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June 14, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Consumer Bill Of Rights to "benefit businesses"
New measures to improve consumer rights and make them easier to understand have been unveiled by Consumer Minister, Jo Swinson. According to the government, they will benefit businesses too and could boost the economy by £4 billion over the next decade.
June 14, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Complexity of tax system hampers SMEs
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) is urging the government to make changes to the UK tax system in order to simplify an increasingly complex tax regime and address growing trends of tax avoidance.
June 14, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Small firms get more time to adjust to RTI
After listening to stakeholders, HMRC has announced that it is extending the temporary relaxation of the new Real Time Information (RTI) reporting rules for businesses with fewer than 50 employees from October 2013 until April 2014.
June 14, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Lack of finance is crippling UK innovation
Financial constraints hamper new product development amongst the UK's SME base, with engineering and technology companies particularly badly affected, according to a new report commissioned by Pera Technology.
June 14, 2013 - Rachel Miller
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June 07, 2013 - Rachel Miller
UK SMEs lead the way in mobile working
Small businesses in the UK are ahead of their counterparts in Europe and the USA when it comes to allowing staff to bring their own devices to work.
June 07, 2013 - Rachel Miller
SMEs in the dark about business schemes
Many small firms and micro-businesses just don't know about some of the many government initiatives that have been established to help them grow, according to a study by AXA Business Insurance.
June 07, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Asset financing up as lending scheme flounders
Increasing numbers of smaller firms are using invoice financing against a backdrop of some tentative signs of economic recovery, according to new figures from the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA).
June 07, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Staff at "flight risk" as economy grows
UK employee turnover levels are set to rise sharply in 2015, resulting in 765,000 more staff departures than in 2012, according to a study by Hay Group conducted in association with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) entitled Preparing for Take-Off.
June 07, 2013 - Rachel Miller
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May 31, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Bank lending to SMEs continues to fall
Despite government efforts, there has been another clear decline in bank lending to small firms for the first quarter of 2013. That's the finding of the latest SME Finance Monitor, conducted by BDRC Continental.
May 31, 2013 - Rachel Miller
UK service sector surges ahead
The UK services sector has seen a pronounced improvement in business activity over the three months to May, according to the CBI's quarterly Service Sector Survey. And optimism among service firms for the coming months is also high.
May 31, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Most business owners don't plan ahead
Two-thirds of business leaders say they simply don't have enough time to step back from day-to-day tasks to focus on a long-term strategy, according to a new report from GrowthAccelerator.
May 31, 2013 - Rachel Miller
More shop closures as online retail grows
The total number of shops in the UK will fall by 22% by 2018 – that's the conclusion of a report by the Centre for Retail Research entitled Retail Futures 2018.
May 31, 2013 - Rachel Miller
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