performance management]]> Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:35:19 GMT 1bbb10d4-672a-4cd2-9e03-204b4c555792 <![CDATA[Asset-based finance users fare best as overall business health falters]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:24:39 GMT 4e0343dc-29b1-41d5-b08a-1532afc21b12 <![CDATA[UK public sector borrowing falls in May]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:08:29 GMT 18b0f2ba-b65a-44ff-82f0-3649d0a2d8b5 <![CDATA[UK manufacturers report solid demand, says CBI]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:38:43 GMT a0c9d07d-0f16-497e-8249-4ded7d087d23 <![CDATA[UK businesses support move to European time]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:45:58 GMT 2af0e961-d6f0-491d-b3e7-b9c809539da7 <![CDATA[UK household finances still being squeezed]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:15:37 GMT 62e5d593-a133-470c-bef9-5e2855fddb81 <![CDATA[Graduates working longer hours to survive in job market]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:26:20 GMT 308a3760-b718-4880-9f2b-7528ce5edda0 <![CDATA[Government stands by women’s pension age reforms]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:58:13 GMT f25b3111-174d-43c4-95d6-22461d8ad881 <![CDATA[Unison prepared to strike if pension talks fail]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:23:55 GMT 5b9d267b-4bfc-45ad-aa6a-e5408c81027f <![CDATA[UK suppliers reject Government proposals on microbusiness filing]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:12:17 GMT ad5e59a3-6479-4adb-bf28-fdbab5289f9d <![CDATA[Cheques safe until ‘at least’ 2016]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:08:54 GMT 9d26a8a6-5eb0-411a-8f26-da0dc3a9fb3e <![CDATA[New web domain suffixes approved]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:33:32 GMT 4909d401-e233-454f-a921-87faca3db0ca <![CDATA[Retirement age proposals to be debated in Commons]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:37:04 GMT 00596e99-0aa0-46bf-babf-0da4a8cda3fc <![CDATA[Vacant premises triggering town declines]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT 9e6a5973-49e2-40c4-9ca5-71ac65563f84 <![CDATA[SMEs ‘ignorant’ about data protection]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:06:13 GMT e033863f-f014-4091-99e7-d5f9ec625c57 <![CDATA[Doctors request more help from employers on mental health]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:57:30 GMT 0791bb31-9c35-4300-aa17-2670626a5a4b <![CDATA[Forces of inertia holding back reform, warns CBI Deputy Director-General ]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:37:43 GMT 87bc6edf-7ac4-4655-b065-2faedf3cccc4 <![CDATA[Coalition rejects UN measure to protect domestic workers]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:15:20 GMT d994e31b-c1fa-4799-857a-c90cf1ca657a <![CDATA[Wages will be affected by new pension rules]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:06:57 GMT af7abdc5-34d7-4932-b00f-a8a4b563aad9 <![CDATA[Joint venture to launch wave and pay]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:53:53 GMT 362b7b11-e9b2-4179-bda9-5919310930d3 <![CDATA[Government to reveal public sector pension changes]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:47:08 GMT fcd4db5e-2c53-4e2c-a884-f5a0654c4ac2 <![CDATA[VAT cut ‘could kick-start economy’]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:22:11 GMT 7d0227f7-0b1f-48c5-bc75-b6211ce7f3a9 <![CDATA[UK retail sales fall 1.4 percent in May]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:18:58 GMT b4cf7927-54f7-48bd-bf2c-3004b7ee9d6d <![CDATA[The evolution of the High Street]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:53:01 GMT 285cc4b5-ca0a-4e22-9b9d-c7cc6ce1636d <![CDATA[Mobile workers lack access to critical data]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:15:55 GMT ece81b99-ef01-4105-b348-d7d9a3c952dc <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs lack organisational skills]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:13:38 GMT 357277cf-fc36-4f98-9b88-c7db56fcc376 <![CDATA[UK unemployment decreases sharply]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:37:17 GMT 71c0980d-9927-4c93-9c8e-032e2c79c104 <![CDATA[Government to help 'Heropreneurs'?]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:23:27 GMT 689c9390-9442-4697-a5a5-a0b4a89828b3 <![CDATA[UK ‘years away’ from pre-recession employment levels]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:02:43 GMT c512badd-db90-4420-a49d-ad4175a0a392 <![CDATA[SMEs to receive better intellectual property protection]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:46:18 GMT a88db881-d05f-4edf-94bd-01fa6aba52ef <![CDATA[Recruiters ‘inundated’ with unsuitable CVs]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:37:28 GMT e457dd37-90b5-48e7-bdff-c6afc56494c0 <![CDATA[Blocking social media ‘risky’]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:19:51 GMT 8b4e3d57-3847-4991-adac-90c1cc4c60e1 <![CDATA[Employee disengagement remains a threat]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:18:36 GMT 33a9e9ce-4c11-4deb-a62b-aa25adad9733 <![CDATA[Osborne to call for ring-fenced retail banks]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:55:25 GMT 5c61177d-af19-4d1b-a511-53a69243fe1d <![CDATA[Mass public sector strike warning]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:17:53 GMT 539cd4c5-a269-4372-a4a1-645927bdf01f <![CDATA[Medical insurance cost up 10 percent for SMEs]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:17:39 GMT c0d70556-223a-4431-a121-14371d4e66d5 <![CDATA[UK CPI inflation remains at 4.5 percent]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:38:16 GMT 9a3d07ca-ab85-45f0-9d1f-82cb99c5b986 <![CDATA[HMRC continue to target tax cheats]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:44:50 GMT 933a6b1b-3222-4ee7-a278-c445e3b78ea9 <![CDATA[SMEs require better access to recycling facilities]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:17:26 GMT 256dc3d3-ee03-4045-871c-3bace9b80e0b <![CDATA[SMEs plan to increase hiring]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:06:05 GMT fdae0b72-62ae-48b0-89e9-eeff1d4f53cd <![CDATA[Scottish job market weakest across UK]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:03:14 GMT 9aebc6d5-ee9d-4d04-b750-43e8b2797e19 <![CDATA[Leaders lack confidence in ability to lead]]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:15:09 GMT bcd190c7-e6ed-4a70-b282-6784077f48ac <![CDATA[Government slashes red tape for small energy producers]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:17:23 GMT ffce2381-e9ad-49ff-a579-8e22ea2f65b4 <![CDATA[Britain’s labour market has structural problems, says CBI]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:14:55 GMT afa3c56e-7d94-4366-be96-ae0e359a3256 <![CDATA[National plan needed to encourage Scottish start-ups]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:21:01 GMT 167bebf4-5c2e-43f0-bf6c-01509f5fc2c2 <![CDATA[UK tax is seventh highest in the world]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:44:35 GMT 713f903b-f334-4d3e-98c8-a865cb574146 <![CDATA[Red Tape Challenge moves forwards]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:20:28 GMT ffabfa35-98fb-406f-8821-b63108e5b9a0 <![CDATA[Coaching should be provided for all, says ILM]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:44:26 GMT e0bcc81d-9a10-45d0-8593-5714c557d2ac <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs made, not born]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:42:14 GMT 3dc7a719-2d43-464b-8d20-2f2424e376d9 <![CDATA[Decrease in UK business angel activity]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:50:39 GMT 9d16cfa2-0cd0-40c1-bc83-6688de1a719f <![CDATA[Cash incentive for companies to hire long-term unemployed]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:57:47 GMT 8b33f3ef-ea0e-4085-92e7-61d8f443c006 <![CDATA[Scottish start-ups increase by a third]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:43:08 GMT 903b1e2a-75d2-4915-82e9-87aa756cfd6f <![CDATA[Consumer confidence falls again]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:12:52 GMT ce15f47f-6d29-4026-99a2-20d461e1d678 <![CDATA[Bailey Review sees action from Advertising Association]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:44:55 GMT 4262bf3a-cc4c-4b3d-bd07-42969eb95bae <![CDATA[Banks and businesses urged to work together]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:32 GMT cb2f6896-0ecf-4a4e-bf83-f5257c1b1cc9 <![CDATA[Cable increases pressure on banks to lend to SMEs]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:16:54 GMT f5b25b23-bf07-4a67-b9de-07c017083ff3 <![CDATA[Wales ‘must introduce enterprise zones’]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:39:26 GMT 2fc3faad-05e8-4a7c-8986-964661d56742 <![CDATA[Employers checking up on sick days]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:56:46 GMT a5a011e4-52e4-4c8d-bf09-31ff61fbb7e2 <![CDATA[Education dampens British entrepreneurial spirit?]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:38:38 GMT 40409012-385b-4bdc-86b9-474a1e501287 <![CDATA[Innovation support vital for Wales to remain competitive]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:25:38 GMT e4b30333-b98d-42ad-bf09-8a48540e56d0 <![CDATA[Top businesses to offer paid internships]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:00:06 GMT dab685ac-fd3a-42fb-ad1d-56318e8aba60 <![CDATA[Marketers warned of Bailey report impact]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:36:24 GMT 1332f6c2-955d-4282-bcfe-5dd2662c724e <![CDATA[Public sector bosses failing to implement reform]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:52:43 GMT 0b41b06f-37b2-46aa-986f-dfc19b8c1d23 <![CDATA[Half of staff would leave for better benefits]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:41:24 GMT 70eb5d8f-0b06-4e2d-891b-0f8da283f95c <![CDATA[Apple unveils cloud platform iCloud]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:31:15 GMT bbadf4b8-2836-4fbb-bce2-d525943e1b0a <![CDATA[14 million hours wasted weekly on job hunting]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:11:29 GMT 9c919842-ab2d-4891-9d75-b63b03feb94b <![CDATA[NICs reduction could boost employment]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:59:21 GMT 90517174-a8ed-4d40-9bde-1ae1e81b2608 <![CDATA[One in five Britons not contributing to pensions]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:48:53 GMT 1c972d40-021e-4239-aa19-4c1d6b9f88e2 <![CDATA[Scottish entrepreneurship falling behind rest of UK]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:21:03 GMT 1a3a41b7-0c1d-406d-80df-283dc425daa9 <![CDATA[Job opportunities continue to fall]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:59:19 GMT badd9bf5-c660-48c1-ae5f-86435bd1095b <![CDATA[Retail sales drop in May]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:34:57 GMT b843c6a1-a481-4d5d-b1bd-70e1de41d534 <![CDATA[Employers and employees have different views on engagement]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:48:26 GMT 94029c2d-13ef-47de-bb63-7ba3a6f7452d <![CDATA[Younger workers in UK feeling less engaged due to higher stress levels]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:51:54 GMT 3ee5a69c-1181-47f2-9245-b8d76bfc7d9f <![CDATA[Tougher strike laws ‘if workers damage economy’]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:52:14 GMT e06d5f59-8a71-44d6-81f3-28fc2c169c02 <![CDATA[Scottish Government urged to help businesses access finance]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:50:43 GMT c588ff46-de99-4a8b-a229-7d229240e1b7 <![CDATA[Businesses unprepared for Agency Workers Regulations]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:37:32 GMT 701b9777-8a6e-492a-a6f8-a918881541a5 <![CDATA[Some wages experience slow rise since 1970s]]> Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:29:36 GMT 7887ce76-7b30-40ea-830a-49410dc9a96f <![CDATA[Eurozone service sector growth slows]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:28:27 GMT 8af9227f-73e9-4242-ae1b-541e92be4ebc <![CDATA[Information assurance main focus of Government cyber security plans]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:45:35 GMT 0c888345-e915-47ab-87d3-b86c9ccc984c <![CDATA[Fewer than one in 10 using public transport to commute]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:29:49 GMT a851d81d-56c1-4e28-8d7f-91c055cedbac <![CDATA[Study reveals double-dip recession fears]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:16:16 GMT 199a97c4-1ec5-453d-8d20-87092b5dded8 <![CDATA[New website aims to speed up UK's patent process]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:51:29 GMT f636c60e-febe-4b35-8b76-4d8b1e10f052 <![CDATA[Unemployed household numbers almost double since 1997]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:39:27 GMT 265fcee5-5b3e-4193-a609-939b52a231df <![CDATA[UK technology growth lagging]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:55:27 GMT dfa2e72b-890b-42ca-b7a6-7f12b644d2bd <![CDATA[Variety at work makes employees ‘more satisfied’]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:18:26 GMT 73763687-fc11-404e-95ef-daa93ccc0b8d <![CDATA[Public and private sector pay gap widening]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:21:45 GMT 59c38376-46c5-47fe-a6e7-7fff2b6b2bb2 <![CDATA[Employers could save money with teleworking]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:35:06 GMT b00919f3-0662-452f-b8ba-bdbd6fd02fdc <![CDATA[New orders boost growth in UK construction]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:20:28 GMT 26588635-662f-429d-9bc3-a4db5bfdab0d <![CDATA[EU will cut red tape for smallest companies]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:40:50 GMT cc986e88-71d7-444f-854f-ff049d8eb59e <![CDATA[Super cities to drive British manufacturing resurgence]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:03:46 GMT d3a68466-cfad-476e-aa48-4136e6d908ee <![CDATA[Commercial property owners should accept Green Deal]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:38:11 GMT c5577dce-a43d-4d5c-be92-5d29432307a3 <![CDATA[Banks buy majority of new gilts]]> Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:27:01 GMT 3741fe87-1b6d-458c-b105-cb8c55442e91 <![CDATA[SMEs not ready for pension changes]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:16:21 GMT 2678a691-853a-48c9-a577-700c3da0898d <![CDATA[Family businesses reveal biggest concerns]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:13:23 GMT 500a8360-9ac0-4bd7-9935-15b054f91db6 <![CDATA[Cold calling crackdown to take place]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:00:38 GMT debb5623-abd1-4f1a-be41-b70aafb9df6c <![CDATA[UK manufacturing growth hits 20-month low]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:55:22 GMT 8c09248b-1856-4eef-bded-3e9bc8e9582d <![CDATA[UK workers need a holiday every two months]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:33:52 GMT f4a9a3df-8b78-4982-957e-0dbc3cec90df <![CDATA[British Gas launches new green tariff]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:43:29 GMT f6f6464e-b072-43b1-814f-4ea7ed121f5f <![CDATA[Bidding open for final enterprise zone locations]]> Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:36:15 GMT cf538f6b-b224-4851-9d46-aaddd6b2cd36 <![CDATA[Migration cap failing to help unemployed, says CIPD]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 17:02:47 GMT fd9d157c-dac4-4f13-bec1-9033845cbed9 <![CDATA[Eurozone inflation falls, unemployment stays flat]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 15:50:05 GMT fcc39c3f-31d1-4eb8-95c8-0b957e320e8d <![CDATA[Book aims to get new mums back to work]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 13:57:39 GMT 7ec9e19e-a817-486c-8155-00a0c2e05f76 <![CDATA[Scottish universities producing fewer start-ups]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 11:53:28 GMT 1ef75f27-6726-4c3f-835e-88c0b45b30ee <![CDATA[BCC cuts UK growth forecasts]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 11:32:46 GMT 06630d4b-7d32-44be-922a-79e72b6673c0 <![CDATA[eBay: improve UK mobile network coverage]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 11:07:11 GMT bbf4c9d5-7263-4cfc-b06c-55a741d502c5 <![CDATA[Is PAYE burden hampering UK employment?]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 10:40:21 GMT 8f836810-9a16-4445-8d02-9503a5513da8 <![CDATA[Commercial property sector urged to support communities]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 10:37:02 GMT f92206e5-d7bd-4bf8-9351-1d2dd9935545 <![CDATA[Non-sustainable Welsh businesses losing £5.7 billion]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 10:19:46 GMT f0743924-e241-4182-80df-ca6226489b0f <![CDATA[Low corporate tax rates failing to create jobs]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 09:56:18 GMT 77d09f7b-93d8-471c-b8f1-e7f90669da69 <![CDATA[Manufacturing sector see improvement in lending]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 09:24:59 GMT 3c6987f7-c763-491e-8291-e6dca0926ecd <![CDATA[Wages will be no higher in 2015 than 2001]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 12:47:34 GMT 79c49649-0b65-4de7-a6a9-40067beaaf30 <![CDATA[Women take more time off sick than men]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 12:17:16 GMT 5a516b95-f316-4d72-b11b-b39d62051dda <![CDATA[PayPal sues Google over e-wallet ]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 10:45:56 GMT 34406249-caa1-43be-9f59-a4ffb59d9acf <![CDATA[Scottish entrepreneurs ‘more realistic’ than English]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 10:25:06 GMT fc1b6822-3bf8-482e-95c6-040218ef1994 <![CDATA[NI: cut in tax could create 58,000 jobs]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 09:43:40 GMT 28e53eff-8b15-40bc-bce7-630d62a86c5e <![CDATA[Fathers benefits from flexible working, says research]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 09:37:56 GMT 5aff6851-bb49-4ddb-9149-e42f9a0d664c <![CDATA[Pensions minister warns companies to ‘play fair’]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 12:24:30 GMT 51bc3920-fbce-4c34-8310-a420ff3342a0 <![CDATA[Exodus of staff from public sector, reveals survey]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 11:07:30 GMT b7218ab1-f5e2-421f-9bd6-522cebbe0e12 <![CDATA[Google to launch e-wallet]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:38:14 GMT 08b10691-eddc-4d0a-ba7c-8d93441f251e <![CDATA[Sentance delivers last words as member of MPC]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:24:04 GMT f72244b8-b2a3-448e-a03f-4c0910dd98e1 <![CDATA[Services sector sees a mixed Q1]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:03:16 GMT 558bde8e-801b-4a68-88ad-c9e2841e5de4 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs receive most support in Indonesia]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:01:55 GMT bf8e10fa-7687-463c-a082-c314b7f41a22 <![CDATA[UK consumers back in recession]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 09:42:02 GMT 94c4de0a-072f-42c4-b04c-7b85e6376d0e <![CDATA[Zuckerberg and Schmidt warn against web over-regulation]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 09:36:37 GMT e6f88191-ff7f-4bb6-ac89-2194cb91f8fd <![CDATA[SMEs ‘risk wasting thousands’ on hiring errors]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 16:04:58 GMT 08072357-f158-4558-aa10-8fbb97d95c3c <![CDATA[Lower workplace morale caused by managers, says CMI]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 15:29:04 GMT 7d6bf2df-b8f3-4fc7-8139-973f071654c2 <![CDATA[UK economy grows 0.5 percent in first quarter of 2011]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 14:31:23 GMT 0295f35b-40ef-4c3c-915f-40de46f26c57 <![CDATA[Is public transport crippling UK business?]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 12:38:41 GMT 058ab68b-81c0-43e2-b858-7ad35d5eaa00 <![CDATA[OECD: global recovery threatened by ‘stagflation’]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 12:25:36 GMT 30bf1985-d56e-40c4-938a-615d32635f17 <![CDATA[Mobile workers becoming tied to devices]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 11:54:17 GMT a9fb9c55-5c6b-4188-bb12-d4bb15366179 <![CDATA[Senior Bank of England official warns against rate rise]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 11:22:01 GMT 6e251fb3-7af7-4cc1-873e-57bb5435f74a <![CDATA[Number of UK businesses on the rise]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 11:16:27 GMT b461f16d-f53b-4c94-a701-a8645dfb9bfa <![CDATA[Unhealthy lifestyles cost £17.7bn a year]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:59:51 GMT 6779376c-b412-4b65-b497-d98ff3a38641 <![CDATA[Insurance disclosure rules to change]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:49:30 GMT 7c892fc9-33b5-490b-bdd3-366b8a3dd1ae <![CDATA[Public borrowing in UK higher than expected in April]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:24:33 GMT 7a32796c-2fde-4b42-a5cd-81dde55155cf <![CDATA[Green Investment Bank 'to focus on offshore' initially]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:23:06 GMT aa453271-2b89-403c-9950-772cd628db8f <![CDATA[UK banks accused of breaking data protection rules]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:18:54 GMT 7830b0da-0abc-4674-88d9-6208f73b123e <![CDATA[M&S to tailor stores using demographics]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:12:47 GMT 4320c1e9-87e7-4830-a997-b12c73556c38 <![CDATA[Tesco bans council recycling bins]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 14:46:09 GMT c5d8543d-abf0-4135-a4d5-2a5c192b12ea <![CDATA[Exports boost UK manufacturing]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 13:57:41 GMT 95693881-b038-45f0-beaa-483c21645720 <![CDATA[CIPD criticises British business over employment regulation]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 12:39:23 GMT 419addb2-c328-4712-889c-e77dd0413c1a <![CDATA[UK business 'held back' by health and safety rules]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 11:52:40 GMT 4e858577-1ca1-495a-aa91-8a6fbbd26d65 <![CDATA[Embedding diversity is essential, says new survey]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 11:29:43 GMT 791d272a-70d2-4caa-8766-5db07effdc24 <![CDATA[Growth Masterclass offered to East of England SMEs]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 11:17:01 GMT db6ff063-8657-4c27-92f3-07cb55c2ccb8 <![CDATA[Europe weaker than London for commercial property]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 10:36:53 GMT 604a4868-ad9a-4df8-8d3f-6920e1688841 <![CDATA[Employee 'neglect' leaves UK's economy out in the cold ]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 10:04:09 GMT 60d49a43-1ae1-4522-981a-bd16ad752465 <![CDATA[HMRC increases tax take with targeted crackdown]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 10:01:07 GMT f4d150d8-11e2-45ee-b7a6-de2136a03d9a <![CDATA[Tesco records solid ecommerce position]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 09:53:42 GMT 216fcd12-2793-4785-9d58-3595963d3b73 <![CDATA[Small firms hit by late payments]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 09:31:48 GMT ab77957e-fb2b-415d-bd43-2913aecfe012 <![CDATA[Employers favour tribunal reform, says survey]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 16:54:53 GMT 12756791-7c77-407a-99bc-f8985480f43a <![CDATA[Interest rates on small loans reach 10 year high]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 15:30:36 GMT b13d4400-d0a3-4117-bced-2acf8280d37e <![CDATA[Carbon emissions pressure costs 1,500 jobs]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 14:30:52 GMT 0d7ecbbd-60d4-4e17-a4d3-4d6470eb1742 <![CDATA[Clegg announces a green step in the right direction]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 14:12:13 GMT 2ba8cec1-ed1e-4fb1-b217-50b0095ef732 <![CDATA[Business mentoring scheme to launch in July]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 11:48:45 GMT 8b2ad2db-1246-4761-980c-680450b20d46 <![CDATA[Is it the right time to build hotels?]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 11:13:09 GMT ad3648a0-5153-47c2-a078-db4da6f83252 <![CDATA[Employers favour meditation to resolve conflict]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 10:56:29 GMT 2961c56a-5dae-4d44-8092-9a6ebf5e6f04 <![CDATA[Big Venture Challenge seeking out UK's best entrepreneurs]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 10:52:37 GMT 3beedda2-33fc-4467-867d-5caf36c3e1f9 <![CDATA[Senior executive roles still male-dominated]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 10:37:33 GMT eb5d38da-4155-4f16-b3b8-c12667d5540b <![CDATA[UK spending cuts ‘lower than EU average’]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 10:18:54 GMT b7b53104-8622-4e6a-8548-b068ee7394b5 <![CDATA['Rapid global market expansion in 2013', says analyst]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 09:17:37 GMT 38d623c3-70c9-4668-93ac-a04e00bfae26 <![CDATA[Internal development better than engagement?]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 09:12:51 GMT e8ec0383-8031-4fc0-a8a6-555fad7db2fe <![CDATA[Small business need continuity planning says report]]> Sat, 21 May 2011 10:04:08 GMT 1ae3e4c0-c747-47a7-8f9b-2ab204ae0a52 <![CDATA[Smartphone sales up 85 percent]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 16:16:16 GMT 0a7941b1-5c78-4d7a-93b3-6a943d973b55 <![CDATA['Joined-up thinking' needed to combat unemployment]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 15:32:55 GMT cfe23771-df78-4c5c-ab46-2465250bc294 <![CDATA[IT leaders warned over cloud’s hidden costs ]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 11:19:58 GMT b682f2ef-a001-4547-af4a-25c4a56907da <![CDATA[Anglia Ruskin offers £50k to young entrepreneurs]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 11:11:07 GMT 101e6701-0903-488a-bb84-4e25cbf7c3bf <![CDATA[Protect UK direct selling, Government warned]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 10:54:22 GMT 4ac69c00-5707-461c-b3a4-9dffecf1b281 <![CDATA[Talent crisis deepens across the UK]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 10:36:39 GMT 555323d4-ca41-4968-9c19-a7487300c878 <![CDATA[IEA urges oil-producers to increase production]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 10:06:07 GMT b40e9cd0-e81e-492e-b178-626e9d1e50b6 <![CDATA[Mobile wallet arrives in the UK]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 09:48:51 GMT a7146e10-03a8-49a3-9e22-421e4081a140 <![CDATA[Doug Richard: SMEs must be profit-minded]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 16:40:36 GMT b6ffcab9-d238-4e78-a08c-e6f6f75fefe5 <![CDATA[MP: businesses must badger banks]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 16:25:47 GMT a5e858cb-93e9-45c9-9435-57b73c90e505 <![CDATA[Mental health is primary cause of staff absence]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 14:50:53 GMT 58c990b9-5bbf-429e-9f0a-7d46ae5dc550 <![CDATA[New fund offers loans to medium-sized companies]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 14:21:06 GMT 2da05ada-bba5-46df-9085-b20939f2fabe <![CDATA[Merlin no magic bullet for SMEs]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 13:51:09 GMT d342fbf8-eca5-49b6-95a9-d4c79097df65 <![CDATA[Banks to face stricter supervision]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 11:25:30 GMT 0b7aed66-0e45-4247-ab6f-d76d9d6bd291 <![CDATA[Portas to save the high street?]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 11:18:54 GMT 6d45ff14-84b0-4900-b896-2296b62ee059 <![CDATA[Social media recruitment unsuitable for SMEs]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 10:20:04 GMT 5c7bfb84-f935-42c1-b8d7-eb7ef32d1cac <![CDATA[New report reveals clear aspiration divide]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 09:52:10 GMT 8341d5b5-563f-47a9-be01-4b81f70f56b0 <![CDATA[‘Staycations’ add £7.3 billion to UK tourism]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 09:27:50 GMT 9e759966-89a9-4f4f-9532-6536e928f716 <![CDATA[Employers more confident in recruitment market]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 09:07:48 GMT ddc9281d-301b-4c26-8de9-ebc21ad86562 <![CDATA[Demand for investment gold remains high]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 09:01:19 GMT fe5a046d-9db0-482e-8b43-843e04189159 <![CDATA[Pay is biggest issue for global HR directors]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 14:57:30 GMT 852091c8-1c0f-495a-bedb-a0fb88520c5e <![CDATA[UK inflation rises to 4.5 percent in April]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 10:32:55 GMT 176522cb-b532-4a1c-a88b-d0b3305081d7 <![CDATA[New parental leave proposal contradicts red tape promises]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 09:30:46 GMT b702afd1-aa5e-4c18-9002-3c605f401583 <![CDATA[Graduates face tough job market]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 09:18:14 GMT 2e50c9f2-7e6a-47cc-adb9-41e412ab0756 <![CDATA[Corporate Manslaughter Act can affect SMEs]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 09:15:00 GMT ce4be101-c550-489c-8f38-184668b1247d <![CDATA[London a “safe haven” for commercial property]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT 026f45c4-597d-4e97-b887-8e1aea41878f <![CDATA[Eurozone talks to focus on Greece]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 16:55:43 GMT 1c84dbbb-7a81-407d-bd95-553e1ea812c8 <![CDATA[Companies favour global wellbeing programmes as health costs increase]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 14:14:40 GMT 574cf0a1-e913-487b-8713-e7b61a5320e5 <![CDATA[Government launches communications sector consultation]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 12:41:45 GMT 5069423b-bb66-48b9-a5ce-53f267a6e3fc <![CDATA[UK aims to lead world on ‘open data’ ]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 12:17:55 GMT 9fe54d2a-69b1-4284-a63f-bc9582ba5231 <![CDATA[Changes to state pension ‘unfair to women’]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 11:39:37 GMT 6879c123-3982-453d-909d-8a5086efdeaf <![CDATA[Puma publishes environmental costs]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 10:57:02 GMT d125ad17-b346-4fe3-b447-88fdcf8f5500 <![CDATA[Osborne: Treasury under cyberattack]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 10:48:04 GMT e0423b2c-66b9-43e2-bd7b-f746176f8a2e <![CDATA[Leading economist questions UK cuts]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 10:43:34 GMT 285dbb16-0b2f-41a0-b47e-9b46bb11a58a <![CDATA[Research in Motion recalls 1,000 Playbook tablets]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 10:36:27 GMT 998462c9-ca06-48df-af7b-ec96dee1e826 <![CDATA[Businesses ‘should monitor energy use’]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 10:31:48 GMT 59174f95-307c-42f8-9bff-e97485b07de2 <![CDATA[Over 50s experience lifestyle 'crash']]> Tue, 17 May 2011 10:01:42 GMT e04f4d1c-c206-4fa2-99ff-752040c3c16f <![CDATA[Impressive Energy Award for young company]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 16:35:29 GMT 4d639093-f173-46ef-92c2-98eeb428da47 <![CDATA[Use of cloud computing services increases among multinationals]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 16:28:20 GMT 002cf6f6-c200-49b9-ad24-2a023dd760c5 <![CDATA[LSE committed to TMX takeover]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 12:03:14 GMT 5e916d97-73db-4201-b432-d2cef5c72692 <![CDATA[Executive and public pay gap widens]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 12:02:47 GMT 4dc94c9e-4b79-4550-a2d1-a24c4e7fe4d5 <![CDATA[Government introduces changes to parental leave]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 11:20:46 GMT 7536b21e-15e9-40ad-8c18-9c7d0bc268dd <![CDATA[Cameron pledges to get more young people into the workplace]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 10:38:20 GMT d2895db3-2562-4532-85c4-826e6b4baf62 <![CDATA[UK retailers facing poor sales growth]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 09:52:43 GMT 74f0424e-bad2-4322-9a08-7798eec0920f <![CDATA[Government's new export initiative welcomed]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 09:49:47 GMT 596d3dcf-8211-4d51-8aa9-c5c550b30c75 <![CDATA[UK workers scared to admit stress and depression]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 09:38:13 GMT 42213e97-cfa6-4dd3-b076-9d6116e011f3 <![CDATA[Business Bootcamps could create 1,000 new entrepreneurs]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 14:15:25 GMT ac45574d-c89a-4c74-8f47-3bb1df123bab <![CDATA[‘Snow supremo’ required by MPs]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 12:28:09 GMT 12fee848-e3f3-43f4-9b7a-c001230e4082 <![CDATA[£5m start-up fund for LEPs]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 11:24:58 GMT 51c47a99-1b28-41f3-91d2-8b54dcb7ec32 <![CDATA[Eurozone experiences accelerated growth]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 11:21:42 GMT 9c683c83-7e8f-4023-8df9-2be0ede55fdb <![CDATA[LSE sees profit rises ahead of takeover bid]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 10:46:47 GMT 9d4c6e33-e004-434f-a48a-a522a534d71c <![CDATA[Banks face highly infectious malware threat]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 10:22:40 GMT 9fe3aa4f-f197-4198-aa80-11f164dd9a0e <![CDATA[Workplace absence costing UK economy £17bn]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 09:56:08 GMT 7ad9bd47-7454-4643-bcb2-054c3231898a <![CDATA[EU debt crisis may spread, says IMF]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 09:28:44 GMT 39813e4c-d2df-4245-8f91-13e50f2ee5f1 <![CDATA[Increase in malware targeting Google Android platform]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 09:08:15 GMT bbd3a82b-1572-4b83-a7a1-6ac1dedb1e7c <![CDATA[Slowdown fears resurface after poor growth revealed]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 17:03:27 GMT a1c75010-8a27-429d-9ed7-c0d4fd5cc0d8 <![CDATA[Interest rate hike likely in face of rising inflation]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 16:16:18 GMT 011edf31-9832-4435-bd7b-f8de8a94a925 <![CDATA[Central London offices ‘best performing property sector’]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 15:37:02 GMT 7da2ccff-cb90-416f-bcce-eb43ed4bc98b <![CDATA[Lukewarm reponse over plans to expand employment law review]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 12:15:06 GMT 2e78e8ac-a649-4a81-8d38-cb53247f3a59 <![CDATA[New funding system offers alternative to banks]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 11:11:55 GMT e1d6ad7a-904c-47e6-b2c7-53dbe111278a <![CDATA[Half of UK employees banned from Facebook]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 10:44:22 GMT 6df5db01-100c-49f0-b119-94e21dfe1840 <![CDATA[Graduates increasingly take non-graduate roles]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 09:50:15 GMT 8fe77719-fc7c-4cd0-9da5-0e8ee75746ff <![CDATA[Government national insurance scheme criticised by Labour]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 12:25:16 GMT da9846ab-1582-45c6-9341-f983d3b65397 <![CDATA[Government plans may reduce tribunal payouts]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 11:57:08 GMT 0b0808f2-7cf3-47ff-a5a3-71ed50797e1b <![CDATA[Government launches UK export strategy]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 11:39:31 GMT bda42b0a-266b-461d-b4a8-e4bacedcc586 <![CDATA[Businesses struggle with third party software integrity]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 11:00:48 GMT caa7f832-9fb9-4261-b9a4-c9fd353f5dbd <![CDATA[New funds to provide discounted loans to small companies]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 10:39:13 GMT 73b7fa30-75ac-402e-85cf-04f73ea895f5 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs more likely to rely on gut instinct]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 10:24:52 GMT 7ef9ce0e-b590-493f-8400-d3bfa16592d3 <![CDATA[Small business rate relief remains unclaimed]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 10:02:01 GMT 4a644e99-66dd-4b68-8da7-dc99072458b7 <![CDATA[UK entrepreneurs call for enterprise education]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 09:52:18 GMT eb4df8ff-8ff4-477b-b50a-dea399452998 <![CDATA[Recruitment market improves widely in April]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 09:39:57 GMT a1cb78ea-3188-42d1-a085-bf981adaeade <![CDATA[New HR service launched for SMEs]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 09:38:31 GMT d944583f-cd2f-4442-a576-8e8cde71ab9f <![CDATA[Microsoft confirms acquisition of Skype]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 16:35:08 GMT 5190155d-9249-4084-a20e-0c66b21d2e64 <![CDATA[Outsourcers invent work to hike invoices, say IT professionals]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 15:47:24 GMT cf09834e-b2ca-4205-a532-7eea73a32937 <![CDATA[Survey suggests global differences in employee happiness]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 14:18:00 GMT 4aaad188-82fc-4b5e-9f5e-72f4b609fd31 <![CDATA[‘Climate resiliency’ needed for infrastructure]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 12:42:28 GMT 9eb48d58-645c-4208-bc4d-db795f2e0262 <![CDATA[Bank holiday period sees retail sales recover]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 11:52:06 GMT fcccffab-fdde-437b-a3d3-2f22490bc07c <![CDATA[Cable vs Huhne: the carbon emissions debate]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 11:26:49 GMT 0bd6ad4c-f8f1-41da-a584-dbc72fdc4a26 <![CDATA[UK firms behind in cloud computing take-up]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 10:48:55 GMT 1e778f4c-e839-4ca1-872c-363a7634c424 <![CDATA[YouTube sees UK traffic increase]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 10:05:11 GMT a6750aba-e05c-466e-addd-78d6bdfe3fe0 <![CDATA[Renewable energy “could power 80 percent of the world”]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 14:11:07 GMT c291d02b-5da5-4f0c-b8a5-4b77c06a84bf <![CDATA[Employees favour benefits over pay]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 12:52:15 GMT c643a29d-9d4b-4f39-bf18-401c118f8615 <![CDATA[Britain’s biggest companies not reporting green activities]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 11:45:49 GMT 41a98ba8-a945-4fdd-8590-551a914e19a8 <![CDATA[CBI predicts bumpy economic growth]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 11:31:27 GMT a6e361a6-4b35-483a-a5ae-745098ee12e0 <![CDATA[Enterprises not making effective use of analytics]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 10:56:25 GMT b3b4834b-f618-4c66-a30e-1332f5594c0a <![CDATA[Corporate insolvency increases in SMEs]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 10:33:35 GMT d8bcb7d5-2d2e-4332-abec-9df4950b40be <![CDATA[Price of commodities remains volatile]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 10:32:42 GMT bdc4e6c3-ac70-4c35-9d81-977e14f63209 <![CDATA[Living Wage campaign criticised]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 10:17:41 GMT b00fdf5d-a6e0-4317-a014-a92f0257a6c5 <![CDATA[Santander withdraws from Business Growth Fund]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 09:37:02 GMT 253aade1-32d5-45ee-9aaa-5d886b4a3245 <![CDATA[Public sector pay gap increases]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 09:13:47 GMT cd1afa37-0379-4413-b800-e474acd15b3b <![CDATA[Offices get green as belts tighten]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 15:22:43 GMT 0e263dbb-bb00-48e6-bfbf-1e007b816079 <![CDATA[Social enterprise best placed to handle public sector functions, says report]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 14:12:54 GMT 9041c1c6-04b1-45d1-8688-41f121982866 <![CDATA[£15 computer ‘could help a new generation’]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 11:23:26 GMT bdae4029-89e6-415f-ba11-bfe93744ff68 <![CDATA[SMEs in North East England see new microloan fund]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 10:57:27 GMT f35e9909-38d8-4133-a444-e4909d017bc0 <![CDATA[IoD director general: Government needs to do more to help businesses]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 10:36:14 GMT 7a77ad29-023d-4dbb-97b8-37e19e7fcf15 <![CDATA[Rights-of-light regulations affect London planning]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 10:15:17 GMT 8b886713-18f7-46c5-ab95-e32c0e8bf5a3 <![CDATA[Lord Glendonbrook donates £1 million to university]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 11:10:45 GMT 9a438a9c-98f7-4568-8d31-255db2a1cecd <![CDATA[IdeaSpace offers Enterprise Accelerator funding]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 10:31:29 GMT a49fa4f4-1d27-413d-96ab-5f005cb71d13 <![CDATA[Mobile retailing grows in the UK]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 10:11:08 GMT 4a49dcb3-58b3-413f-a1ce-baf85ecafc3a <![CDATA[Living Wage campaign celebrates 10th anniversary]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 09:33:05 GMT 5aa27142-6e54-498e-bf09-f1588d4cada9 <![CDATA[Deloitte: “£780 drop in disposable income”]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 09:11:45 GMT d8147702-b10b-4496-8565-81f38117d826 <![CDATA[UK employees “working harder than in the 1980s”]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 12:16:53 GMT 1684bd60-8685-4ea3-b039-2586e470e08b <![CDATA[Families and friends first for business finance, says expert]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 11:28:44 GMT f8aafea1-0c04-4181-b56c-3cb2b222e019 <![CDATA[Firm fined after farm fall]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 11:19:36 GMT bcd821f8-ec1d-4d9b-97f9-2dee9d8954af <![CDATA[Less than half of students planning on university]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 10:44:31 GMT 88f4f333-c6dc-4215-921a-3b5bdcddb625 <![CDATA[Young Brits 'less competitive than European counterparts']]> Wed, 04 May 2011 10:12:48 GMT 8eae1ce7-326c-462c-9e62-73eac60269c8 <![CDATA[Sony hires cyber-detectives after hack]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 10:09:00 GMT ee6e3111-f307-480f-bb40-b2b36f50b99c <![CDATA[Shazia Awan: “Banks can’t spot potential”]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 09:48:45 GMT ee4896dc-85a2-4316-bd60-e5733f0f0fd6 <![CDATA[UK sickness absence decreases]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 09:27:25 GMT b93c4c3f-f676-48a0-b0c9-2105d0a5bc48 <![CDATA[Banks will require four more Shards]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 11:50:45 GMT b3b8d1a8-34ee-42a7-91df-ccdb4a0c45e1 <![CDATA[Augmented reality marketing: the next big thing?]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 11:41:27 GMT b360d33b-b934-498f-8585-6cd4f79f79a7 <![CDATA[SME orders see fastest growth since 1995]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 11:38:35 GMT 425f28e8-0d3d-4d88-a725-fd82a926e712 <![CDATA[West End offices are world’s most expensive]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 11:16:16 GMT daeef821-bf94-47cf-afcb-8ab1e4cd610c <![CDATA[Food sellers to receive VAT refunds]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 11:09:03 GMT 78d56497-cc15-4667-9058-bcf5d0877acf <![CDATA[Tap-and-go technology catches on]]> Tue, 03 May 2011 11:01:34 GMT ba0c9603-d361-4ede-bb39-1bd999e97670 <![CDATA[Inspired crafts designers needed for new competition]]> Mon, 02 May 2011 11:54:24 GMT 3e27d2d8-6d15-4bac-9d6d-b32ccaa7b24f <![CDATA[Wage pressures not leading to higher pay]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:39:25 GMT 70592ac5-8737-432a-92cb-6c3d5cd49ae4 <![CDATA[CSR key to engagement, suggests new research]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:10:32 GMT 1aa2c96c-27c0-49bf-bfc2-d45cf5ccbb56 <![CDATA[Employees would take £11,000 pay cut for longer weekend]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:34:50 GMT 7f8c26a7-4aef-4466-be1a-5c15363cfb62 <![CDATA[Corporate liquidations fall by a sixth]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:50:45 GMT 325cffaa-36eb-410d-ab65-4e9f0e3c9513 <![CDATA[Start-up accelerator to become permanent programme]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:35:28 GMT cb3ff95e-d6d2-43d5-8707-91f753134fc1 <![CDATA[HMRC threatens customers up-to-date on tax]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:17:08 GMT d527944a-2646-4649-a5b3-6feac59a0f43 <![CDATA[Consumer confidence at two-year low]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:05:48 GMT d93d4c53-ed23-451f-95b2-59860a0fbe5d <![CDATA[Researchers outline alternative to cryptography]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:34:33 GMT 3905de21-aaaf-43dd-a6e7-b62cca985e13 <![CDATA[Britons looking abroad for new opportunities, says survey]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:34:23 GMT 68570bf1-644c-4eb2-bea8-acc7d410bc36 <![CDATA[UK economy grows by 0.5 percent in first quarter of 2011]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:50:58 GMT 05bd87cb-2784-49e5-9996-092a1d26aa64 <![CDATA[Plaid Cymru reveal manifesto]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:43:12 GMT 29a4dd22-2f5d-4fcb-8bfa-064a44573d03 <![CDATA[MPC loses credibility on interest rates, says Sentance]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:53:21 GMT 321edc61-86ed-4ac7-a7c3-ff5423fa74ce <![CDATA[Fall in orders from UK manufacturers]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:08:53 GMT fe543ee1-278a-4272-8ec7-8889e5d035a8 <![CDATA[Holiday season could affect cheque payments]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:40:04 GMT a3de1dc3-6a8e-412e-8110-b8eb91578d43 <![CDATA[SME recruitment confidence dwindling, says FPB]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:12:25 GMT 59d69db7-1ffe-4da4-90d0-e7c70308d1b7 <![CDATA[‘Graduate i-pass’ launched in North West]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:43:30 GMT 44dd9cf7-cda6-43c0-8d03-637447881136 <![CDATA[Glencore chairman criticised for 'primitive' remarks]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:44:41 GMT b8841228-597b-45b5-b439-df802f52c39e <![CDATA[Liverpool sees 50 percent decrease in office rentals]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:30:43 GMT e61a426c-55a7-4bfa-a117-bd61bc9ce7b5 <![CDATA[CBI warns over green investment crisis]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:20:31 GMT 760cf638-b9a2-45ff-808f-4a6b84116b14 <![CDATA[British SMEs lagging behind Europe in uptake of cloud computing]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:18:51 GMT c5799ef6-3dc7-4f94-9460-972146b45c6b <![CDATA[E4F offers help to technology start-ups]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:37:23 GMT ab83b6c8-3ce1-411c-916a-2214f7bdd61f <![CDATA[Bank holidays “should be more evenly distributed”]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:54:09 GMT 4a07c9cb-83cf-40fb-9e36-67bbbf1bc60c <![CDATA[Government aims to simplify health and safety laws]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:45:29 GMT 79d77a19-e11b-470a-a3be-b163f92cfbb5 <![CDATA[Banks failing to lend to SMEs]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:27:17 GMT 3f86130e-693c-46ed-97f6-7447d1106e97 <![CDATA[Swiss tax agreement imminent]]> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:26:13 GMT da718206-33c4-43d1-a49a-6ca2be60e474 <![CDATA[British workers have poor levels of fitness, says study]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:10:59 GMT f69bb5ca-ac3c-4b2a-bc5e-e82b3fe401ee <![CDATA[Swindon: UK’s most expensive town]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:22:38 GMT f66b17b9-5d40-4203-8142-79e59adb29a7 <![CDATA[Young people most stressed]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:20:32 GMT ab05895d-cb20-456e-ad01-4f3df3e57b7c <![CDATA[Green business bounces back in the UK?]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:15:24 GMT 1ab11c01-d5be-4e7f-919f-a470737863a1 <![CDATA[SNP pledges Scottish enterprise zones]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:55:44 GMT eb811bcc-db11-4227-acfe-d1a54003bad8 <![CDATA[Santander pledges £200 million to SMEs]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:23:34 GMT 2c3ffe4f-f618-4ad0-87d3-dcc965be3ce1 <![CDATA[Banks face £4.5bn bill in insurance racket]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:03:30 GMT c9121180-66ca-4f6c-a9ac-3662d1c19d91 <![CDATA[Is London’s skyscraper trend over?]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:42:30 GMT a7a11169-4032-4a90-aa1b-528ae0de8454 <![CDATA[IT managers still concerned over cloud security]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:17:56 GMT 6e9fa3a8-165e-4467-beeb-d13fe6c53bba <![CDATA[Iconnyx releases 'State of Nation' cloud report for SMB market]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:19:20 GMT fc4cc474-fbef-484a-a8d8-1c16106f7298 <![CDATA[Gold breaks through $1500 barrier]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:05:32 GMT 78961347-618e-4ccb-80a0-1f80edc7fe74 <![CDATA[Scotland ‘needs to create more businesses’]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:08:26 GMT 34a9e158-8e72-4bed-bcab-04c0b61d49d9 <![CDATA[Monetary Policy Committee members remain divided]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:49:07 GMT 347642d9-055e-45ed-8190-887bf235c271 <![CDATA[Top one percent of entrepreneurs create 40 percent of new positions]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:42:21 GMT 34f06eea-e825-4c57-8651-ab81e4b2060c <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship courses vital to encourage new business]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:19:23 GMT 96f89f2c-883f-4266-ae72-ed2108e4e961 <![CDATA[HMRC urges businesses to meet May 19th deadline]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:27:44 GMT 3a9647e7-c36d-4f5b-9466-af91133eaa4c <![CDATA[UK commercial property market not fully recovered]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:22:03 GMT b9a78827-4e7d-4b77-a0c6-e8518bc00dc9 <![CDATA[Retailers 'failing to meet consumers' expectations']]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:55:25 GMT 7f272ef3-1c3d-431a-9c13-89f7a386bcb3 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurial spirit back in the UK]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:55:42 GMT ed7172df-7b86-4176-81f5-803061105dbc <![CDATA[Young people taking job creation into own hands]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:37:37 GMT 445c8fc7-0006-40f0-a1b8-05740f3f9ec8 <![CDATA[TSELF funding opens Sunderland youth club]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:20:46 GMT bb41bf08-19af-4eb5-9f3f-5bd9cca59f26 <![CDATA[Bank holiday period will cost Britain £30bn]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:04:19 GMT 6e8e0686-fd15-4152-90b6-d4f3c757141d <![CDATA[SMEs see growth despite economic conditions]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:48:32 GMT 1fd048d7-d821-40db-b05c-defd6e30bd86 <![CDATA[UK companies too reliant on debt]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:27:25 GMT 0960d001-9729-44c7-a84b-4f8c418a039e <![CDATA[CBI warns government of inward investment risks]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:32:43 GMT a9d6143a-b251-4f9e-89fe-128a34e41c02 <![CDATA[Cyber criminals ramp up attacks on critical sites]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:07:17 GMT 636cee30-f919-4c91-9e8c-e5f50c3fe70e <![CDATA[1,200 SMEs to be visited by the taxman]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:08:35 GMT 172f2db6-449f-4db3-a26e-4503c9a6c1d6 <![CDATA[UK government introduces EU law on cookies]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:37:34 GMT d13b16cf-e0d1-4c9f-bf7c-331149c6c59e <![CDATA[Businesses advised to engage tribunal consultation]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:00:22 GMT 95784d42-910b-4c2c-b004-62ed0029bdaf <![CDATA[Painters 'better payers than estate agents']]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:41:40 GMT f06add95-feeb-4230-a8f8-2f64730b40aa <![CDATA[Marketeers still tightening belts as UK economy recovers]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:49:51 GMT 31e738dc-541a-4c4c-bafa-a407df70b192 <![CDATA[High street chains moving to malls]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:30:44 GMT 02286c2f-de4e-4559-aa77-08e0e1825ae4 <![CDATA[UK dividends to rise substantially 2011]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:21:07 GMT 57efa7d0-1449-481e-856b-009276439471 <![CDATA[Newcastle’s Science Central approved]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:57:57 GMT f921faec-f852-4585-b747-468d33ad0b6a <![CDATA[UK businesses must spend more]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:42:17 GMT b8c09470-5574-4fa4-a285-56eedef9082a <![CDATA[Sentance suggests inflation may rise]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:47:09 GMT a0479288-160d-4897-83bd-126baac90689 <![CDATA[West End sees shortage of office space]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:10:11 GMT 08e2a44b-783a-4e0c-97af-a23e634dbcec <![CDATA[Equalities Act 'could be scrapped']]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:52:19 GMT fafb012b-c92d-4227-82d7-5031375a122e <![CDATA[SMEs offered coaching by entrepreneurs]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:37:41 GMT a6f14e1d-604f-4115-891e-daaf69c23b1a <![CDATA[Global IT market contracts but pockets of growth remain]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:29:16 GMT ade4d192-0e5e-4d93-bdff-e0237f481ccf <![CDATA[Soft skills most important for 2011, says survey]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:17:47 GMT 5fd3f795-1b19-47c6-a9c1-4ad0d26f0d49 <![CDATA[CBI backs league tables for employment tribunals]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:53:18 GMT 1f2f9418-c76c-4758-896e-7d166eb4b36b <![CDATA[Plan to phase out cheques may be scrapped]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:51:30 GMT 8fa74dfc-e010-42d9-b7fc-37bec36b3f8f <![CDATA[Over 65s snap up newly created jobs]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:49:37 GMT 769564f2-2416-4e98-bfd3-e9d7904563bd <![CDATA[Businesses must plan for difficult fortnight]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:40:33 GMT d1b3f205-4cf0-408f-bd6b-d8bc79307a3b <![CDATA[UK is most popular destination for retailers]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:07:29 GMT 042caa8a-aad4-4620-a215-3d0268b7893b <![CDATA[Council considering renting out commercial property]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:40:55 GMT b0710132-d051-4f9a-a063-b6cb976adc9a <![CDATA[Rising costs pose problem for Scottish economy]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:36:48 GMT 7ddf25a2-2f7a-413c-9997-277b113a940e <![CDATA[Business Link replacement unlikely to help SMEs]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:31:43 GMT 0ad73907-5dc0-4f55-8eb2-d66b561aa870 <![CDATA[Fall in unemployment surprises industry experts]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:54:36 GMT f44bfc9b-91d8-4d2c-be0e-6eebeeb0fb17 <![CDATA[Current biofuels policies are unethical, says report]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:42:55 GMT cdaaf0af-10c5-4d24-b93f-d47890b89bad <![CDATA[UK commercial property market grows in March]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:08:50 GMT 3da5aeed-71a4-443a-bc2d-0b801e3bec4f <![CDATA[SMEs hang on to old PCs]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:26:19 GMT 04abe73e-340c-4ed4-b9ea-e4f13dc13422 <![CDATA[Google overhaul could benefit UK businesses]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:05:51 GMT 5b29f236-7606-4246-a21d-c061aefc953a <![CDATA[1 in 3 business owners use savings instead of bank finance]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:20:26 GMT 42625858-c160-47b3-aac2-27180672806f <![CDATA[SMEs unaware of cheque guarantee card scheme’s end]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:52:18 GMT e4d2078f-3d70-4817-804d-a04a3c422193 <![CDATA[UK firms facing financial difficulty on the rise]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:17:09 GMT 364dc1c2-6be7-4c36-9d1d-ab89827727bc <![CDATA[Cloud organisations collaborate to promote adoption]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:59:36 GMT 0c804ae5-f366-4229-a915-ae99b3f886b2 <![CDATA[Windows users targeted in new scam]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:38:11 GMT 373505e7-dc40-4781-82f3-f4cd29d2edd4 <![CDATA[Seaside towns struggling with start-ups]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:19:21 GMT 486adf18-fd18-40b1-932e-51282d8126f0 <![CDATA[Birmingham casino could create 1,100 jobs]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:41:34 GMT 57fbac1e-980a-4f0e-9a77-db976eb4b749 <![CDATA[£450 million fund for businesses announced]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:25:37 GMT 23f8732e-1042-4487-8c01-00bc80b92303 <![CDATA[UK inflation rate makes surprising recovery]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:01:56 GMT ce750f08-f7cf-45e8-bf09-8ca1bd688e02 <![CDATA[Private sector pay restraint to remain]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:32:39 GMT 3f77133a-eba9-4d19-a501-9d0ea37f25dc <![CDATA[FSB warns small firms about EU regulation]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:45:05 GMT 58767ee3-b16c-437c-aa3a-b627f478fdd3 <![CDATA[Employee data in the cloud concerns businesses]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:07:05 GMT a91491b7-409c-4d26-b23a-417236fcd7b2 <![CDATA[Martha Lane Fox invites entries for Technology4Good Awards]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:25:38 GMT a5bbca88-5f68-4e19-a2f0-e650c618cbd8 <![CDATA[Hunt is on for 2011 Tradesperson of the Year]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:22:25 GMT 29f8844b-5bc9-4dc4-bf26-c8274f21e15e <![CDATA[LEP national network criticised in planning row]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:38:05 GMT 053afdd4-3953-4e44-bd32-468af8941710 <![CDATA[Small business crowned overall winner at NCWE awards ]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:29:47 GMT 3abc6067-1abb-4cc1-87ec-4b8a403aecaf <![CDATA[Disposable income to fall by two percent]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:03:59 GMT 5fd1fd2d-58cc-48b5-8656-36a04b5a0483 <![CDATA[LPC criticises intern law enforcement]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:47:08 GMT d981b60b-39b6-4ea4-8044-e8164b4ef306 <![CDATA[NEST appoints HSBC and F&C to run two portfolios]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:55:07 GMT f2235797-d3ba-4bad-8512-8baab8fed53f <![CDATA[Number of empty shops ‘will soon hit 20 percent’]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:50:40 GMT ee013d7a-d94f-418c-b0f6-5af42444167f <![CDATA[Disused offices to become new homes]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:23:30 GMT c06a3c11-0c82-4869-bf26-22b28157f11a <![CDATA[Senior adviser warns of interest rate increase]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:12:18 GMT 0bc26d1b-9d8e-4167-bbd5-e24e50684dfd <![CDATA[Degree-holders earn more than non-graduates, reveals ONS]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:10:48 GMT 2a4ff341-ca8d-4f8d-bbfc-305aaf8d5995 <![CDATA[IT leads way in social mobility]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:53:06 GMT 73c8967d-67fc-4be9-8466-beb4b659b589 <![CDATA[Britain “held back by planning rules”]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:53:48 GMT b4783d9d-c8fc-4038-a27d-a3afbd7b04f3 <![CDATA[Minimum wage increase concern for SMEs]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:42:36 GMT 9b1554bf-521a-40cf-9cda-2446112c56fe <![CDATA[Banks keep interest rates on hold]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:36:55 GMT 4392fad9-734e-4341-85bb-724f2182358a <![CDATA[£20 million management training fund announced]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:34:18 GMT 06eb85e8-6ae9-4a66-80d8-be1b404479d0 <![CDATA[SMEs unlikely to seek Government advice]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:23:50 GMT ceabca6f-cfa2-4951-a5c2-2a4626b26f1d <![CDATA[Government approves new £6.08 minimum wage]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:26:05 GMT 6908a55d-f41d-44c6-bff1-bc61f405d4ac <![CDATA[Small businesses warned to be aware of legislation]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:53:58 GMT 788e02c6-3823-4a00-a1b6-38bfa7ede5bd <![CDATA[Marshall Group launch angel investment fund]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:43:01 GMT c7fc7477-3f54-4773-b0e7-bcd6c775b58a <![CDATA[Conservatives pledge £154 million to Scottish entrepreneurs]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:27:00 GMT 5501b2c8-61ab-48b4-8850-baaca0fa0c30 <![CDATA[Manchester sees 11 new development schemes in 2011]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:22:35 GMT f0ece204-42f7-400b-9b98-0092a7dd8e6b <![CDATA[London property prices will remain high]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:07:51 GMT 7c7906d9-7b33-4d07-8f17-de4837cafa08 <![CDATA[Cameron vows to rid SMEs of (some) red tape]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:52:26 GMT 1913afcd-0b20-410b-b66f-1472a16ea627 <![CDATA[SMEs given power of appeal over loan applications]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:18:27 GMT 1285bea0-8492-491e-8268-daa8ea6270fd <![CDATA[Experts urge MPC to keep interest rates low]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:51:41 GMT 39075bc1-0409-4415-89b8-5e0aa1478402 <![CDATA[Almost half UK workforce feeling the fear at work]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:18:52 GMT b1f0f733-4e30-42f5-89ab-9d98c08849bb <![CDATA[Experts warn ‘real time’ HMRC timetable too tight]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:42:04 GMT 3529bd58-fe67-4cad-a897-d27621555b4d <![CDATA[New agency launched to help disabled entrepreneurs]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:40:04 GMT 377a99d7-2567-42ec-933a-4ef641156b24 <![CDATA[UK experiences 18 month industrial production low]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:20:39 GMT c2beef6f-cf0a-48ca-a5d6-ededd805b052 <![CDATA[Property owners urged to protect unoccupied premises]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:40:57 GMT 457db02d-7662-4a0a-9080-e37f0353e6b6 <![CDATA[Recruiters: graduates lack work-based skills]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:32:56 GMT 4abf0ae2-a930-499d-9970-dae8aa0c2345 <![CDATA[Job vacancies and salaries rise]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:31:33 GMT 9bef0dad-deba-402e-9485-c43a1f8c254b <![CDATA[Retailers could face another two years of difficulties]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:22:37 GMT e7aa21fb-b58e-4a0d-86d7-d0acd8414dd2 <![CDATA[Enterprise wide risk management needed, say analysts]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:50:16 GMT 9001ea2f-02de-40a8-b761-1163cd4c31b2 <![CDATA[BSI launches updated code to improve corporate website governance]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:19:39 GMT 7a4413ae-2ffd-48a5-a3f6-90675ed3af10 <![CDATA[Enterprise tablet use limited but growing]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:51:02 GMT 54d6f27a-d218-4d4a-bf6e-74322df51c87 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs should consider exit strategies, say experts]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:50:30 GMT a3899ade-4b0d-4b0a-a66b-69bfdade0a60 <![CDATA[SMEs must take action against rising costs]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:36:40 GMT 6a6abac1-7ddf-4c2e-be71-744f5f62c4bf <![CDATA[CIPD: employers expect industrial action increase]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:18:41 GMT 31d104f0-5ee6-48de-8066-e6e832d44fdd <![CDATA[Entrepreneur's 'rent to buy' scheme gets Government backing]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:05:27 GMT 86e9b8b7-f940-4eaf-9e97-02e593abc82f <![CDATA[Technological start-ups offered chance to win £100,000]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:20:08 GMT e7e82e0e-ef0f-4f7c-8df3-4a74cb935003 <![CDATA[Refinancing property loans could cause debt crisis]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:08:57 GMT 6b93c020-b53e-4925-9d1f-c2f2f4d7eaad <![CDATA[Investors and entrepreneurs offered tier one visas]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:51:13 GMT ad2afde6-64e0-490e-9799-07b03a99f16b <![CDATA[IT salaries in the UK rise by five percent]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:40:44 GMT 73f677e2-f16d-4625-a85a-678484408f28 <![CDATA[HR director roles going to non-HR professionals]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:20:20 GMT ef064848-cdc7-47d6-9b0a-a66cdec5fee3 <![CDATA[Water-powered radio is no wet idea]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:56:13 GMT 14f6b3f6-af0f-4e58-9230-13053f9d7522 <![CDATA[Coalition Government : No confidence vote from small businesses]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:10:07 GMT eab8f237-7321-496f-8c0e-9d999207a8ce <![CDATA[UK businesses worried about cloud computing]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:02:39 GMT 1affbba1-6a8a-471c-bef0-f5ceba731f27 <![CDATA[Global warming discovery by academic and SME collaboration]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:40:55 GMT 603e2356-1da8-44f9-8956-bb0ad8cd8a26 <![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are ‘born not made’, business owners believe]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:20:08 GMT a8159843-4cc8-4e43-96e4-348539408a81 <![CDATA[Green Deal fails commercial properties]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:47:48 GMT 9241c71b-2be8-42e2-98fb-8acb40ae9c13 <![CDATA[SMEs remain confident despite economic expectations]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:26:24 GMT c43bcc04-15cc-486b-b915-f1f97f87a174 <![CDATA[Business rates increase for vacant properties]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:16:10 GMT 26bbe98b-4398-4b7d-98d2-ba6297639707 <![CDATA[Red tape still affecting SMEs despite Budget promises]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:16:50 GMT 24dc1f16-70f6-40da-8bf0-3e0c13d79835 <![CDATA[More mothers working full time]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:45:37 GMT 0b697167-9180-4f42-8219-72c669d67df0 <![CDATA[Employers committed to training but require lower costs]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:03:48 GMT 7c40cfb6-fefc-49ec-9608-2dd33ca395e6 <![CDATA[Major chains leading the way in offering eco-friendly UK hotel breaks]]> Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:02:35 GMT 56c1279d-ec89-469f-808e-bc96663d1a42 <![CDATA[Average age of entrepreneurs declining]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:29:56 GMT 80b072f7-52d9-4db8-a98e-c2af04089a81 <![CDATA[SEC prepared to lobby for social aspect to enterprise zones]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:05:02 GMT 45ede8fb-75b0-457a-aed4-ea821cdc0a6c <![CDATA[Social media key to IT service management]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:19:25 GMT 07a47f1b-27dc-43fc-974b-0ecae2e77c04 <![CDATA[Manufacturing activity slows considerably]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:53:55 GMT 78d8c086-85c2-4394-9d99-b4a403085fd4 <![CDATA[UK retail market receives increased investment]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:33:00 GMT 6d3191f9-abae-44b3-9c2c-d88c11f797bc <![CDATA[London’s commercial property demand increases]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:25:34 GMT 3878660b-30c8-493a-a24b-01481a532d6f <![CDATA[Changes to UK legislation – April 2011]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:19:01 GMT 231f0c05-0119-450f-aef8-05a8b3b46cf2 <![CDATA[Government publishes Bribery Act guidelines]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:12:57 GMT 307a3687-c682-4369-9a69-900b628b472a <![CDATA[Retailers neglecting multichannel retailing]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:06:45 GMT b42c5637-2d26-466e-8b98-ba18c813de2e <![CDATA[UK digital marketing spend reaches £4 billion]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:57:33 GMT 97d1db4f-d958-4eca-a00f-a5c46f4a1249 <![CDATA[Businesses urged to tread carefully around DRA]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:39:11 GMT 230c3ef8-b061-4c11-ab15-344270178a51 <![CDATA[Retail sales sluggish amid spending cuts]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:34:09 GMT 947f6822-4344-43a3-8568-5d332c0ea4fb <![CDATA[Ofcom proposes price reduction for wholesale broadband]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:03:32 GMT 038ce397-3e02-47ad-82ca-5d880705dba2 <![CDATA[Green Alliance: green policies insufficient]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:25:32 GMT 0926bf77-695b-4f37-bd43-92ce60b3dcba <![CDATA[Jobseekers refusing training may lose benefits]]> Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:58:34 GMT 0d87e119-93d5-438d-ba62-61f83cb8c528 <![CDATA[Social Media Measurement Guide released by CIPR]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:54:16 GMT cb7808d9-3419-4f5d-945c-a508cef7ee65 <![CDATA[Discrimination still a workplace problem]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:52:49 GMT 12eca6f5-c085-4633-9027-485c215f67f0 <![CDATA[Hackers target business assets]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:03:41 GMT fad75909-8157-4c2f-95ba-da95c34c5dc7 <![CDATA[Switch to low-carbon economy slowing]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:37:54 GMT b8fedea4-71f9-4cf9-bd45-ba36fea7769f <![CDATA[CFOs cautious to hire new staff despite optimism]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:22:06 GMT 57d86c56-f1fb-4eb7-b485-5fca15beb8a7 <![CDATA[Five percent pay cut since 2009 in real terms]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:01:03 GMT 738df8f9-8b37-4adf-869d-16a187c502d0 <![CDATA[Missed lunch breaks leading to lost productivity]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:29:46 GMT 1c886488-704e-4fa7-8258-1ee7ac4e7174 <![CDATA[UK business hampered by 'social notworking'?]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:04:34 GMT 90f2cef1-a345-4c6f-a033-e58677f9fa2d <![CDATA[First 11 enterprise zones revealed]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:56:42 GMT d183b306-4a44-474e-87f8-8b66c828b26a <![CDATA[Fake PPE putting lives at risk]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:32:49 GMT 63f61749-f7ae-496f-9ee3-ad5c0a720cb3 <![CDATA[Businesses struggling with crisis planning]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:23:20 GMT b5ac4c2e-a333-49f0-932c-2358b939e039 <![CDATA[Osbourne: Green Britain must find its own way]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:04:36 GMT 79016a39-a901-49d6-8900-433601070781 <![CDATA[UK firms still restricting access to internet]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:17:40 GMT 519dea7c-b40c-4c8f-9191-48ef9854ae4b <![CDATA[€10,000 for green entrepreneur from Sir Stelios]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:27:08 GMT 93ad649b-b018-40c3-99ee-a5872355e663 <![CDATA[Small business owners unsure about search marketing]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:22:56 GMT 29c1dae9-5902-4a34-a101-3fc6579049e2 <![CDATA[Banks more willing to lend to property in 2011]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:36:45 GMT 1d6fabfe-ec17-4efa-be43-70530fadba57 <![CDATA[Low Carbon Workplace could redefine landlord-tenant relationship]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:56:24 GMT 988317d1-c9f1-4256-b8d6-f4198474bf07 <![CDATA[More than half of second hand phones contain personal data]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:45:38 GMT 8cf818a1-29cc-43ee-9742-d4f4edbf60f7 <![CDATA[Sterling falls back amid poor retail sales]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:11:23 GMT e0e95ca8-f6ca-4e2a-91bf-1a8ecf684b50 <![CDATA[Chief economist warns BoE to raise interest rates]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:05:45 GMT ce39c6d9-7274-4529-bbda-ac545db3ed10 <![CDATA[Osborne unveils ‘pro-Business’ Budget]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:08:01 GMT 132ff9d2-bac2-4611-96aa-04dd6cdb1848 <![CDATA[Businesses warned about energy costs]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:38:56 GMT e6002a8d-a55a-4e06-99e3-76120f683619 <![CDATA[Two days' downtime for online self-assessment submissions]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:17:09 GMT 64f4bdce-21e3-4c05-8e98-4f307f18e11e <![CDATA[Banks' tax transparency bill launched]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:14:08 GMT ced483be-8106-41f5-95a1-63da96f6716d <![CDATA[Customer service 'not in a great place' at HMRC until 2013]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:09:14 GMT 531037d9-0abf-4cd1-bfc9-1ff22990648b <![CDATA[Interest rates set to rise three times in 2011]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:07:40 GMT 519abf6e-847a-44b1-b288-ae9d5b842c4c <![CDATA[Few businesses utilising HMRC’s new review system]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:06:06 GMT 2d6d794e-4556-4e9e-a0da-59a7dd1f5bb7 <![CDATA[Government eases employment regulations for small firms]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:59:07 GMT abc7acef-c3d7-477a-82f5-4e8528007976 <![CDATA[Government to review sickness absence as part of welfare reforms]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:55:00 GMT 02f1fc5e-d76e-4092-b887-ca4cb944e8f1 <![CDATA[Employees unhappy at work but unlikely to change jobs]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:50:45 GMT fca2d036-1196-452f-9c2b-23c18525c4f5 <![CDATA[Public sector workers without the right skills for the private sector]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:49:07 GMT 504580a7-5cae-40ea-bcdf-2153cfb33815 <![CDATA[Growing demand for migrant workers]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:38:14 GMT ed0a6fc8-86d6-4c3e-8d34-7430f16714e0 <![CDATA[UK to cut support for large solar plants]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:59:47 GMT 77e138e0-d31a-4d99-9a7b-e3ccaa5a8936 <![CDATA[New Government package focuses on business growth]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:52:47 GMT 79f97456-fa01-4269-867c-6d03c6cc1596 <![CDATA[Small businesses 'can't afford' to go green]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:02:01 GMT 7982020f-6347-4d9e-a7eb-3a2e4429d4b9 <![CDATA[Prioritise cash flow start-ups are warned]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:31:23 GMT