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    • Green
      • Being green is key to a happy working life, says research
      • Businesses to benefit from environmental legislation and advice forums
      • CBI urges Government to commission review of environmental taxes
      • DECC unveils new package of support for “eco-innovators”
      • Green Deal boost for small businesses across UK
      • Small businesses should be making more of the 'green channel'
      • SMEs must become more energy efficient, says EU commission VP
      • SMEs turning to renewable energy generation, says new survey
      • Energy firm offers free usage monitor to green-conscious businesses
      • New British Gas initiative to help SMEs cut energy use
      • New EU scheme to reward waste-reducing SMEs
      • Defra launches food waste project for SMEs
      • SMEs back green energy but face obstacles to adoption
      • Scotland: SMEs demand action on energy
      • Simple steps can reduce energy bill, says expert
      • Utilities company helps SMEs save energy
      • UK SMEs losing £7.7bn a year through energy inefficiency
      • Commitment to assist SMEs with waste launches
      • Government asked to help SMEs going green
      • Richmond firms benefit from green grants
      • SMEs see benefit of going green but fear tax and red tape
      • Government’s green drive ‘insufficient’
      • Social enterprise ‘outstripping mainstream enterprise’
      • SMEs losing millions by leaving computers running overnight
      • Green tax burden ‘reaches tipping point’
      • Small shops exempt from Welsh plastic bag levy
      • Greenpeace urges sportswear giants to clean up supply chain
      • Green economy slips down agenda for manufacturers
      • UK businesses support move to European time
      • SMEs require better access to recycling facilities
      • Government slashes red tape for small energy producers
      • Non-sustainable Welsh businesses losing £5.7 billion
      • Clegg announces a green step in the right direction
      • British Gas launches new green tariff
      • Green Investment Bank 'to focus on offshore' initially
      • Tesco bans council recycling bins
      • Carbon emissions pressure costs 1,500 jobs
      • Puma publishes environmental costs
      • Businesses ‘should monitor energy use’
      • Impressive Energy Award for young company
      • ‘Climate resiliency’ needed for infrastructure
      • Cable vs Huhne: the carbon emissions debate
      • Renewable energy “could power 80 percent of the world”
      • Britain’s biggest companies not reporting green activities
      • Social enterprise best placed to handle public sector functions, says report
      • Offices get green as belts tighten
      • CBI warns over green investment crisis
      • Green business bounces back in the UK?
      • Current biofuels policies are unethical, says report
      • Water-powered radio is no wet idea
      • Global warming discovery by academic and SME collaboration
      • Major chains leading the way in offering eco-friendly UK hotel breaks
      • UK to cut support for large solar plants
      • Switch to low-carbon economy slowing
      • Businesses warned about energy costs
      • Small businesses 'can't afford' to go green
      • Osbourne: Green Britain must find its own way
      • Low Carbon Workplace could redefine landlord-tenant relationship
      • €10,000 for green entrepreneur from Sir Stelios
      • Green Alliance: green policies insufficient
    • Marketing
      • Food and drinks brands to see demand increase during Olympics
      • Facebook launches Business Boost programme for SMEs
      • UK firms maintaining promotional marketing spend despite recession
      • UK sales people speak out against negative preconceptions
      • 18m customers use social media to talk to firms
      • Survey reveals extent of social media marketing by SMEs
      • Majority of British firms to increase marketing budgets
      • SMEs "complacent" about digital marketing
      • Graduates from Salford University launch dynamic news distribution website
      • Brits using social media to vent frustrations, but is anyone listening?
      • SMEs not receiving value from Google Adwords
      • TV advertising is still most effective
      • SMEs not making effective use of social media
      • Over half of SMEs have no website
      • Marketing budgets cut for third quarter running
      • Yell Group's second partnership in as many days
      • Smaller companies getting highest returns from social media
      • Bailey Review sees action from Advertising Association
      • Marketers warned of Bailey report impact
      • Cold calling crackdown to take place
      • Protect UK direct selling, Government warned
      • Augmented reality marketing: the next big thing?
      • Retailers 'failing to meet consumers' expectations'
      • Marketeers still tightening belts as UK economy recovers
      • Small business owners unsure about search marketing
      • UK digital marketing spend reaches £4 billion
      • Social Media Measurement Guide released by CIPR
      • Retailers neglecting multichannel retailing
    • Finance
      • New research outlines scale of challenge facing pension reforms
      • RBS to boost small business lending
      • Summer of celebrations fail to quash Eurozone worries for businesses
      • One in 10 SMEs have considered closing down
      • SME confidence rises but investments stumble
      • Bank charges crippling SMEs?
      • Kay Review publishes report on UK financial sector
      • Councils must better understand procurement spend with SMEs
      • UK faces ‘crisis’ of innovation investment
      • Bank of England & Treasury announce Funding for Lending Scheme
      • British small businesses pay over £2.3bn each year to banks in fees
      • Rise and rise of the online fashion retailer: Asos eclipses M&S
      • Jubilee ‘saves June’ for retailers
      • Miliband calls for big banks to sell 1000 branches
      • Jubilee responsible for June sales lift but upturn was short-lived
      • Interest rate scandal: King calls for UK bank culture change
      • Entrepreneurs choosing small businesses over banks
      • SME borrowing costs high despite NLGS
      • Consumer demand for new cars boosted by finance deals
      • Contract End Date campaign reaches milestone
      • Mis-selling scandal could destroys thousands of SMEs
      • Research rethinks the future of access to finance
      • Bank squeeze hits as SME confidence falls
      • Small firms spend three weeks a year chasing payments
      • BoE to encourage lending with new financing package
      • US bank to target UK tech sector
      • New start-up fund launched for London businesses
      • New business website from AXA
      • SMEs ‘unaware’ of business partner debts
      • £500m Government investment fund open to SMEs
      • UK SMEs ‘reject’ payday loans
      • New £82m start-up loan scheme to target young
      • Overdue payments exceed £35 billion for UK SMEs
      • ‘BUFFY’ helps SMEs access available funding
      • £200 million programme delivers growth support to ambitious SMEs
      • Is VC funding for UK SMEs dead?
      • Entrepreneurs and VCs not on the same page, says Coutts
      • Late payment continues to affect small businesses
      • Clegg urges banks to lend to small businesses
      • Providers sought to help deliver start-up loans for young people
      • Complaints from small businesses against bank loans jumps 10 percent
      • New fund to invest at least £40m in UK companies
      • SMEs favour face-to-face communication on finance, says research
      • SMEs go 'back to basics' to beat late payment
      • UK SMEs pessimistic over future of sterling
      • Osborne looks beyond loan guarantee scheme at additional lending measures
      • Welsh SMEs to benefit from £40m fund
      • Budget 2012 round-up
      • BUDGET: Osborne promises help for businesses
      • BUDGET: Growth slow in 2012 but improving over next two years
      • Committee warns of £190bn business funding gap
      • EU approves UK schemes to improve SME access to finance
      • Experian launches pay-as-you-go credit checks for SMEs
      • Entrepreneurship Inquiry will tackle access to finance to small firms
      • Bank holiday period sees retail sales recover
      • £750,000 boost for turning ideas into business reality
      • Perceived cost puts people off starting a business, says research
      • A fifth of SMEs with employees anticipate applying for funding in Q1 2012
      • No double-dip recession, says BCC
      • UK insolvency rate falls as SME financial strength improves
      • Finance firms collaborate to help SMEs access alternative methods of financing
      • Bank of Ireland may get new €150m EIB credit facility
      • UK bank lending fell throughout last year
      • Lack of planning costs SMEs dear, with 1 in 5 denied loans
      • UK budgets show optimism, says new research
      • SMEs to stand up and be counted on late payment
      • UK bank lending to fall in 2012, says forecasting group
      • £1m fund opens to SMEs in Liverpool region
      • Crowdcube launches crowdfunding affiliate programme
      • UK firms improve payment performance in Q4 2011
      • Last minute rush for SME investment tax breaks
      • Small firms losing patience with late-payers
      • Iconnyx & The Supper Club release SME guide to 2012 budgeting
      • New legislation allows credit unions to take bigger role in financial landscape
      • One in 10 SME owners risk home repossession to stay afloat
      • Lending squeeze reduces credit available to SMEs
      • Banking sector shake-up ‘must improve competition’
      • Investors show support for British Crowdfunding start-up as Crowdcube raises £300k in 10 days
      • Late payments a major issue for SMEs in Ireland
      • Late payments hampering SMEs
      • Deadline worries over £15m Welsh growth fund
      • 'Cut bank bonuses and dividends', King warns
      • New initiative for SMEs launched by Santander
      • Osborne to back up to £40bn in SME loans
      • Ireland: third of SMEs applying for credit
      • UK SMEs financially savvy but have ‘low risk awareness’
      • UK SMEs planning acquisitions in 2012
      • Overdraft charges rise for SMEs
      • SMEs report reduced demand for external finance
      • Scottish SMEs may face ‘Christmas crunch’
      • SMEs want utilities ‘code of conduct’
      • SMEs dealing in cash to avoid paying tax
      • SME lending falls in third quarter of 2011
      • Fund to support pre-IPO SMEs launches
      • RBS aims to increase SME lending
      • Late payments to SMEs hit record high
      • Lloyds receives £150m loan fund from EIB
      • King denies doing little for SMEs
      • SMEs stockpiling cash, not investing in growth
      • Banks must do more to repair SME links
      • Banks’ lack of common sense is slowing growth, say SMEs
      • SMEs face credit ratings ‘lottery’
      • Businesses lose £300m a year due to slow rate valuation
      • New NI loan scheme pledged
      • SMEs should engage management accountants to ‘improve performance’
      • New UK bank targeting SMEs launches
      • RBS urged to drop loan prices
      • SMEs hit with energy bill increases of up to 100 percent
      • Osborne pledges billions to small businesses
      • SME profits fall by up to 50 percent
      • Cash pot available to North-East firms
      • Government consultation on SME finance to close
      • Experian launches UK’s first finance finding website for SMEs
      • Tax break looms for Britain’s fast-growing SMEs
      • SMEs still struggling to secure credit
      • NatWest 'Ambitions Bus' hits the road
      • EU Late Payment Directive to help SMEs
      • Three quarters of businesses say bank margins on loans are too high
      • EU finance ministers visit Poland for debt crisis talks
      • SME owners leading UK to economic recovery
      • FSB calls for urgency over ICB industry recommendations
      • SMEs opt for 'human touch' over online banking
      • Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) is ‘failing’
      • SMEs unsure where to find financial advice
      • SMEs being overcharged by ‘greedy’ suppliers
      • North East small businesses to receive funding advice
      • SMEs missing out on innovation funding
      • FSB chairman urges Prime Minister to follow through banking reform pledges
      • Employers failing to protect pension investments
      • Ireland: banks ‘unlikely’ to meet SME targets
      • Cable accuses banks of slowing reform
      • Wales ‘back in recession’
      • Small firms chase late payments faster
      • Bank of England governor admits SMEs are ‘suffering’
      • SMEs turn to the north for investment
      • Number of insolvencies stabilising
      • £10 million boost for London SMEs
      • UK companies ‘must work on cost management’
      • HSBC unveils Project Merlin commitments
      • Access to finance still a major concern for SMEs
      • Small businesses now able to raise £4.4m without prospectus
      • Debt solutions company warns SMEs about personal loans
      • Small companies losing out on currency deals
      • FSB says small businesses need competitive marketplace
      • Lending to SMEs falls again
      • SMEs to see rise in credit costs
      • West Country SMEs to benefit from £1m investment fund
      • New microloan fund helps support SMEs in north-east
      • ACCA calls for clarification over international framework on bank capital
      • Scottish economy behind rest of UK as insolvencies rise
      • Welsh SMEs request VAT cut
      • High rates threaten Ireland’s small businesses
      • Cheques to remain in circulation
      • UK fraud exceeds £1 billion
      • Companies overpaying into defined benefit pension schemes
      • New findings reveal complex relationship between SMEs and banks
      • SMEs forced to raid savings
      • Funds drought stalls small firms’ recovery
      • Banks to be held to account over North-East promises
      • Financial sector’s poor support for SMEs hurting economy
      • Treasury pushes angel investments in start-ups
      • HMRC targets small businesses over VAT
      • Average public-private sector pay gap widens
      • Painters 'better payers than estate agents'
      • Over 50s experience lifestyle 'crash'
      • Foreign banks could improve UK lending conditions
      • Banks to launch mentoring scheme for SMEs
      • Late payments still an issue for small businesses
      • Small business credit costs to rise further
      • Small business investment platform revealed
      • Lloyds told to improve SME lending by shadow minister
      • UK’s small businesses would be hardest hit by Greece default
      • Irish rate hike plan will benefit smaller businesses
      • Textile company designs route to export success
      • Experian warns of impact of retail insolvencies on SME sector
      • Osborne unveils ‘pro-Business’ Budget
      • OECD: global recovery threatened by ‘stagflation’
      • New funds to provide discounted loans to small companies
      • New funding system offers alternative to banks
      • New fund offers loans to medium-sized companies
      • NEST appoints HSBC and F&C to run two portfolios
      • MPC loses credibility on interest rates, says Sentance
      • SMEs struggling with inflation
      • HMRC increasingly targeting SMEs
      • Credit card use declines 13 percent
      • Metro Bank will offer broad support to SME market
      • Interest rates must rise globally, says BSI
      • £50,000 available to social entrepreneurs
      • Firefighters criticise higher pensions contributions
      • Fraud in business on the increase
      • Asset-based finance users fare best as overall business health falters
      • UK household finances still being squeezed
      • Monetary Policy Committee members remain divided
      • Merlin no magic bullet for SMEs
      • Manufacturing activity slows considerably
      • LSE sees profit rises ahead of takeover bid
      • LSE committed to TMX takeover
      • New MPC member against interest rate rise
      • Leading economist questions UK cuts
      • Interest rates set to rise three times in 2011
      • Interest rates on small loans reach 10 year high
      • Interest rate hike likely in face of rising inflation
      • Insurance disclosure rules to change
      • IEA urges oil-producers to increase production
      • Holiday season could affect cheque payments
      • Gold breaks through $1500 barrier
      • Families and friends first for business finance, says expert
      • Experts urge MPC to keep interest rates low
      • Eurozone talks to focus on Greece
      • Eurozone experiences accelerated growth
      • EU debt crisis may spread, says IMF
      • Demand for investment gold remains high
      • Deloitte: “£780 drop in disposable income”
      • Changes to state pension ‘unfair to women’
      • CBI warns government of inward investment risks
      • CBI predicts bumpy economic growth
      • Banks to face stricter supervision
      • Banks keep interest rates on hold
      • Banks face £4.5bn bill in insurance racket
      • Bank holiday period will cost Britain £30bn
      • 1 in 3 business owners use savings instead of bank finance
      • UK public sector borrowing falls in May
      • UK suppliers reject Government proposals on microbusiness filing
      • Cheques safe until ‘at least’ 2016
      • Retirement age proposals to be debated in Commons
      • VAT cut ‘could kick-start economy’
      • UK retail sales fall 1.4 percent in May
      • Osborne to call for ring-fenced retail banks
      • UK CPI inflation remains at 4.5 percent
      • HMRC continue to target tax cheats
      • UK tax is seventh highest in the world
      • Decrease in UK business angel activity
      • Consumer confidence falls again
      • Banks and businesses urged to work together
      • Retail sales drop in May
      • Scottish Government urged to help businesses access finance
      • Eurozone service sector growth slows
      • Study reveals double-dip recession fears
      • Super cities to drive British manufacturing resurgence
      • Banks buy majority of new gilts
      • UK manufacturing growth hits 20-month low
      • Eurozone inflation falls, unemployment stays flat
      • Low corporate tax rates failing to create jobs
      • BCC cuts UK growth forecasts
      • Manufacturing sector see improvement in lending
      • Is PAYE burden hampering UK employment?
      • Wages will be no higher in 2015 than 2001
      • Sentance delivers last words as member of MPC
      • UK consumers back in recession
      • Senior Bank of England official warns against rate rise
      • UK economy grows 0.5 percent in first quarter of 2011
      • Public borrowing in UK higher than expected in April
      • UK banks accused of breaking data protection rules
      • UK spending cuts ‘lower than EU average’
      • UK inflation rises to 4.5 percent in April
      • Slowdown fears resurface after poor growth revealed
      • Price of commodities remains volatile
      • UK economy grows by 0.5 percent in first quarter of 2011
      • Swiss tax agreement imminent
      • Santander pledges £200 million to SMEs
      • UK dividends to rise substantially 2011
      • UK businesses must spend more
      • Sentance suggests inflation may rise
      • UK firms facing financial difficulty on the rise
      • Senior adviser warns of interest rate increase
      • SMEs given power of appeal over loan applications
      • UK experiences 18 month industrial production low
      • Retailers could face another two years of difficulties
      • Sterling falls back amid poor retail sales
      • Retail sales sluggish amid spending cuts
      • Prioritise cash flow start-ups are warned
    • Planning
      • Olympics’ effect on business ‘negligible’
      • Cuts to red tape are ‘reduce’ burden on small businesses
      • Britain’s businesses say no to further EU integration
      • One in five businesses in London not preparing for impact of Olympics
      • O2 network failure ‘shakes small business confidence’
      • UK SMEs ‘getting worse’ at protecting private information
      • International trade 'to drive UK economic growth'
      • BVCA signs strategic agreement with UKTI
      • AXA helps small businesses shape up for London 2012
      • UK businesses want more free trade in Europe, but less integration
      • UK and US call to make the most of international patent system
      • Enhanced UKTI package available to East of England exporters
      • UK SME sentiment improves alongside orders growth
      • Small firms ‘losing battle’ for public sector work
      • £70 billion of potential Government business published
      • Bosses must put finishing touches to Olympics preparation
      • Continuity planning key to success during Olympics, says firm
      • Patent Box stays intact and moves a step nearer, says law firm
      • Corporate travel expenses sucked into £1bn black hole
      • Emerging markets targeted by business leaders worldwide, says research
      • Retailers that don’t accept cards ‘inconvenience’ public
      • UK small businesses don’t see customer engagement as a differentiator
      • Exports grow as UK growth slows
      • SME planning applications should be fast-tracked, says FSB
      • UK firms should act on credit department succession to attract key talent
      • Vehicle supplier aims to ramp up SME funding
      • Extra £1bn in Regional Growth Fund will be a welcome boost for business, says BCC
      • SMEs unprepared for Olympic impact
      • British ‘yob culture’ affected 18 percent of SMEs last year
      • FSB in Scotland calls for regulatory overhaul
      • Under a quarter of Government contracts go to SMEs
      • ‘Marginable’ uplift in sales for UK SME online retailers
      • Business costs ‘rocket’ when procurement is cut
      • SMEs positive about growth prospects in 2012
      • SMEs focus on increasing export turnover
      • Exports key to job creation and economic growth, says Trade Minister
      • Business disruptions hit revenue for UK SMEs
      • Entrepreneurs to benefit from new share capital guidelines
      • SMEs advised to seek legal advice for contracts
      • Small businesses spending more time on regulation than in 2009
      • UK traders troubled by Eurozone
      • UK SMEs fear closure as business investment drops
      • EEF and UKTI partner to promote exports
      • SMEs should name and shame late payers
      • SMEs seek to diversify through acquisition
      • Single EU patent system a step closer to reality
      • Ministers to be warned on pensions reform consequences
      • Job growth in private sector as public sector struggles
      • Entrepreneurs lack organisational skills
      • Red Tape Challenge moves forwards
      • NICs reduction could boost employment
      • Tougher strike laws ‘if workers damage economy’
      • Scottish entrepreneurs ‘more realistic’ than English
      • Bidding open for final enterprise zone locations
      • SMEs not ready for pension changes
      • Employers could save money with teleworking
      • New orders boost growth in UK construction
      • Growth Masterclass offered to East of England SMEs
      • New parental leave proposal contradicts red tape promises
      • Corporate Manslaughter Act can affect SMEs
      • UK retailers facing poor sales growth
      • ‘Snow supremo’ required by MPs
      • Government launches UK export strategy
      • Entrepreneurs more likely to rely on gut instinct
      • Corporate insolvency increases in SMEs
      • IoD director general: Government needs to do more to help businesses
      • SME orders see fastest growth since 1995
      • Corporate liquidations fall by a sixth
      • Consumer confidence at two-year low
      • Plaid Cymru reveal manifesto
      • Fall in orders from UK manufacturers
      • Banks failing to lend to SMEs
      • Government aims to simplify health and safety laws
      • Bank holidays “should be more evenly distributed”
      • SNP pledges Scottish enterprise zones
      • SMEs see growth despite economic conditions
      • UK companies too reliant on debt
      • SMEs offered coaching by entrepreneurs
      • Plan to phase out cheques may be scrapped
      • Businesses must plan for difficult fortnight
      • SMEs unaware of cheque guarantee card scheme’s end
      • Birmingham casino could create 1,100 jobs
      • £450 million fund for businesses announced
      • LEP national network criticised in planning row
      • Disposable income to fall by two percent
      • Britain “held back by planning rules”
      • Small businesses warned to be aware of legislation
      • SMEs must take action against rising costs
      • Entrepreneurs should consider exit strategies, say experts
      • Red tape still affecting SMEs despite Budget promises
      • SMEs remain confident despite economic expectations
      • CFOs cautious to hire new staff despite optimism
      • Businesses struggling with crisis planning
      • Government publishes Bribery Act guidelines
      • Changes to UK legislation – April 2011
    • Business technology
      • ‘Hidden High-street’ – half of small businesses invisible through mobile search
      • O2 opens up Priority Moments to help boost small businesses
      • System needed for small businesses to report cybercrime
      • UK tech startups offered chance to hone skills in Tel Aviv
      • One in ten SMEs have suffered from a data hack
      • Survey finds 'online file sharing poses greater risks to SMEs'
      • ICO launches IT security guide for small businesses
      • UK SMEs failing to optimise online selling tools - report
      • Businesses 'need to build trust' in online data
      • Web functionality a crucial factor in customer choice
      • SMEs benefit from growth in Twitter business recommendations
      • Britons waste two days a year on slow websites
      • SMEs looking to technology for disaster recovery
      • Contest offers SMEs time with development team
      • Sage Pay introduces mobile card payment solution for the UK
      • Britons considering starting in business ‘underestimate technology’
      • EU law reforms will put tech SMEs at ‘significant disadvantage’
      • Study finds ‘unacceptable’ security risk over cloud applications
      • Cloud services benefit mobile workers, says expert
      • Costs of data breach rises 68 percent in five years for UK businesses
      • ‘Tech-vexed’ businesses feel the strain
      • Survey: SMEs carry higher risk of data breach than larger counterparts
      • IT departments are obstacle to innovation, says survey
      • IT departments must evolve to meet new demands, including mobile working
      • UK SME leaders say ‘inadequate technology’ hurts profits
      • UK SMEs buy technology without ‘knowing if they need it’
      • European SMEs dependent on IT but ‘unaware of cloud benefits’
      • SMEs increasingly using social networks for business
      • EU meets SME research and development budget target
      • UK SMEs look to IT solutions for growth over coming year
      • O2 serves up free broadband to SMEs
      • G20 web economy to ‘double’ by 2016
      • Small businesses to be exempt from EU privacy rules
      • Dragons’ Den entrepreneur urges SMEs to leverage the web
      • Retailers rank security as biggest challenge for 2012
      • Three quarters of SMEs use social media
      • Entrepreneurs are the saviours of British innovation, say experts
      • 2012 festival to be shaped by tech businesses
      • Government to set up £75m technology fund for SMEs
      • New intellectual property support for SMEs
      • SMEs ‘outmanoeuvre’ large firms online
      • FSB concerned over 4G mobile broadband
      • SMEs missing out by not offering Wi-Fi
      • Online reviews of business ‘commonplace’
      • SMEs underestimate security threats
      • UK SMEs to 'lose £500 million' as Adobe scraps Mobile Flash
      • Downing Street to offer e-commerce seminars
      • PM praises 'Tech City' growth
      • Yell grows web services, focus on SMEs
      • SMEs vulnerable to data loss
      • SMEs encouraged to embrace outsourcing
      • SMEs stuck in IT “dark age”
      • Small firms undecided about social media
      • Vodafone launches new SME tariffs
      • Cloud computing can help with e-learning
      • High-speed broadband ‘vital’ to SME growth
      • SMEs have inadequate security measures
      • Employers struggling to keep up with social media trends
      • SMEs may be hit by rising online fraud
      • 1 in 3 SME cloud users in next year
      • Over half of SMEs looking to grow in 2012
      • European SMEs behind on Digital Agenda
      • Most small businesses 'unprepared' for data breach
      • SMEs urged to monitor cloud use
      • IT support firm predicts 2012’s SME security threats
      • BT unveils 'KickStart' business scheme
      • Cloud providers look to small business for growth
      • Google to help Britain’s SMEs grow
      • Government funding provides fast broadband for SMEs
      • Skills shortage top concern for UK tech SMEs
      • eBay million-pound businesses to rise by a quarter
      • Small firms believe social media ‘unnecessary’
      • Small firms must bolster virtual server security
      • Fasthosts warns SMEs about sending ‘spam’
      • James Caan offers web tips to SMEs
      • Small businesses not capitalising on social media
      • Welsh businesses get cash injection to raise IT skills
      • Social media fatigue increasing
      • New technology ‘too complex’ for SMEs
      • E-learning offers benefits to small firms
      • Cloud computing could lead to lower staff absence
      • SMEs spend nearly £7bn on cloud
      • Data security a priority for online retailers
      • SMEs increasingly ambivalent towards cloud
      • Vimeo expands with small business service
      • UK ahead of Europe in m-commerce growth
      • Facebook targets SMEs as Google+ increases market share
      • Google streamlines AdWords for SMEs
      • Consumers disappointed with mobile web
      • Carphone Warehouse launches new SME business drive
      • Mobile payments ‘to see mass-market acceptance’
      • Consumerisation increases productivity but limits employer awareness
      • Wireless tech start-ups get chance to wow investors
      • M-commerce drives digital retail
      • British firms unite to sell cloud to SMEs
      • Microsoft expands Zune Podcast Marketplace for SMEs
      • Small companies failing to utilise mobile technology
      • Vodafone launches new broadband plans for SMEs
      • 84 percent of companies have suffered a security breach in the past year
      • IT decision-makers reluctant to make move to cloud
      • Zuckerberg and Schmidt warn against web over-regulation
      • YouTube sees UK traffic increase
      • Windows users targeted in new scam
      • Use of cloud computing services increases among multinationals
      • UK government introduces EU law on cookies
      • UK firms behind in cloud computing take-up
      • UK businesses worried about cloud computing
      • UK aims to lead world on ‘open data’
      • Tesco records solid ecommerce position
      • Tap-and-go technology catches on
      • Sony hires cyber-detectives after hack
      • Social media key to IT service management
      • SMEs hang on to old PCs
      • Smartphone sales up 85 percent
      • Small business need continuity planning says report
      • Researchers outline alternative to cryptography
      • Research in Motion recalls 1,000 Playbook tablets
      • Outsourcers invent work to hike invoices, say IT professionals
      • Osborne: Treasury under cyberattack
      • Ofcom proposes price reduction for wholesale broadband
      • More than half of second hand phones contain personal data
      • Mobile workers becoming tied to devices
      • Mobile retailing grows in the UK
      • Microsoft confirms acquisition of Skype
      • IT managers still concerned over cloud security
      • IT leads way in social mobility
      • IT leaders warned over cloud’s hidden costs
      • Increase in malware targeting Google Android platform
      • Iconnyx releases 'State of Nation' cloud report for SMB market
      • Half of UK employees banned from Facebook
      • Hackers target business assets
      • Government launches communications sector consultation
      • Google to launch e-wallet
      • Google overhaul could benefit UK businesses
      • Global IT market contracts but pockets of growth remain
      • Enterprises not making effective use of analytics
      • Enterprise wide risk management needed, say analysts
      • Enterprise tablet use limited but growing
      • Employee data in the cloud concerns businesses
      • Cyber criminals ramp up attacks on critical sites
      • Cloud organisations collaborate to promote adoption
      • Businesses struggle with third party software integrity
      • BSI launches updated code to improve corporate website governance
      • British SMEs lagging behind Europe in uptake of cloud computing
      • Banks face highly infectious malware threat
      • £15 computer ‘could help a new generation’
      • New web domain suffixes approved
      • Joint venture to launch wave and pay
      • Information assurance main focus of Government cyber security plans
      • Mobile workers lack access to critical data
      • Blocking social media ‘risky’
      • Apple unveils cloud platform iCloud
      • PayPal sues Google over e-wallet
      • eBay: improve UK mobile network coverage
      • New website aims to speed up UK's patent process
      • UK technology growth lagging
      • Mobile wallet arrives in the UK
    • Staff and HR
      • Morale of British workers hit by economic crisis
      • Remote working trend rises as Flame comes to London
      • Nearly half of UK SMEs at risk by not insuring key staff
      • Workplaces ‘remain co-operative’ despite tough economic environment
      • CIPD: Corporate scandals erode trust and employee engagement
      • Don’t delay on automatic enrolment, says Pensions Regulator
      • New stress tool unveiled by CIPD
      • UK workers abandoning their career plans will ‘lose out in the future’
      • One in four British workers have ‘lied to get additional holiday leave’
      • Older workers urge employers to provide more support
      • Santander UK announces internship programme for small businesses
      • Government data shows scheme is helping long-term unemployed
      • Employees ‘much less satisfied at work’ after major life event
      • Employers failing to ‘capitalise on qualifications’
      • Employment tribunal numbers have ‘barely changed’
      • SME workers missing out on family-friendly benefits
      • UK workers putting in ‘three weeks overtime’ a year
      • Smart is still the way to go in the workplace
      • Apprenticeships programme continues to grow
      • Olympics could boost ‘fragile employer confidence’
      • New Government proposals to threaten flexible working
      • New raft of professional apprenticeships announced
      • Research finds ‘poor attitude to work’ among long-term unemployed
      • No-fault dismissals omitted from new regulatory bill
      • Music in the workplace ‘improves staff morale’
      • Male and female leaders ‘excel in different areas’
      • Growth in permanent placements eases in May
      • Stress is not recognised in UK’s small businesses
      • Employers dissatisfied with school leavers’ skills, says CBI
      • 'Less than one in three employers ready for auto enrolment'
      • Doug Richard to lead Government apprenticeships review
      • Skills Minister unveils new investment in skills for key industries
      • No-fault dismissals proposals "objectionable and unnecessary", says CIPD
      • Small firms ‘key to boosting apprenticeships and jobs in capital’
      • Employers ‘out of touch with staff’ due to poor social media engagement
      • Employee confidence in managers is ‘falling’
      • Wage incentive for young disabled people announced
      • Survey suggests ‘crisis’ level of workplace disenchantment
      • Employers struggle to fund wages that keep pace with inflation
      • Firms step forward to get youth into the workplace
      • Tech problems most annoying at work, says survey
      • Graduate recruitment to rise in 2013, says survey
      • Britain's got talent - but UK firms fail to protect it
      • High growth SMEs driving private sector employment
      • Employers 'more positive on immediate jobs outlook' - CIPD
      • HR Directors concerned over losing top performers push remote working
      • Evidence 'supports benefits of flexible working'
      • Forty percent of new retirees would be ‘happy to work past 65’
      • Research finds ‘reality gap’ in UK managerial capabilities
      • Nearly half of UK line managers ‘are ineffective’
      • Traditional recruitment methods 'still favoured by hiring managers'
      • Temporary workers good for employers but ‘not for employees’
      • Middle managers left behind by UK business
      • Workers ‘faking it’ to impress bosses
      • Employer confidence at record high, says new survey
      • SME owners facing retirement struggle
      • Nearly half of office workers ‘dream of an afternoon nap’
      • Acas launches guide to help employers tackle mental illness
      • Britain risks economic underperformance by ‘prioritising youth over experience’
      • Cost of motherhood ‘pushes mums into red’
      • 'Madonna generation' of women aged over 50 defy jobs recession
      • Generation Z employees ‘happy’ with business-led devices
      • Companies using exclusions to avoid AWR impact, says research
      • Social networking creating nation of ‘job flirts’
      • Entrepreneur First announces graduate entrepreneurs scheme
      • Tribunal shake up will ‘help business growth’
      • National Careers Service launched by TV chef
      • Women still missing out on top jobs
      • Fit note a positive step but more guidance needed
      • Bosses ‘sick of Twitter timewasters’
      • New minimum 12 month duration for all apprenticeships
      • Employer confidence in recruitment reaches ’12-month high’
      • Stress in the workplace to rise, say major pan-European opinion poll
      • New code of conduct for HR professionals
      • UK employers reveal ‘widespread lack of knowledge’ about absence
      • Benefits packages failing employees, says research
      • Agency Workers Regulations cause little disruption, says new survey
      • Scotland: permanent staff placements increase strongly in February
      • UK SME bosses ‘work through illness’
      • Redundancies since start of jobs recession cost UK employers £28.6 billion
      • Workers turn to temping to regain control over their careers, says new report
      • Youth ‘shun’ sectors with job prospects
      • Skills organisation condemns low level of workplace training
      • Report on Jobs shows rise in permanent placements for first time in four months
      • New tool helps HR departments make the right employment choices
      • Education dampens British entrepreneurial spirit?
      • Top one percent of entrepreneurs create 40 percent of new positions
      • LPC criticises intern law enforcement
      • FSB warns small firms about EU regulation
      • Internal development better than engagement?
      • Employers embrace new ‘ageless’ workforce but absence fears persist
      • Employers have ‘worrying’ understanding about healthcare of workers placed abroad
      • Working mums feel men are discriminated against on flexible working
      • Osborne hints at possibility of no-fault dismissals for small firms
      • Employers warned over jubilee breaks
      • Flexible working is ‘directly linked’ to productivity and increased revenue
      • Skilled migrants make ‘positive contribution’ to business operations
      • SMEs to take on ‘fewer staff’ than last year
      • Hays reports tunnel vision trapping workers and hindering growth
      • Britain tops European charts with work-life balance priorities
      • Employers signal positive shift in pay prospects
      • Flexible working emerges as ‘trump card’ for employers seeking best talent
      • Private sector redundancy plans create ‘worst employment prospects since the recession’
      • New international study identifies ‘engagement domains’
      • More holiday a bigger motivator than job security, says new research
      • Britain’s talent have ‘no place to go,’ says training charity
      • Substantial growth in apprenticeship starts and completions, say statistics
      • Employers in ‘denial’ about workforce impact of Olympics
      • Hays reports employees remain proud to work in private sector despite stress
      • New timetable clarifies automatic enrolment starting dates
      • Government to launch mediation scheme as part of tribunal reform
      • Online portal launched to help employers and employees adopt flexible working procedures
      • Majority of EU jobs created by SMEs
      • Economic fears forcing third of staff into work when sick
      • Firms urged to overcome the 'hiring people like me' culture
      • SMEs could benefit from ‘self-employed people under contract’
      • Public sector workers experience low morale
      • Reform to employment law for small firms branded ‘a gimmick’
      • Small businesses warned against reducing bosses’ pay
      • Companies unprepared for auto-enrolment pension rules, says research
      • Graduates turn blind eye to SMEs and social channels for job seeking
      • One in three London SMEs to hire staff in first quarter of 2012
      • UK microbusinesses to hold Christmas parties despite slowdown
      • Money for SMEs tackling youth unemployment
      • Employer preparedness for auto-enrolment 'not ubiquitous'
      • HR teams 'stressed by December absence'
      • Employers 'will support benefits'
      • UK employers positive about pay and growth
      • UK bosses usher in an end to ‘9 to 5’
      • Auto-enrolment delayed for SMEs
      • New partnership makes employee benefits more accessible to UK SMEs
      • Job tribunals ‘shake-up’ unveiled
      • Hays: SMEs may miss out on key talent
      • 28 percent of freelancers have little or no work - claim
      • Survey: Younger staff more likely to quit
      • Tax incentives could help youth employment, says CBI
      • New survey reveals rise in job opportunities
      • 'Employers risk losing top talent' - claim
      • Small firms ‘should not have to provide pensions’
      • SMEs urged to prepare for pension auto-enrolment
      • SMEs fear costs of NHS and welfare reforms
      • SMEs recruiting IT staff should be less 'picky'
      • UK staff work 26 million hours extra each day
      • SMEs admit to dismissing employees unfairly
      • Employee engagement in UK behind global trends
      • Stress most common reason for staff absence
      • CBI calls for more apprenticeships
      • SMEs to lose £3.4bn to winter absence
      • AWR to make small businesses warier
      • Businesses asked to help reduce red tape
      • SMEs hurt by employment regulation
      • SMEs breaking new regulations face £5000 fines
      • Small businesses bring innovation from the bottom line to expand
      • Acas releases employer’s guide to social media
      • Workers would sacrifice pay for three-day weekend
      • Employees would take £11,000 pay cut for longer weekend
      • Over half of UK workforce unaware of 2012 pension reforms
      • Unemployment among women increases following cuts
      • Greater numbers of SMEs adopt ‘open plan working’
      • Graduate pay average decreases
      • Apprenticeships must be better marketed
      • One in three would report underperforming workmates
      • Training levies could hinder employee investment
      • Almost 80 percent of Irish firms have frozen pay
      • Employers: female employees won’t return after maternity leave
      • FSB wants internship expansion in capital
      • Chinese internship programme to benefit UK SMEs
      • 46,000 jobs could be created, says FSB
      • SMEs struggling to find skilled school-leavers
      • Unemployment figures expected to fall
      • Employers plan redundancy drives across UK
      • Urban unrest makes case for flexible working, says CIPD
      • Two-week compulsory holidays could prevent fraud
      • Minimum wage increases hurting local retailers
      • Flexible working benefits all parties, says CIPD
      • Small businesses unprepared for scrapping of DRA
      • Workplace gender divide narrowing?
      • Employers critical of fit note system
      • Cameron’s advisor wants to scrap maternity leave
      • Employers ‘must check communications policies’
      • Interpersonal skills more important than knowledge
      • New research dispels Generation Y myths
      • Retail employment falls across the UK
      • Three quarters of businesses not conducting reviews
      • Pay most likely to cause employees to change jobs
      • Businesses appoint social media managers
      • Employees want workplace ban on social media
      • Pressure increases to place women in senior roles
      • ‘Horrible Boss Syndrome’ leading to resignations
      • SMEs expect to increase recruitment
      • Pension auto-enrolment to cost £2.1 billion
      • New code of practice 'to provide high-quality internships'
      • Young people taking job creation into own hands
      • Soft skills most important for 2011, says survey
      • Over 65s snap up newly created jobs
      • Private sector pay restraint to remain
      • Martha Lane Fox invites entries for Technology4Good Awards
      • Small business crowned overall winner at NCWE awards
      • Minimum wage increase concern for SMEs
      • Government approves new £6.08 minimum wage
      • Family businesses have happier staff
      • Flexible working important during sluggish economic climate
      • Long-term absence leading to low employee morale
      • Recruitment stable and set to pick up, says survey
      • Recruiters: graduates lack work-based skills
      • HR director roles going to non-HR professionals
      • More mothers working full time
      • UK business hampered by 'social notworking'?
      • Government to review sickness absence as part of welfare reforms
      • Public sector workers without the right skills for the private sector
      • Growing demand for migrant workers
      • Missed lunch breaks leading to lost productivity
      • Jobseekers refusing training may lose benefits
      • Five percent pay cut since 2009 in real terms
      • Social media recruitment unsuitable for SMEs
      • Mental health is primary cause of staff absence
      • One in three workers admit to ‘skiving’
      • Talent crisis deepens across the UK
      • 'Joined-up thinking' needed to combat unemployment
      • Remote working soars at SMEs
      • Construction job losses on the horizon, warns FMB
      • Senior executive roles still male-dominated
      • UK business 'held back' by health and safety rules
      • Pensions minister warns companies to ‘play fair’
      • Lower workplace morale caused by managers, says CMI
      • Women take more time off sick than men
      • Migration cap failing to help unemployed, says CIPD
      • Wage pressures not leading to higher pay
      • UK companies 'down-banding' before redundancy
      • Over-regulation 'holding back business growth', says recruitment boss
      • Gender divide still prevalent in the workplace
      • Small companies struggling to create jobs
      • UK employees disengaged from work
      • Leadership failure undermining employee happiness
      • Job losses cost UK employers £13bn over three years
      • Age discrimination claims rise 79 percent
      • Employees admit financial worries but fail to plan effectively
      • New guide launches to help employers improve work experience
      • Firms ‘should hire UK workers’
      • Workplace absence levels in decline
      • SME bosses may cut holidays
      • UK CEOs demand higher staff productivity
      • Increase in UK workplace deaths
      • Graduate jobseekers face record competition
      • Quarter of UK workers would move abroad for better job
      • Quarter of apprentices drop out
      • First candidates to achieve Qualified Franchise Professional status announced
      • Successful companies provide managers with HR skills, says survey
      • Graduates working longer hours to survive in job market
      • Government urged to merge employment and skills policy
      • Older workers neglected in performance management
      • Government stands by women’s pension age reforms
      • Unison prepared to strike if pension talks fail
      • Fathers benefits from flexible working, says research
      • Fall in unemployment surprises industry experts
      • Fake PPE putting lives at risk
      • Executive and public pay gap widens
      • Employers more confident in recruitment market
      • Equalities Act 'could be scrapped'
      • Employers favour tribunal reform, says survey
      • Employers favour meditation to resolve conflict
      • Employers committed to training but require lower costs
      • Employees unhappy at work but unlikely to change jobs
      • Employees favour benefits over pay
      • Embedding diversity is essential, says new survey
      • Discrimination still a workplace problem
      • Degree-holders earn more than non-graduates, reveals ONS
      • CSR key to engagement, suggests new research
      • Companies favour global wellbeing programmes as health costs increase
      • CIPD: employers expect industrial action increase
      • CIPD criticises British business over employment regulation
      • CBI backs league tables for employment tribunals
      • Business Link replacement unlikely to help SMEs
      • Doctors request more help from employers on mental health
      • Businesses urged to tread carefully around DRA
      • Businesses advised to engage tribunal consultation
      • Britons looking abroad for new opportunities, says survey
      • British workers have poor levels of fitness, says study
      • Employee disengagement remains a threat
      • Almost half UK workforce feeling the fear at work
      • Exodus of staff from public sector, reveals survey
      • Coalition rejects UN measure to protect domestic workers
      • Wages will be affected by new pension rules
      • Government to reveal public sector pension changes
      • UK unemployment decreases sharply
      • Government to help 'Heropreneurs'?
      • UK ‘years away’ from pre-recession employment levels
      • Recruiters ‘inundated’ with unsuitable CVs
      • Medical insurance cost up 10 percent for SMEs
      • Leaders lack confidence in ability to lead
      • SMEs plan to increase hiring
      • Coaching should be provided for all, says ILM
      • Britain’s labour market has structural problems, says CBI
      • Cash incentive for companies to hire long-term unemployed
      • Employers checking up on sick days
      • Top businesses to offer paid internships
      • Public sector bosses failing to implement reform
      • Half of staff would leave for better benefits
      • 14 million hours wasted weekly on job hunting
      • One in five Britons not contributing to pensions
      • Job opportunities continue to fall
      • Employers and employees have different views on engagement
      • Younger workers in UK feeling less engaged due to higher stress levels
      • Businesses unprepared for Agency Workers Regulations
      • Some wages experience slow rise since 1970s
      • UK workers need a holiday every two months
      • Variety at work makes employees ‘more satisfied’
      • Public and private sector pay gap widening
      • Family businesses reveal biggest concerns
      • Book aims to get new mums back to work
      • SMEs ‘risk wasting thousands’ on hiring errors
      • New report reveals clear aspiration divide
      • Pay is biggest issue for global HR directors
      • Graduates face tough job market
      • Government introduces changes to parental leave
      • UK workers scared to admit stress and depression
      • Workplace absence costing UK economy £17bn
      • Lukewarm reponse over plans to expand employment law review
      • Graduates increasingly take non-graduate roles
      • Government plans may reduce tribunal payouts
      • Recruitment market improves widely in April
      • New HR service launched for SMEs
      • Survey suggests global differences in employee happiness
      • Living Wage campaign criticised
      • Public sector pay gap increases
      • Living Wage campaign celebrates 10th anniversary
      • UK employees “working harder than in the 1980s”
      • Firm fined after farm fall
      • UK sickness absence decreases
      • SME recruitment confidence dwindling, says FPB
      • Glencore chairman criticised for 'primitive' remarks
      • Young people most stressed
      • IT salaries in the UK rise by five percent
      • UK firms still restricting access to internet
    • Starting Up
      • Innovation competition winners announced
      • Downturn sees sharp rise in women starting their own businesses
      • G20 nations urged to bring youth entrepreneurship to forefront
      • New joint initiative aims to build enterprise community
      • Sage Pay launches new start-up package to help SMEs
      • Increasing numbers of Britons dream of going it alone
      • Scotland: fewer entrepreneurs starting businesses
      • Time running out for young entrepreneurs
      • Inside the mind of an entrepreneur
      • £5m start-up fund for LEPs
      • Former fast food worker launches UK’s first dinner party website
      • UK's brightest businesses step up for Global Entrepreneurship week
      • ‘Ideas bank’ tours North Tyneside for potential entrepreneurs
      • Half a million companies created since general election
      • Local Enterprise Partnerships receive £5 million boost
      • New start-ups created to avoid top income tax?
      • Anglia Ruskin offers £50k to young entrepreneurs
      • Business mentoring scheme to launch in July
      • Number of UK businesses on the rise
      • Entrepreneurs receive most support in Indonesia
      • Recession prompts wave of eBay businesses
      • Entrepreneurs driven by redundancy
      • National plan needed to encourage Scottish start-ups
      • Scottish start-ups increase by a third
      • Wales ‘must introduce enterprise zones’
      • Innovation support vital for Wales to remain competitive
      • Scottish entrepreneurship falling behind rest of UK
      • Scottish universities producing fewer start-ups
      • Doug Richard: SMEs must be profit-minded
      • MP: businesses must badger banks
      • Business Bootcamps could create 1,000 new entrepreneurs
      • Inspired crafts designers needed for new competition
      • UK entrepreneurs call for enterprise education
      • Young Brits 'less competitive than European counterparts'
      • Santander withdraws from Business Growth Fund
      • SMEs in North East England see new microloan fund
      • IdeaSpace offers Enterprise Accelerator funding
      • Less than half of students planning on university
      • Shazia Awan: “Banks can’t spot potential”
      • Start-up accelerator to become permanent programme
      • E4F offers help to technology start-ups
      • Scotland ‘needs to create more businesses’
      • Entrepreneurship courses vital to encourage new business
      • Entrepreneurial spirit back in the UK
      • Seaside towns struggling with start-ups
      • SMEs unlikely to seek Government advice
      • £20 million management training fund announced
      • Marshall Group launch angel investment fund
      • Conservatives pledge £154 million to Scottish entrepreneurs
      • New agency launched to help disabled entrepreneurs
      • Job vacancies and salaries rise
      • Technological start-ups offered chance to win £100,000
      • Investors and entrepreneurs offered tier one visas
      • Entrepreneurs are ‘born not made’, business owners believe
      • Average age of entrepreneurs declining
      • New Government package focuses on business growth
      • First 11 enterprise zones revealed
      • SEC prepared to lobby for social aspect to enterprise zones
    • Premises
      • New lease to make it easier for SMEs to move premises
      • Cash flow warning in anticipation of mortgage hike
      • Boost for SMEs looking to compete with supermarket giants
      • NIG rolls out Essential Property Owners to select broker partners
      • Serviced offices increasingly popular in North East
      • First Government buildings become available to start-ups
      • Osborne tax hike on empty property criticised by own party
      • Security: Take measures to protect your business jewels
      • Potential for thousands of jobs at Leeds Enterprise Zone
      • Gap between prime and secondary commercial property reaches '20-year high'
      • London continuing to drive UK commercial property growth
      • Property could be more vulnerable in longer daylight hours, warns BSIA
      • SMEs 'losing out on energy deals'
      • UK businesses urged to claim full tax relief on capital allowances
      • Central London offices ‘best performing property sector’
      • UK property industry will ‘strive to meet’ Government sustainability targets
      • Two-fifths of UK commercial properties to fall foul of 2011 Energy Act
      • Struggling SMEs in Norwich braced for business rate hike
      • Tech firms to underpin commercial property confidence in London
      • Investment fund raises £100m for energy efficient commercial premises
      • Commercial property owners facing flood insurance issues
      • Shortening supply of serviced office space in London, says new report
      • Entrepreneurs gain access to empty Government office space
      • Manchester city centre office market endures difficult 2011
      • North West SMEs expecting rise in commercial property values
      • UK commercial property market shows signs of resilience
      • IPD warns UK commercial property at a standstill
      • SMEs ‘take a chance’ with minimum insurance cover
      • Pest infestation a ‘very real’ problem for some UK SMEs
      • UK property sector showing signs of recovery
      • Insurance experts highlight problems of water damage for SMEs
      • Commercial property growth in the North West stalls in Q3 2011
      • London’s commercial property provides access to a ‘world-class city’
      • Businesses under pressure to meet sustainability targets
      • Property on Circle Line routes most sought-after in London
      • DWP investigates SME recruitment
      • Firms 'request unreasonably-sized offices'
      • New Government regulations could aid commercial property development
      • UK SMEs considering moving their company in order to cut costs
      • UK commercial property tenants 'increasingly satisfied'
      • Commercial properties may require energy efficiency overhauls by 2018
      • Banks more willing to lend to property in 2011
      • Eleven percent of shops vacant
      • Further enterprise zones announced
      • 2012 increasing commercial property demand
      • Welsh businesses unsure about property expansion
      • High-quality premises attract better employees
      • North/south divide becoming apparent in property market
      • London’s commercial property demand increases
      • UK retail market receives increased investment
      • Business rates increase for vacant properties
      • Green Deal fails commercial properties
      • Entrepreneur's 'rent to buy' scheme gets Government backing
      • Property owners urged to protect unoccupied premises
      • Government allows local councils to keep business rates
      • London commercial property demand increases
      • London property prices will remain high
      • Manchester sees 11 new development schemes in 2011
      • Disused offices to become new homes
      • Number of empty shops ‘will soon hit 20 percent’
      • UK commercial property market grows in March
      • Council considering renting out commercial property
      • UK is most popular destination for retailers
      • West End sees shortage of office space
      • Newcastle’s Science Central approved
      • High street chains moving to malls
      • UK commercial property market not fully recovered
      • Is London’s skyscraper trend over?
      • ‘Graduate i-pass’ launched in North West
      • Liverpool sees 50 percent decrease in office rentals
      • West End offices are world’s most expensive
      • Banks will require four more Shards
      • Rights-of-light regulations affect London planning
      • Small business rate relief remains unclaimed
      • London a “safe haven” for commercial property
      • Portas to save the high street?
      • Is it the right time to build hotels?
      • Europe weaker than London for commercial property
      • M&S to tailor stores using demographics
      • UK commercial property affected by administrations
      • Could later opening times save High Streets?
      • Local authorities ‘should keep business rates’
      • London and Leeds leading commercial property market
      • Welsh High Streets ‘doing best in UK’
      • Westminster: UK’s most expensive business location
      • Business rates could be localised
      • More high street stores announce closures
      • ‘Rent day’ causes wave of closures
      • Vacant premises triggering town declines
      • Commercial property sector urged to support communities
      • Commercial property owners should accept Green Deal
      • Refinancing property loans could cause debt crisis
    • Accounting
      • A third of SMEs miss out on valuable tax breaks
      • Court of Appeal backs HMRC in tax avoidance case
      • Tax Return Initiative offers chance to settle tax bills
      • Online sellers have just one week to register for tax opportunity
      • Revenue warning on late employer returns
      • Tax information obligations will ‘present problems for small employers’
      • HMRC issues warning over May 1 self-assessment penalties
      • Sage launches free record keeping iPhone app
      • New mobile apps to help with record-keeping
      • HMRC issues annual returns reminder for businesses
      • Incentivise healthcare tax breaks for employers, says seminar
      • FPB criticises HMRC’s IT shutdown at end of tax year
      • HMRC warns over tax fraud after business owner jailed
      • Emerging strongly in 2011 - accounting tips for SMEs
      • New account helps SMEs make late payments a thing of the past
      • HMRC issues tax return penalties
      • HMRC to target known PAYE dodgers
      • HMRC puts back tax deadline due to strike
      • Three million people yet to file tax return
      • HMRC must assist SMEs with RTI, say MPs
      • HMRC issues self-assessment tax return reminder
      • SMEs targeted by EC accounting shake-up
      • IoD backs simple taxation for SMEs
      • HMRC ‘holding back’ on SME checks
      • Number of fraudulent HMRC emails soars
      • SMEs may be missing out on valuable tax benefits
      • Accountancy firm questions HMRC’s SME crackdown
      • Call for SME financial reporting to be reduced
      • HMRC’s online tax systems not ‘fit for purpose’
      • Time to Pay scheme creating ‘zombie businesses’?
      • OTS proposes simplified tax system
      • SMEs unprepared for changes to PAYE
      • SMEs say tax breaks are too complicated
      • Accountants ‘most valuable business advisers’ to SMEs
      • FSB says late payments are still affecting small businesses
      • SMEs warned over taxman’s changing stance
      • SMEs will struggle to fund pension auto-enrolment
      • Late payments causing problems for SMEs
      • UK inflation rate makes surprising recovery
      • Two days' downtime for online self-assessment submissions
      • Small firms hit by late payments
      • HMRC urges businesses to meet May 19th deadline
      • HMRC threatens customers up-to-date on tax
      • HMRC increases tax take with targeted crackdown
      • Government national insurance scheme criticised by Labour
      • Government eases employment regulations for small firms
      • Food sellers to receive VAT refunds
      • Few businesses utilising HMRC’s new review system
      • Experts warn ‘real time’ HMRC timetable too tight
      • Customer service 'not in a great place' at HMRC until 2013
      • Chief economist warns BoE to raise interest rates
      • Banks' tax transparency bill launched
      • 1,200 SMEs to be visited by the taxman
      • EU will cut red tape for smallest companies
    • General
      • Online retailers top latest customer satisfaction ratings
      • FPB launches new scheme to help SMEs in Scotland
      • Employees feel they could do a better job than their boss
      • Scottish retail sales ‘stagnate’ in June downpour
      • Buoyancy at UK's dropping jobless figures
      • SMEs risk losing business as they struggle to put customers first
      • UK business leaders expecting 'summer of sweat'
      • SMEs putting data confidentiality at risk?
      • Government proposes ‘new consultation’ on consumer rights
      • Construction industry urges government to boost economy through infrastructure
      • UK business confidence falls to lowest level this year
      • Prisk announces ‘Make it in Great Britain’ finalists
      • Government shows support for employee ownership
      • Government delivers better access to business mentors
      • Revision of copyright system to assist growth
      • Mixed results from BCC’s Quarterly Economic Survey
      • Business owners ‘do not enjoy’ leading a company in tough times
      • New proposals threaten Welsh charity shops
      • Planning delays 'stymieing SME growth'
      • London firms feeling positive about Olympic Games
      • SMEs urged to think about public liability insurance
      • Entrepreneurial ‘can-do’ attitude poses potential risks for small businesses - report
      • 'Nearly half of SMEs have considered selling up', claims report
      • FPB looks forward to 'more work-ready pupils'
      • Confidence among UK businesses on the increase
      • UK business thriving but ‘entrepreneur’ label loses popularity
      • inspiresme competition to help SMEs take businesses online
      • Third of Brits unwilling to trust ‘any organisation’ with their data
      • Customers favour firms with ‘excellent customer service’
      • Live Olympic travel advice to businesses on Twitter
      • UK’s micro-businesses ‘bullish’ about year ahead
      • Direct selling industry reports significant upswing in new sellers
      • Dragon Meaden backs new manufacturing scheme
      • Deadline approaching in search for North East's top exporters
      • New £2.9 million enterprise research centre will drive SME policy
      • Construction industry digs for victory
      • Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot
      • Survey shows' high value of apprentices' - Hayes
      • Leading British talents give hope to young unemployed
      • Energy costs and broadband 'top list of SMEs' infrastructure issues'
      • Wasted time in meetings 'costs the UK economy £26 billion'
      • April washout fails to turn high street into ‘damp squib’
      • Competition opens to find Britain’s ‘most enterprising place’
      • Consider SMEs in Queen’s Speech, says FPB
      • UK economy will ‘pick up’ through 2012
      • London to host Branson's 'Screw Business As Usual' summit
      • UK SMEs ‘fear the impact’ of today’s Postal Rate Change
      • Health of UK retail will worsen to record levels
      • UK economy falls back into recession
      • Businesses and consumers to be empowered to challenge anti-competitive practices
      • SMEs in north east concerned over region’s economy
      • Presentation key to avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’
      • Physical and mental stress won’t stop SMEs ‘gunning for growth’
      • Economy will stall until ‘sustainable recovery’ in 2013
      • SME owners defy health and safety rules to keep firms going
      • Upturn gives hope of business recovery in Greater Birmingham
      • BSIA highlights importance of understanding industry standards
      • Despite investment, town centres still face a tough future
      • Research reveals ‘new battleground’ over customer services
      • Staffordshire start-ups could win up to £5,000 of PR support
      • UK food and drink exports hit £12 billion last year
      • Scottish SMEs urged not to forgo free support services
      • Consultation: improving Trading Standards to protect consumers
      • Chancellor launches Google Campus in East London's Tech City
      • Six SMEs win national awards for internships
      • New start-up competition launched to encourage entrepreneurship
      • FSB: Regulation watchdog needs sharp teeth
      • Westcountry SMEs urged to ramp up CSR efforts
      • Mend SME cash flow in budget, says FPB
      • Government action on small business contracts
      • Small business confidence improving despite cost pressures
      • Consumer confidence falls again
      • SME manufacturers still gloomy, as political and economic uncertainty grows, says CBI
      • Ex-Dragon: South West SMEs can lead recovery
      • CBI urges chancellor to make growth and investment priorities in Budget
      • Scotland’s small businesses more likely to fail than larger firms
      • ‘Big business’ giving SMEs a bad name, says survey
      • New plans to get ex-offenders into the workplace
      • Government must give small firms a place at the top table
      • SMEs need greater assistance when trading overseas
      • Retail sales stabilise in February, says CBI
      • Mark Prisk to celebrate small firms at ‘Get Britain Trading 2012’ launch event
      • Branson launches competition to find ethical entrepreneur
      • SMEs resilient but economy stalling growth prospects
      • Coalition pledges to crack down on issue of 'NEETS'
      • Directors upbeat on economy
      • UK firm risk alienating 90% of customers through poor communications
      • Digital London announces competition for ‘market-ready’ start-ups
      • MP group to analyse barriers to SME growth
      • Government appoints small business owner to advise on apprenticeships
      • CBI: UK economic growth to restart this year
      • SMEs in Wales just looking to ‘survive’ in 2012
      • Company breaks record to achieve Investors in People Gold Standard
      • Business is a force for good, says British public
      • Search begins to unearth Britain’s pioneering female leaders
      • FSB launches SME campaign in Somerset
      • Companies leave staff in a cloud of confusion over snowy days
      • Lack of language skills a ‘rising challenge’ for UK businesses
      • Start-ups powering UK economic growth but vulnerable to business failure
      • Innovative SMEs shaping the future of business, not corporates
      • Schools must play leading part in creating entrepreneurs, says business organisation
      • Britain’s entrepreneurs 'lose enthusiasm as conditions worsen'
      • Royal Mail price hike to hit SMEs
      • SMEs are entering 2012 with mixed emotions
      • 67 percent of homeowners see no improvement in UK customer service
      • Micro-businesses in Wales ‘confused’ over public sector support
      • Small business confidence crashes at end of 2011
      • SMEs think Olympic Games will not positively affect their firm
      • SMEs are best-placed to lead UK economic recovery, says expert
      • Lack of confidence among SMEs threatens recovery
      • New advisory service for SME manufacturers
      • UK sees increasing number of start-up businesses
      • Social media a ‘go-to platform’ for making complaints
      • 2012 will be a tough year for small businesses, says FSB
      • North/South business insolvency divide broadens in November
      • UK economic growth beats estimates
      • Two-thirds of entrepreneurs to work over Christmas and New Year
      • Ireland: small business morale falls
      • Britain’s youngest SMEs could add £360m to UK economy
      • Increase in female starts-ups as women entrepreneurs capitalise on lifestyle trends
      • UK SME worms its way to success
      • British Gas urges businesses to prepare for winter
      • Government failing to support economic growth, say UK businesses
      • Mary Portas report on high street unveiled
      • Survey: unemployment is world’s fastest growing worry
      • E-commerce and social media 'give SMEs a headache'
      • David beats Goliath in online retail stakes, claims new report
      • Funding 'to deliver 19,000 new apprenticeships' - Cable
      • Osborne unveils business growth measures in Autumn Statement
      • Economic health biggest concern for SMEs
      • Boris Johnson backs young London entrepreneurs
      • Public procurement reforms will benefit SMEs
      • Survey reveals insights into start-up success
      • Ireland: group give tips to help SMEs weather storm
      • Entrepreneurs show "resilience in adversity"
      • UK SMEs not facilitating flexible working practices
      • Ofgem outline new proposals
      • CBI: businesses can help UK economy
      • Sweet success as firm's workforce doubles
      • Ex-forces entrepreneur scheme to be expanded
      • Government calls for 10,000 mentors
      • UK SMEs cut the cost of Christmas
      • BIS Minister launches Global Entrepreneurship Week
      • 2012 Olympics – Opportunity or threat?
      • CBI: SME sentiment falls
      • Groups want role of micro-firms recognised
      • Firms in Wales encouraged to take advice sessions
      • New collaborative project to help SMEs
      • Government policy on SMEs 'inconsistent'
      • Young businesswoman lined up to be 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year'
      • Clegg to tackle red tape
      • European Commission takes action on scams
      • North East micro businesses worst hit for insolvencies
      • Barclays supports UK SMEs with new initiatives
      • Riots lead to falling business confidence among SMEs
      • 10 early warning signs of business fraud
      • Confidence falls among SMEs
      • New service to aid SME manufacturers
      • North-East SMEs have the best ‘entrepreneurial spirit’
      • The pitfalls of poor customer service
      • SMEs waiting too long to buy professional indemnity insurance
      • Midlands SMEs most confident
      • UK economy stagnates in Q3 2011
      • Greater Manchester business hub could benefit 75,000 firms
      • PM must outline recovery plan, says BCC
      • Small businesses must benefit from quantitative easing
      • SMEs disgruntled with coalition
      • North-East SMEs feeling positive
      • Two-thirds of workers would rather sacrifice pay than colleagues
      • Reality shows 'could be damaging UK business'
      • Patent protection too expensive for SMEs
      • Government cuts business red tape
      • SMEs accuse Miliband of misunderstanding job creation
      • FSB calls for MPs to focus on economic growth
      • Northumberland SMEs offered procurement workshops
      • Berry good result for NI small busness
      • Job vacancies drop by 10 percent in August
      • SMEs experience 16.2 percent revenue increase
      • Economic confidence falls but performance holds steady
      • Northern Ireland businesses save over £5 million
      • Seven out of 10 UK SMEs risk doing business in the dark
      • Government ‘backtracks’ on SME procurement promise
      • FSB welcomes Government investment in infrastructure
      • Construction SMEs in London offered low-carbon advice
      • Business activity in Scotland increases
      • Online e-tailing: insights from SagePay’s 2011 e-business benchmark report
      • Government urged to help with SME growth
      • Growth expected in north despite funds gap
      • Lack of business knowledge in SME construction
      • Business confidence increases in August
      • Home workers struggling with work/life balance
      • George Osborne revises the UK’s economic short term hopes
      • Government to slash red tape on apprenticeships
      • Online SME retailers experience slowdown in sales
      • Ireland: Credit Review Office (CRO) criticised
      • Increased collaboration between businesses and academics
      • Competition hots up for Discovering Start-Ups 2011
      • Lifestyle businesses to flourish by 2020
      • Potential Norfolk ‘growth fund’ for SMEs proposed
      • Volumes contract in UK services sector
      • Lack of available credit and consumer caution pose biggest risks to businesses
      • SMEs spending £6bn a year in compliance costs
      • Wales: confusion over 5p levy on plastic bags
      • inspiresme.co.uk to cover ‘Do Your Own PR’ event at Clerkenwell Workshops
      • Nine out of 10 Buckinghamshire SMEs reject HS2
      • NI: SMEs angry at energy price hike
      • Small firms in Bradford benefit from rate relief
      • UK customers most likely to complain
      • Third fund set up for riot-hit businesses
      • Health and safety ‘being used as excuse’
      • Cheque uncertainty must be reduced
      • London offers competitive marketplace for small firms
      • Businesses paying too much for essentials
      • Scottish SMEs face ‘abyss’ over tramwork disruption
      • inspiresme.co.uk to cover 'Beyond Networking' event
      • Steady growth expected over coming decade
      • UK academic promotes optimism and chance theory
      • Consumers buying less than this time last year
      • London business fund receives £20 million boost after riots
      • SME owners choose to take ‘workcations’
      • UK unemployment total is rising
      • Lack of trust undermining morale
      • RBS to assist riot-stricken SMEs
      • BCC aims to help business growth
      • Business confidence falling throughout UK
      • Stay in contact with customers during riots, urges expert
      • Record numbers of consumers ‘have no spare cash’
      • SMEs in Yorkshire feel financial pain
      • Cost of riots counted; social media to blame?
      • Ignorance no defence regarding SME staff driving at work
      • London riots destroy homes and businesses
      • Welsh stock exchange could bolster economy
      • Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year awards open for nominations
      • SMEs missing best energy deals
      • Decline in Northern Irish business activity
      • SME manufacturers fearful of slowdown
      • Quarter of UK SMEs lack useful contacts
      • UK copyright law to change
      • Retail prices cut as shop price inflation eases
      • SMEs: biggest issue is downturn in demand
      • Bristol enterprise zone cause for concern in Wales
      • Teachers unprepared for Cameron's entrepreneurial vision
      • Over half of small companies 'fear for survival'
      • Report urges Welsh businesses to invest to grow
      • UK economic growth slows
      • Entrepreneurs avoiding taking holidays
      • Does British education support entrepreneurship?
      • Small businesses ‘lose out’ over arbitration rules
      • North-East and Yorkshire SMEs are seeing ‘patchy’ growth
      • SMEs need Government help, says ex-CBI boss
      • Government announces new support for cities
      • Shell Springboard competition opens for seventh year
      • Government to name and shame late-paying contractors
      • National skills project to boost UK economic growth
      • ‘Glass ceiling’ increases risk of corporate failure
      • TfL will offer support to SMEs in advance of 2012
      • Poor spelling 'costs SMEs millions'
      • Entrepreneurs gather for Queen's Award for Enterprise
      • North Yorkshire councils make commitment to small businesses
      • European SMEs raise commitment to emerging markets
      • Olympic UK must get better at customer service, says report
      • Intellectual property worth £65bn a year to Britain
      • UK economy still a concern
      • EU commission to debate SME definition
      • New cyber-crime agency 'will aid SMEs'
      • Politicians gearing up for SME work experience
      • Government urged to help sole traders
      • UK SMEs urge Government to back business
      • Eurozone manufacturing growth hits 18-month low
      • Bribery Act is now in force
      • Thousands of public sector workers go ahead with industrial action
      • Knowledge economy key to sustained prosperity
      • Report reinforces importance of SMEs to the EU
      • Government’s apprenticeship targets exceeded
      • UK manufacturers report solid demand, says CBI
      • SMEs ‘ignorant’ about data protection
      • Forces of inertia holding back reform, warns CBI Deputy Director-General
      • The evolution of the High Street
      • SMEs to receive better intellectual property protection
      • Mass public sector strike warning
      • Scottish job market weakest across UK
      • Entrepreneurs made, not born
      • Cable increases pressure on banks to lend to SMEs
      • NI: cut in tax could create 58,000 jobs
      • Fewer than one in 10 using public transport to commute
      • Unemployed household numbers almost double since 1997
      • Lord Glendonbrook donates £1 million to university
      • Services sector sees a mixed Q1
      • Unhealthy lifestyles cost £17.7bn a year
      • Is public transport crippling UK business?
      • Employee 'neglect' leaves UK's economy out in the cold
      • Big Venture Challenge seeking out UK's best entrepreneurs
      • Exports boost UK manufacturing
      • 'Rapid global market expansion in 2013', says analyst
      • ‘Staycations’ add £7.3 billion to UK tourism
      • Government's new export initiative welcomed
      • Cameron pledges to get more young people into the workplace
      • Swindon: UK’s most expensive town
      • TSELF funding opens Sunderland youth club
      • Rising costs pose problem for Scottish economy
      • Hunt is on for 2011 Tradesperson of the Year
      • Cameron vows to rid SMEs of (some) red tape
      • Coalition Government : No confidence vote from small businesses
  • Starting up
    • Before you begin
      • 10 business myths reconsidered
      • 10 most common early years business strategy mistakes
      • 10 top tips for the young entrepreneur
      • Case study: from employment to entrepreneur with auka business services ltd
      • Case study: Incentive FM competes against the heavyweights
      • EVENT COVERAGE: 26th Business Startup Show @ Earls Court 2
      • EVENT COVERAGE: Start-up Stories
      • Five tips for making things happen
      • Time management: Five tips to help meet deadlines and goals
      • How and when to leave your job
      • Case study: Art You Grew Up With turns passion into a business
      • Case study: Small business Huddlebuy helps other small businesses
      • EVENT COVERAGE: Startup Weekend London
      • How to launch a Business
      • 20 inspirational quotes from the world’s top entrepreneurs
      • 20 top UK based business blogs
      • OPINION: The Golden Age – starting a business in your fifties
      • CASE STUDY: Caxton FX's top tips for the budding entrepreneur
      • What does it take to run a business?
      • Why should I start a business?
      • Six reasons why new businesses fail
    • Best advice you've ever been given?
    • Case studies
      • Case study: 8th Day Adventure turning free time into a commercially successful business
      • Case Study: A head for business helped Doren stay focussed on his objective
      • Case study: a new approach to financial trading gaming with TraderPeople
      • Case study: Beanie's Health Foods imports meat-free products to Britain
      • Case study: Denise Proctor uses her drive and experience to create The Baby Loft
      • Case study: driving growth in cultural sectors with Counterculture Partners
      • Case study: FreshCig uses technology to offer an alternative to smoking
      • Case study: LUX FIX offers members-only access to the latest fashion trends
      • Case study: Pneumacare pursues a shorter road to reality
      • Case study: starting up overnight at 3Objectives
      • Case study: Kids get the designer touch with MiniWardrobe.com
      • Case study: telecoms company increases revenue through customer analysis
    • Do you have a favourite quote about business?
    • Franchising
      • EVENT COVERAGE: British and International Franchise Expo 2012
      • Guide to franchising
      • Pros and cons of franchising
    • Business Ideas
      • Case study: part of the whole is stronger than the sum for Byotrol
      • Case study: Xcite Digital how to survive and thrive in a recession
      • Eight top tips to help you break into the creative sector
      • Case study: walking the entrepreneurial path with BiggerFeet
      • Case study: creative innovation and crowdsourcing with Big Bang Lab
      • Entrepreneurship: Born or bred?
      • What makes a good business idea?
      • Case study: Rockstar Youth guides young entrepreneurs down the path to success
      • Case study: independence pays off for FRS
      • Case study: Graphic Workman gets established in a saturated market
      • Case study: Freespeed meets a growing need with experience and passion
      • Case study: turning ideas into products with The Wand Company
      • Case study: HeyZap innovates in a growing marketplace
      • Case study: Conseal Security aims to build an iron-clad company
      • Case study: accounting with a twist at Mazuma Money
      • Common mistakes entrepreneurs make when choosing a business name
      • Buying an established business
      • How to come up with a great business idea
    • Company formation
      • Becoming self-employed at 50+
      • Choosing a start-up structure
      • Guide to business structures
      • Guide to limited companies
      • How to set up a partnership
      • Setting up a private limited company
      • Setting up as a sole trader
      • Starting up a company when you're under 18
    • Freelance
      • 10 pieces of financial advice for freelancers to be aware of
      • Five common freelancer mistakes
      • Five habits of successful freelancers
      • Five ways to build trust as a freelancer
      • Top tax tips for freelancers
      • Using contracts and negotiation to resolve disputes
    • Glossary of business terminology
    • Starting a …
      • How to open a bike shop
      • How to open a card shop
      • How to start a bar
      • How to start a coffee shop
      • How to start a courier company
      • How to start a greengrocers
      • How to start a sweet shop
      • How to start a travel agency
      • How to start a gym
      • How start a catering company
      • How to start a youth hostel
      • How to start a sustainability consultancy
      • How to start an antiques shop
      • How to start a book shop
      • How to open a butcher's shop
      • How to start a seasonal business
      • How to start a pet shop business
      • How to start a mini-cab business
      • How to start a performing arts company
      • How to start a charity
      • How to start an internet radio station
      • Starting a valeting business
      • How to start a carpentry and joinery business
      • Starting a restaurant
      • Starting a pet grooming business
      • Starting a graphic design business
      • How to start a recruitment consultancy
      • How to start a wedding planning business
      • Starting a wholesale business
      • Starting an internet café
      • Starting an electrical contracting business
      • Starting a light engineering company
      • How to start a beauty salon
      • How to start a market stall
      • Starting a toy and games shop
      • Guide to becoming a private tutor
      • Starting an art and framing business
      • Starting a haulage business
      • Starting a recording studio business
      • How to start a scrap metal business
      • Starting a crèche
      • Starting a livery yard
      • Starting a dog walking business
      • How to start a plumbing business
      • Starting an advertising agency
      • How to start a security consultancy
      • How to start an estate agency
      • How to start a café business
      • How to start a locksmith business
      • How to start a property management business
      • How to start a commercial photography business
      • How to start a magazine
      • How to start a day-nursery
      • How to start a kennels and cattery business
      • How to start a landscape gardening business
      • How to start a t-shirt design and supply business
      • How to start a jewellery design business
      • How to start a handyman business
      • Starting a garden centre
      • Starting a hairdressers
      • Starting a bakery
      • Starting a retail business
      • Starting a van rental company
      • Starting an eBay business
      • Starting a window cleaning business
      • Starting a fashion label
      • Starting a record label
      • Starting an ice cream business
      • Becoming a personal trainer
      • Starting a public house
      • Starting an event management business
      • Starting a taxi firm
      • Starting a removals company
      • Starting a consultancy
      • Starting an interior design company
      • Starting an architectural agency
      • Starting a web design company
      • Starting a PC repair business
      • Starting a florist
      • Starting a cleaning company
      • Starting a bed and breakfast
      • Starting a newsagents
      • Starting a clothes shop
      • Becoming a property developer
    • What advice would you give to an entrepreneur starting their first business?
    • Young entrepreneurs
      • Six reasons why Britain’s young entrepreneurs will succeed
      • OPINION: Water the root not just the petals of economic growth
      • Young guns: 10 of the top young entrepreneurs in the UK today
  • Planning
    • Business planning
      • EVENT COVERAGE: The Business Show 2012 - ExCel London
      • How to write a killer business plan
      • OPINION: Sustainability? It isn’t all about 'Green'
      • True Survivors: How Britain’s entrepreneurs are getting through the recession
      • OPINION: Making time for business planning
      • Case Study: 40,000 clock cases - how it all can go wrong so quickly
      • Five customer service tips to give your business the edge
      • Bucking the trend: UK’s top female entrepreneurs offer inspirational advice
      • Guide to brainstorming
      • How to change company culture for the better
      • Introduction to business mentoring
      • Keeping an eye on the competition
      • People power - How small companies can take on the big boys
      • Navigating a successful business turnaround
      • Planning for exit
      • Top tips to take advantage of the Valentine’s Day shopping hike
      • Improving your internal processes
      • OPINION: Finance checklist for 2012
      • How to win business going into 2012
      • How to differentiate your business in 2012
      • EVENT COVERAGE: Business Growth Show @ MWB Business Exchange
      • The implications of Waste Hierarchy guidelines for SMEs
      • Guide to exit strategies
      • Guide to insurance for small businesses
      • Guide to libel and slander for businesses
      • How to cope with seasonal fluctuations
      • Introduction to shipping imported goods
      • Case study: restructuring and planning at Skin Studios to maximise profits
      • Case study: business process management at HAM Associates
      • Surviving a recession
      • Guide to business plans
      • Common mistakes when writing a business plan
      • Stock control methods
      • Sample business plan outline
      • Tips to help you control stock
    • Case study: Pink-tiger aims to perk up the wilder side of life
    • Design through Innovation
    • Growth
      • A guide to senior management structures
      • Five emerging consumer trends in 2012
      • Growing Pains: How to spot the signs you're outgrowing your small business processes
      • Growing pains: when is the right time to grow your business?
      • Is it the right time to grow my business?
      • Managing small business growth
    • International business
      • Breaking the business language barrier - part 1
      • Checklist for international business exhibitions
      • EVENT: Practical advice for trading overseas
      • How to build an international customer base
      • How to do business in... Hong Kong
      • How to do business in... Iceland
      • How to do business in... Ireland
      • How to do business in... Kenya
      • How to do business in... New Zealand
      • How to do business in… Norway
      • How to do business in… Argentina
      • How to do business in... Australia
      • How to do business in... France
      • How to do business in... Nigeria
      • How to do business in... Russia
      • How to do business in... India
      • How to do business in... Brazil
      • How to do business in... Taiwan
      • How to do business in... South Africa
      • How to do business in... Mexico
      • How to do business in... Egypt
      • How to do business in... the UAE
      • How to do business in... Japan
      • How to do business in... Germany
      • How to do business in... The USA
      • How to do business in... China
      • How to do business in... Canada
      • How to enter a foreign market
      • The opportunity is now: a guide to overseas trading
      • Trading in Asia: Where to go, what to do?
    • Logistics
      • Guide to courier services for SMEs
    • London 2012
      • How to... Get Ahead of the London 2012 Games
      • OPINION: Ensuring events this summer don’t result in a dip in profits
    • Market research
      • How to research your business idea
      • How to undertake competitor analysis
      • Introduction to market research
      • The importance of a target customer and how they change over time
    • Intellectual Property
      • A guide to the patent process – the first year
      • A guide to the patent process – to the end of the first year and beyond...
      • Guide to copyright protection
      • Guide to design right and registration
      • Guide to intellectual property
      • Guide to patents and how to obtain one
      • Guide to trademarks and how to apply
      • How to protect your intellectual property rights
      • Identifying and valuing your assets
      • OPINION: Imitation - the sincerest form of flattery
    • Legal
      • A guide to employer’s liability insurance
      • EVENT: Law for Startups – Companies and Shares
      • Fraud: Every business is at risk
      • Guide to public liability insurance
      • How to choose a company solicitor
      • How to negotiate a mutually agreeable contract
      • Legal issues for online companies
      • Mistakes can happen – is your business covered?
      • What to do when your business is owed money
      • Writing a watertight contract
  • Finance
    • Alternative sources of business growth finance
    • Business banking
      • CAMPARI: preparing a business bank loan application
      • Choosing the right business bank account
      • Guide to business bank loans
      • How to apply for a business bank loan
      • Let’s take control and stop relying on the banks...
      • Why banks reject loan applications
    • Equity finance
      • EVENT COVERAGE: Angel Talk - Find out what angel investors really want
      • Guide to angel investors
      • Guide to equity finance
      • Guide to venture capital
      • How to negotiate with investors
      • Legal issues when dealing with investors
      • OPINION: Risk capital for hire: a guide to royalty funding
      • Understanding investors and funding
    • Case study: Every saved penny counts for businesses says SMEDiscounts
    • How does Quantitive Easing work and will it make a difference to SMEs?
    • OPINION: Power to the people - give alternative lending a chance
    • Simple tips for buying business travel better
    • Small business grants
      • Applying for a Government grant
      • Guide to small business grants
    • Start-up financing
      • Alternative methods of raising funds
      • Common mistakes when making investor presentations
      • Investing your own money into your business
      • Projecting start-up costs for a new business
      • Raising money from friends and family
      • Sources of start-up finance
    • ANALYSIS: The financial benefits of a Renminbi link to UK SMEs
    • Working capital matters, regardless of your size
  • Staff & HR
    • Recruitment and selection
      • Case study: How business school and friendship were the making of MBAandCo.com
      • Common recruitment mistakes made by entrepreneurs
      • Creating a competitive employee benefits package
      • Guide to hiring a manager
      • How to recruit key talent
      • How to structure a job interview
      • How to use a recruitment agency
      • Important questions to ask candidates at interview
      • The 5 Golden Rules to Recruitment
      • Case study: hiring the correct staff to create the right experience with TenPilates
      • Returning to work after a career break
      • Case study: Yellow Cat Recruitment deals with a square peg and a round hole
    • HR
      • A guide to employment tribunals
      • An SME guide to preparing for pensions auto-enrolment
      • Essential health and safety tips for the workplace
      • Equality Act 2010 - what it means to employers
      • Introduction to auto-enrolment
      • Using collaborative tools to aid flexible working
      • Workplace gossip - turning back the tide
      • Guide to jury service for businesses
      • How HR software can benefit small businesses
      • How to carry out a risk assessment
      • Employer's guide to monitoring communications data
      • OPINION: Cuts to health and safety – a risk too far?
      • Your HR Calendar for 2012
      • Guide to writing contracts of employment
      • How to implement an internet use policy
      • Occupational Health: guide to keeping your employees healthy
    • Training & development
      • Common training and development mistakes made by entrepreneurs
      • Case study: new start-up no sticking point for Adhere Training
      • EVENT COVERAGE: Whole Brain Thinking
      • Toastmaster experience gave a much-needed boost to confidence
      • MBAs: Are they really worth it?
      • Understanding employee training needs
    • Management
      • 10 tips to enjoy the festive season at work
      • 10 ways to avoid workplace stress
      • A guide to stress management
      • Common mistakes made when managing staff
      • Employment law and you
      • Guide to dealing with sickness and absence
      • OPINION: A ticking time-bomb of older workers
      • Five cost-effective staff benefits
      • Guide to dress-down Fridays and casual Fridays
      • Guide to employee management
      • How to create a good working environment – and why it’s so essential
      • Incentivising Employees Using EMIS Shares
      • OPINION: Correctly managed staff are key to business growth
      • How to conduct appraisals
      • How to handle redundancies
      • How to handle staff suffering from stress or depression
      • How to motivate staff
      • How to organise a social event
      • Implementing a dress code policy
      • Working from home - how it can benefit your business
  • Premises
    • Home-based businesses
      • Five tips to keep your home-based business professional
      • Guide to home-based businesses
      • Holding client meetings in your home
      • Is it time to take your business to an office and reclaim your living room?
    • Commercial property
      • 10 tips for surviving property investment
      • Guide to virtual offices
      • How to create an employee-friendly workplace
      • OPINION: What now for Feed in Tariffs?
      • Managing an office move
      • Business energy prices explained
      • What to look for in commercial property
      • Case study: how a good location drives business to Phoenix Training
  • Technology
    • Cloud computing
      • "The Mobile Cloud Comes of Age:" What it Means for SMEs
      • Beginner’s guide to the cloud
      • Cloud computing for new and growing businesses
      • EVENT COVERAGE: Cloudforce 2011 @ Royal Festival Hall
      • Introduction to cloud computing
      • The cloud for small businesses
      • Why small businesses needn’t fear cloud computing
    • Information Technology
      • 20 top UK based technology blogs
      • EVENT COVERAGE: Innovate Israel
      • Five disruptive Israeli start-ups and what they're doing right
      • Getting over the blue screen blues
      • Guide to mobile commerce
      • How IT support services work
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