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Posted on: 09 March 2010
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Business owners are finding they have to spend more time reading CVs when they are recruiting because so many people are applying, research by TalentPuzzle shows.
The research shows that 86 per cent of business owners would like to spend less time on recruitment.
Virginia Raemy, ch...Read more |
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Posted on: 09 March 2010
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The Nectar Small Business Awards have been launched in an attempt to find the UK's best business success stories.
Small businesses have the chance to win £2,000 cash, £2,000 to spend at Viking Direct and 50,000 Nectar points at the awards, which are in their second year.
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Posted on: 08 March 2010
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The government is being encouraged to use the Budget to set out its spending plans for government departments. Business lobbying organisation CBI has put forward the request, which it says is needed to increase the public's confidence in UK finances.
The CBI said the Budget should be balanc...Read more |
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Posted on: 05 March 2010
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One million people have gained a qualification through the Train to Gain programme, the government has announced.
The programme, which helps owners of small and medium-sized businesses to develop and train their staff, has worked with over 175,000 businesses so far.
Kevin Brennan, ...Read more |
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Posted on: 05 March 2010
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Small business owners will have the chance to listen to advice from a star of Channel 4's Secret Millionaire.
Kavita Oberoi, one of the country's most successful female entrepreneurs, will be speaking at the Business Support event in Manchester on March 17th.
Mrs Oberoi, who founde...Read more |
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Posted on: 04 March 2010
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The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) is calling for the government to put a halt to its plans to alter pension taxation for high earners.
The target group for the changes is those earning over £130,000, but the NAPF believes the proposals will affect people far below this g...Read more |
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Posted on: 04 March 2010
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Over 160,000 businesses have been helped so far by the Business Payment Support Service (BPSS), HM Revenue & Customs has revealed.
The service, which started in 2008, has so far helped businesses reschedule over £5 billion in tax.
The BPSS provides businesses experiencing ...Read more |
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Posted on: 04 March 2010
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is challenging employers to promote good health and wellbeing.
The report is titled In Sickness and in Health? and says that since we are at work for around one-third of our waking hours, it is important good health is actively promoted.
The TUC argu...Read more |
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Posted on: 03 March 2010
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Over 100,000 employees are now saving in pension schemes with the Pension Quality Mark.
This symbol, launched six months ago, allows people to ensure they are being offered a good scheme by their employers.
The number of schemes with the Pension Quality Mark has now reached 37, the...Read more |
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Posted on: 03 March 2010
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The Conservatives are committed to corporation tax cuts, George Osborne confirmed on Andrew Marr's BBC programme.
Party leader David Cameron had said previously that if his party won the election it would reduce the rate of corporation tax for small businesses to 20 per cent.
The s...Read more |
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Posted on: 02 March 2010
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A podcast has been created by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), aiming to increase awareness among businesses about changes to the filing and payment of VAT, PAYE and corporation tax.
The 'super podcast' is the first to be launched by HMRC and covers changes to VAT which come into place on A...Read more |
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Posted on: 02 March 2010
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Small businesses are increasingly using social media such as Facebook and Twitter to attract new customers.
This new approach to marketing was identified in the 2009 Social Media Survey Report produced by Big Mouth Media and Econsultancy.
According to the survey, 64 per cent of bus...Read more |
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Posted on: 01 March 2010
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Small businesses specialising in web design and consultancy have accused Lord Mandelson of favouring multinationals over British businesses following his endorsement of a project between Google and BT to provide free websites for small businesses.
The business secretary publically endorsed ...Read more |
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Posted on: 01 March 2010
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Business in the UK service sector has stabilised in the last three months, the CBI has revealed.
However, the results show a split between the sub-sectors of the service industry.
The CBI obtained its results in a quarterly research survey, dividing the service sector into the bus...Read more |
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Posted on: 26 February 2010
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Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2009, according to the Office of National Statistics.
This shows a revision from the preliminary estimate of 0.1 per cent, but still reveals a decrease of 3.3 per cent from the same quarter in 2008.
Manuf...Read more |
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Posted on: 26 February 2010
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The patterns of pay for Britain's workers have been revealed in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).
Last year the average weekly earnings for full-time UK employees on adult rates rose two per cent from £479 in 2008 to £489.
The median gross annual earnings fo...Read more |
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Posted on: 25 February 2010
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Business owners in the south are more likely to have negative employees, suggests a report from Friends Provident in conjunction with the Future Foundation.
Southerners are more likely to have fears relating to job security and workload, with northerners being more positive about working li...Read more |
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Posted on: 25 February 2010
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Small business owners will get the chance to question former political journalist and Strictly Come Dancing celebrity John Sergeant. The star will be chairing a Question Time debate in March at the Federation of Small Businesses' (FSB) Annual Conference.
The Question Time panel will also fe...Read more |
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Posted on: 24 February 2010
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Results from the Federation of Small Businesses show that one in seven staff could not make it into work during the severe weather earlier this winter.
A loss of growth was reported by three in ten and business services and goods were disrupted for 40 per cent of those questioned.
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Posted on: 23 February 2010
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Providing technology for employees to work from home can benefit companies, Riverbed Technology has said.
However, many companies are reluctant to introduce flexible working schemes. Remote and flexible working is prevented by company culture, according to a survey by business internet serv...Read more |
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