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March 28, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Also in the news this week — 28 March 2013
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March 22, 2013 - Kasia
RTI reprieve for SMEs that aren't ready
At the eleventh hour – just two weeks before it is due to go live – HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that some small employers will get longer to get ready for Real Time Information (RTI).
March 22, 2013 - Kasia
Heseltine economic plan gets the go-ahead
In his report, No Stone Unturned, Lord Heseltine made 89 recommendations on ways to boost economic growth. Now the government has announced that it is accepting the "overwhelming majority" of these recommendations and setting out how it will equip the UK to compete and thrive globally.
March 22, 2013 - Kasia
Also in the news this week – 22 March 2013
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March 20, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Mixed reactions to Osborne’s Budget
Business bodies, including the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), have generally reacted favourably to George Osborne’s 2013 Budget.
March 20, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Budget 2013 delivers big savings on NICs for small firms
Businesses are to save £2,000 on employer National Insurance contributions from 2014, thanks to a new Employment Allowance announced by George Osborne in his 2013 Budget. This means that some 450,000 small businesses (about one third of all employers) will pay no employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) at all from April 2014.
March 15, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Apprenticeships to get a shake-up
The Government has announced a new approach to apprenticeships — allowing employers to design and develop their own apprenticeship standards and qualifications, so they can address the specific skills shortages that they face.
March 15, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Start-Up Loans help 2,000 new businesses
The Start-Up Loan scheme has now helped 2,000 young entrepreneurs to get their businesses off the ground — exceeding expectations.
March 15, 2013 - Rachel Miller
SMEs say bank reforms won't boost lending
As Nick Clegg promises to put the Funding for Lending Scheme "on steroids" this week, the Government's plans to reform banking have come under scrutiny. And the verdict from small businesses is that ring-fencing banking activities won't make it any easier for small businesses to borrow money.
March 15, 2013 - Rachel Miller
UK technology start-ups "badly let down"
UK technology companies and entrepreneurs are not getting the support they need and valuable revenue is being lost overseas, according to a hard-hitting report from the Science and Technology Committee.
March 15, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Also in the news this week — 15 March 2013
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March 08, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Stretched SME owners "multi-tasking to the extreme"
SME business owners juggle too many tasks, and it affects their focus on strategy and success, according to new research by Pitney Bowes.
March 08, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Small firms groups call for action on business rates
Both the Forum of Private Business (FPB) and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) are calling on George Osborne to take action on rising business rates in the Budget on 20 March.
March 08, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Could do better – the verdict on state support for SME exporters
The House of Lords Committee on SMEs has called on the government agencies – UK Trade and Industry (UKTI) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) – to do more to ensure small and medium-sized businesses know where to go for help with exporting.
March 08, 2013 - Rachel Miller
Focus on challengers as high street banks fail to lend
News of the disappointing performance of the Government's Funding for Lending scheme has put the spotlight on falling levels of lending by some of the big high street banks, such as Lloyds Banking Group.
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