HMRC is penalising contractors, says FSB
If self-employed contractors work for other companies their legal status may be in jeopardy.
Plans to end forced retirement blasted by business group
Government proposals will be awkward for employers and humiliating for older workers, says the Forum of Private Business.
Successful entrepreneurs: why they prosper
A survey has revealed the characteristics shared by the UK's most successful SMEs.
"Struggling franchisees usually have themselves to blame"
Ex-franchisee Freddie Rayner says 90% of struggling franchisees should examine their own performance.
World Cup retail boost exceeds expectations
However, the retail sector is unlikely to build on a strong second-quarter performance.
Barren job market driving graduates to start businesses
One in three graduates say they're considering entrepreneurship as an option.
Government to incentivise green entrepreneurs
The Carbon Trust Entrepreneurs Fast Track aims to stimulate investment in emerging ‘clean tech’ companies.
Cable unconvinced by banks' lending approval claims
Claims that 80% of loan applications were being approved have been met with derision by the Business Secretary.
NIC tax cut for deprived areas won't work, says report
The New Economics Foundation report predicts the growth in enterprise will be in affluent regions.
Other Small Business News Articles
- Are banks lending enough?
- With Vince Cable still scornful of banks' efforts, a finance broker can see both sides of the argument.
- Enterprise strategy outlined as British entrepreneurial attitudes revealed
- Mark Prisk outlines a Government strategy to boost Britain’s entrepreneurship levels.
- Access to business finance remains difficult says IoD
- Banks are still declining two thirds of loan applications and have tightened lending criteria.
- Successful graduates offer tips to aspiring entrepreneurs
- Graduates having difficulties finding a job may find starting a business a daunting prospect.
- Mary Portas Queen of Shops: hardware malfunction
- In the last of the series the retail doyenne descended on a hardware store in Surrey.
- Ignorance of employment law causes surge in tribunals
- Employment tribunals have more than doubled in the past year as business owners give unfair dismissal to staff.
- Demand for business loans remains weak
- Fewer than one in five SMEs have applied for new borrowing in the previous 12 months.
- Business failure levels fall, especially in manufacturing
- A quarter-on-quarter fall was recorded by Equifax.
- Profit warnings fall to seven-year low
- However, the figure is set to rise again due to spending cuts, the VAT increase and an anticipated rise in interest rates.
- ‘Multitasking’ a waste of time and email dominates people’s lives, says research
- The ease with which workers can access their emails encroaches much further into people's lives, according to the Energy Project Europe.
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- HMRC is penalising contractors, says FSB
- Plans to end forced retirement blasted by business group
- Beauty franchise offers full hair & makeup training
- Successful entrepreneurs: why they prosper
- "Struggling franchisees usually have themselves to blame"
- World Cup retail boost exceeds expectations
- Barren job market driving graduates to start businesses
- Government to incentivise green entrepreneurs