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Small and medium sized businesses are feeling optimistic about 2011, with 26 per cent of firms planning to employ more staff in 2011 than they did this year.
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Small firms are essential to future growth in employment, a new report says.
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British businesses are being warned about the risks of falling foul of new anti-bribery rules which will come into force next year.
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Over two-thirds of organisations don't have the money or time to invest sufficiently in training, according to new research from a software company.
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Small businesses are confident they will be able to help the country's economic revival, results of a recent study show.
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Financial industry experts are urging Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in construction to explore how the low-carbon agenda could benefit their business, reports Microsoft News.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced plans to implement a 10 percent corporate tax rate, designed to encourage entrepreneurs and reduces the levies imposed on overseas profit, reports The Daily Mail.
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The digital switchover could be delayed until 2017, after ministers admitted that the country wouldn't be ready for the switchover by 2015.
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The Government's pledge to make small business rate relief automatic has been welcomed with open arms by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), reports SmallBusiness.co.uk.
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Small businesses are losing as much as 36 million a week because of drawn out communication practises, new research has found.
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Businesses could save up to 54 per cent on their heating bills if they were to stop overheating stores and keep their doors closed.
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Businesses selling online should prepare themselves for 'Manic Monday' next week, when a total of 537m is predicted to be spent on the busiest internet shopping day of the year.
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Small businesses in the UK are pledging to spend more money on IT infrastructure, it has been claimed.
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Small business owners are being urged to check their employees remaining holiday entitlement, by business experts.
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Small and medium sized businesses are being urged to use finance options such as invoice finance, to take advantage of low-carbon opportunities.
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High street stores have experienced a boost in sales for the first time in three months, thanks to pre-Christmas sales, reports The Independent.
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Following the 'John Lewis model' boosts productivity and efficiency by giving staff a chance to shape the organisation, the Cabinet Office minister said this week.
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Businesses are benefiting by what has been labelled the 'X Factor effect', in which people are choosing to save money and stay in watching the popular TV show, giving retailers a boost in ready meal sales.
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Small manufacturing firms are set to increase their output in the coming months, according to recent survey by the Confederation of Business Industry (CBI).
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Small and medium sized businesses would employ more graduates if they could afford to advertise at recruitment fairs, an industry expert has suggested.