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Government to push small businesses to grow
The government wants to encourage small businesses to become high-growth businesses. But is this what small business owners want? [July 27, 2007]

Small business owners prefer to network face-to-face
Traditional breeding grounds for doing deals and making new business contacts like the pub, golf club or social club may be less popular with today’s entrepreneurs. [July 13, 2007]

Small business owners - are you stressed out?
British entrepreneurs are clocking up over 47 hours every week, according to a survey into the work life-balance culture. [July 10, 2007]

A powerful attraction – the ‘buzz’ of business
Running your own business exerts a powerful attraction and provides a real ‘buzz’ for most entrepreneurs, according to a monthly internet survey. [July 2, 2007]

Business Link helps businesses cope with flooding
Business Link is urging businesses to put plans in place to protect themselves against further damage and disruption due to flooding. Free online guide available. [June 29, 2007]

Reality TV ‘good for business’ say UK bosses
4 in 10 bosses believe TV shows like The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den are inspiring a new wave of entrepreneurs, according to a new survey. [May 22, 2007]

Save time by interacting with the Government online
A new Business Link facility, My Business, has been launched. The service gives businesses access to a wide range of online government services and tailored advice. [May 17, 2007]

Government launches new small business forum
A new small business forum has been launched by the Government to discuss key issued facing the UK's 4.3m SME's [May 8, 2007]

Entrepreneurs need smart thinking to stand out from the cleantech crowd
Increasing flows of investment cash into the cleantech sector is opening up new opportunities for entrepreneurs but also creating dangers, according to gateway2investment. [May 2, 2007]

8 in 10 bosses look to recruit external candidates rather than promoting internally
A new survey shows that 81% of bosses do not recruit internally, and that 77% of workers feel they are suitably qualified and experienced for promotion [April 30, 2007]

Small businesses adopting blogging, RSS and search marketing
UK small businesses with a website are starting to blog and adopt DIY-style RSS and search engine marketing tools at an impressive rate. [April 24, 2007]

'Sickies' cost UK economy £1.6 billion but small firms suffer less than big organisations
Absence increased in 2006 as workers took an average of seven days off sick, losing 175 million working days and costing the economy £13.4bn, according to the latest CBI / AXA survey. [April 10, 2007]

54% of businesses have no written business plan
The majority of Britain's small and medium-sized businesses are operating without a written business plan endangering their future prosperity and survival, according to new research. [April 10, 2007]

Chip and PIN and robberies: Employers risk negligence for failing to protect staff
A leading law firm is warning retailers and hospitality businesses that they face costly and time consuming claims of negligence if they fail to protect their staff from a robbery. [April 5, 2007]

Calls on Blair not to ignore the self-employed and freelancers
A leading small business group has expressed disappointment that the Prime Minister last week failed to acknowledge the vital and increasing role played in the UK economy by freelancers and the self-employed. [April 3, 2007]

Is Brown sacrificing small firms in bid to woo the City?
An article in the Sunday Times argues that Brown's latest tax changes will have little impact on the UK's international competitiveness - and small companies are understandably outraged by the Small Firms tax rate hike. [March 26, 2007]

Green Issues Not a Priority for SMEs
Owners and senior managers of SMEs do not see environmental issues as a key challenge to their businesses in the coming years, according to a new report [March 26, 2007]

New £50m fund to support early-stage start-ups
A new £50million fund has been launched to invest in innovative early-stage businesses over the next five years. [March 21, 2007]

80% of employees work 7 extra hours a month without pay
A recent survey found that 81% of employees regularly work beyond their contracted hours without pay; plus that the average employee works 7 hours of overtime without pay every month. [March 13, 2007]

Tax change hits funding for high risk start-ups
Smaller ventures in high-risk industries, which rely on start-up funding from individual wealthy investors, are likely to be hit by an immediate change to the tax regime. [March 8, 2007]

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