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November 29, 2013
Christmas shoppers to spend over £10bn online
Most Christmas shoppers are expected to buy more than half of their gifts online this year.
November 29, 2013
Zero hours contracts "unfairly demonised" – CIPD
A report on zero hours contracts by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) concludes that the practice has been "underestimated, oversimplified and in some cases, unfairly demonised".
November 29, 2013
Banks have "upped their game" says Cable
The latest Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme lending figures show banks offered loans worth £111 million to SMEs in the third quarter of 2013, the most since 2010.
November 29, 2013
UKTI backs creative businesses in export drive
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is to support a taskforce of the UK's top 100 creative sector SMEs to help them win £500 million worth of high-value, overseas contracts in the next three years.
November 29, 2013
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November 22, 2013
SME owners dip into their own pockets for funding
A quarter of small business directors have used their own personal finances such as mortgages, credit cards and savings to support their business, according to research by Experian.
November 22, 2013
Entrepreneurs to get their own pressure group
A number of leading small business organisations have got together to launch a new pressure group, The Entrepreneurs' Alliance. The new umbrella organisation is intended to better serve small firms and entrepreneurs in the UK.
November 22, 2013
British businesses want a new deal in the EU
Most British businesses want more decisions to be made in Westminster, but they also believe that leaving the EU completely would damage the UK's economic prospects.
November 22, 2013
Osborne must act on business rates, says FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on George Osborne to tackle the rising cost of business rates in his forthcoming Autumn Statement. The call comes as rates bills are set to increase by 3.2% in 2014.
November 22, 2013
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November 15, 2013
Big firms now paying overdue bills even later
The UK's largest firms pay their overdue supplier invoices 35 days late on average – three days longer than this time last year, and a full 15 days longer than the UK's smallest businesses – according to new data from Experian.
November 15, 2013
Job growth will be slow but steady, says CIPD
The short-term jobs outlook is increasingly positive, but over the medium term employers are planning a measured approach to recruitment, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
November 15, 2013
Could flexible working halt rising absenteeism?
The average employee absence level has gone up to 7.6 days per year, and employers are increasingly making changes to working patterns in order to reduce long-term absenteeism, according to findings from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
November 15, 2013
Business caution threatens to hamper growth
New research shows that while 45% of SMEs in the UK are confident about prospects for their businesses over the next 12 months, they are reluctant to invest in growth.
November 15, 2013
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