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• Manufacturing hit hardest as business inflation rises 2.7%
• Fuel, vehicle maintenance and office equipment costs all posted large rises.

• Mary Portas Queen of Shops: the Rochdale hairdresser
• It was the turn of John the hairdresser last night as Portas continued her crusade to rescue Britain's high streets.

• Planning red tape could be slashed
• Bureaucracy surrounding planning permission, a common SME bugbear, might be eased.

• Online social enterprise awards winners announced Video
• Young entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to Lord Winston and the founder of LastMinute.com.

• Loan-guarantee scheme lending plummets 23%
• A flagship scheme instituted under the Labour government has not boosted lending in the way hoped.

• Cable revives Mandelson's lending forum
• The Lib Dem business secretary is seeking to make good on his promise to get banks lending again.

• Small businesses spend too much on IT, says report
• Short-termism is clouding SME thinking when it comes to IT procurement, says a report.

• Red tape committee gets to work
• Vince Cable’s task force had its first meeting today and first off is a review of all regulations in the pipeline.

• £1bn regional fund launched and RDAs axed
• Nick Clegg yesterday launched a fund to foster private enterprise beyond London and the south-east.

• Queen of Shops: Mary Portas and the kitsch-loving hippies
• BBC Two's entrepreneurial makeover show last night saw the saviour of Harvey Nichols overhaul a furniture shop.

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