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Mandelson on the recession: 'It could have been worse'

2010-02-12 20:31 - 691 reads

While times have been tough for small businesses over the past 18 months it could have been much worse, Lord Mandelson has claimed.

The recession has been an entire red herring

2010-02-10 09:38 - 2208 reads - 12 comments

All the recession has done is highlight the vulnerability of those businesses which would have gone bust anyway, argues Robert Craven.

Video interview: Tony Wheeler, co-founder, Lonely Planet

2010-02-05 09:29 - 1167 reads

The travel guidebook entrepreneur on the story behind his business, the impact of technology and dealing with the recession.

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EXCLUSIVE: Lord Digby Jones - Surviving SMEs are the 'veterans of recession'

2010-02-05 09:15 - 928 reads - 1 comment

The ex-CBI boss on SMEs in the recession and what government should be doing to help them.

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Taxman may accept recession as excuse for late tax payments

2010-02-02 21:08 - 657 reads

Entrepreneurs submitting late tax payments to HM Revenue and Customs may be able to use the recession as an excuse.

No end of recession celebration, says entrepreneur

2010-01-26 10:49 - 814 reads - 2 comments

As new figures show the UK has limped out of the recession, one entrepreneur has claimed it is still not time to celebrate.

Cable: Entrepreneur-friendly UK critical to recovery

2010-01-25 10:56 - 467 reads

Vince Cable, Liberal Democrats shadow chancellor

While small businesses will play the key role in the UK's economic recovery, an environment friendly to their needs is still lacking, Vince Cable has claimed.

How to be a winner or a loser in the recession

2010-01-20 09:00 - 1174 reads

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Robert Craven uses real life business examples to show how you can succeed or fail during a recession.

Doug Richard's Entrepreneurs' Manifesto in full

2010-01-18 14:43 - 1336 reads - 2 comments

Ex-Dragons' Den panellist Doug Richard has published The Entrepreneurs' Manifesto in which he calls for an overhaul of the way the government supports entrepreneurs.

New Year message: Small business in 2010

2009-12-31 09:00 - 2103 reads - 3 comments

Phil Orford, chief executive of the Forum of Private Business, looks ahead to what 2010 will bring for the UK's small businesses.

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