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<title><![CDATA[ BusinessZone.co.uk ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ BusinessZone offers a wealth of news and features covering all aspects of small to medium business: starting up, finances, technology, managing people and more... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ eBay courts entrepreneurs with fee cuts ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Online auction website eBay is to reduce its charges in a bid to attract more entrepreneurs to use the service.         ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187596/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Matalan cuts supplier payments to finance TV ads ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Retail giant Matalan is to cut the amount it pays suppliers by 2% in order to boost the amount it has to spend on advertising, marketing and PR, a small business lobby group has revealed.           ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187543/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Report: Abolish failing RDAs and cut SME tax ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) have contributed so little to England's economic development that they should be scrapped with the money saved used to slash small business corporation tax, a pressure group has demanded.       ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187425/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Make your loos public and we'll pay you a grand, BoJo tells London firms ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Businesses in London are being offered grants of up to &#163;1,000 if they allow members of the public to use their toilets.      ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187391/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Company cash ringfencing by banks is illegal, says ex-Dragon ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The tactic used by banks to ringfence the cash of troubled companies, which is believed to have played in part in the collapse of wedding gifts firm Wrapit, should be reviewed by the government, former Dragons' Den star Rachel Elnaugh has demanded.         ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187325/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ EXCLUSIVE: Government denies supporting 'Business Link rival' ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Ministers have denied claims that the government has given its official backing to a website which would rival its flagship Business Link online portal.                          ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187276/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Big firms 'biased against small suppliers' ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ <em>Almost half of procurement managers working for big businesses would pick a large supplier over a smaller one if they had the choice, new research claims.</em><P>Some 42% revealed a bias towards big suppliers, the report by BT and Cisco revealed, wi...     ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187230/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Dyson attacks 'faceless and unaccountable bureaucracy' ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Entrepreneur James Dyson has launched a scathing attack on the government following a minister's decision to call for a public inquiry into his plans to build a school for budding innovators.                 ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187100/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ministers launch new assault against red tape ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ In an attempt to reduce the burden of regulation on businesses, ministers have today unveiled plans to limit the amount of new legislation that can be introduced by imposing a regulatory budget on each government department.      ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187048/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Thousands of small pubs 'face closure' ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of community pubs will be forced to call time for good if the government fails to reverse increases in beer tax, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) warned today.          ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187010/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Entrepreneurs face tax hit from new CGT loophole ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Company owners who sold their business to a trust to escape last year's capital gain tax (CGT) changes could face a huge bill from the taxman, it has been claimed today.</em>     ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186931/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ EXCLUSIVE: Government pulls funding for late payment advice website ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ <em>Ministers have completely withdrawn support for an 11-year-old campaign group which encourages companies to improve their payment practices, BusinessZone.co.uk has learnt.</em><P>As lobby groups warn that late payment is becoming an increasing probl...         ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186891/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ You've abandoned us, entrepreneurs tell under fire Brown ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ As pressure mounts on Gordon Brown and his future as prime minister, small businesses owners have complained that they feel abandoned by the government.         ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186883/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ministers to ban minimum wage tip top-ups ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Restaurant and bar owners who uses tip to bring employees' pay packets up to the minimum wage would be breaking the law under new rules proposed by the government.     ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186841/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ EXCLUSIVE: Entrepreneur slams Boots' 'we're not the only ones' claim ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The founder of a small training company which forced Alliance Boots to back track on plans to extend the time it takes to pay for services has hit out at the retail giant's justification that it is in line with other large companies' procurement policies.          ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186690/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Invisible home entrepreneurs 'ignored' ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite making up a significant percentage of small businesses and an increasing proportion of start-ups, policymakers are failing to recognise the importance of home-based companies, academics have claimed.    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186642/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Small firm takes on  big business late payer and wins ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ In a rare victory for small companies, the founders of a business employing just two workers have persuaded retail giant Alliance Boots to back track on increasing the time taken to pay suppliers.                    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186404/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Make &#163;250K profit and you've made it, say entrepreneurs ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ At least &#163;250,000 profit, an award win and 50 employees are among the main factors company owners believe indicate that they've progressed from running a small to a medium business, new research reveals.    ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186330/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tories propose US-style bankruptcy rules ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Tory leader David Cameron has proposed the introduction of US-style bankruptcy laws to give struggling businesses time to restructure.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186233/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Small companies on brink of tax revolt  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Small business owners are so unhappy with the tax system that many are close to refusing to comply with their legal obligations, a lobby organisation has claimed.            ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186101/1095/1097/1096</link>
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