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Tories pledge to support 'a new generation of British Facebooks'

2010-03-12 11:37 - 166 reads

A new generation of Facebooks set up by UK entrepreneurs and new market incentives for SMEs are among the bold claims included in the Conservative Party's ICT manifesto.

Small firms accounts exemption condemned as 'utterly absurd'

2010-03-11 18:03 - 146 reads

Plans to exempt Europe's smallest businesses from filing annual accounts which have been welcomed by many were today slammed by a credit expert.

Budget 2010 to take place on 24 March

2010-03-10 09:51 - 387 reads

Chancellor Alistair Darling will present his annual Budget statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday 24 March.

Lord Davies: Business Link is here to stay

2010-03-08 11:19 - 519 reads - 2 comments

The small business minister has backed Business Link after the Tories claimed they will scrap it if they win the general election.

Budget 2010: The tax predictions

2010-03-05 15:49 - 648 reads

The forthcoming Budget offers the government an opportunity to make a powerful statement of intent ahead of the election. But will Alistair Darling bottle it?

Government underestimates red tape costs by £67bn

2010-03-03 16:56 - 313 reads

Government regulations impose a collective cost of £80bn on British businesses, well above ministers' £13bn estimate, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has claimed.

VAT hike 'a near certainty' under next government

2010-02-16 11:13 - 665 reads

Current trends and the lessons of the past indicate that a 2.5% rise in VAT is almost inevitable after the general election no matter which party wins.

Business Link faces the axe under Tory government

2010-02-15 15:44 - 1640 reads - 9 comments

The Conservative Party would scrap government advisory service Business Link if it wins the next election, an MP has claimed.

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

2010-02-05 09:15 - 937 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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Lobby group chief calls for social enterprise pandemic

2010-02-01 22:47 - 743 reads

Peter Holbrook, chief executive, Social Enterprise Coalition

Doing business for the benefit of society and the environment must become a global phenomenon, the chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) has claimed.

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