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Gordon Brown to Sir Alan Sugar: 'You're hired'

2009-06-05 09:44 - 3696 reads
Sir Alan Sugar
Gordon Brown has appointed entrepreneur Sir Alan Sugar as his Enterprise Tsar to advise him on how to help small businesses cope with the recession, according to press reports.

Shriti Vadera: I'm happy to hassle the bankers

2009-04-27 15:30 - 1764 reads - 1 comment
Shriti Vadera, minister for small business
Small business minister Shriti Vadera has claimed she has spent time 'hassling' bank executives into lending more money to entrepreneurs.

Lord Mandelson backs The Pitch 2009

2009-04-23 10:16 - 796 reads
Peter Mandelson
The Pitch 2009, BusinessZone.co.uk's search for Britain's most innovative small companies, has been endorsed by business secretary Peter Mandelson.

DTI renamed in Brown's government overhaul

2007-06-28 14:55 - 3029 reads
DTI logo
The much criticised Department of Trade and Industry is to be rebranded with a new focus on enterprise and red tape reduction, new prime minister Gordon Brown revealed today.

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