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Small businesses to be hit hardest by new compulsory pension
Not content with hitting businesses with endless new legislation and red tape it now seems that employers will be forced to contribute to a new National Pensions Savings Scheme (NPSS). [May 23, 2006]

Two new Enterprise Capital Funds to help plug the equity gap
Two new Enterprise Capital Funds (ECFs) are to be created in an attempt to help small businesses trapped in the equity gap. [May 23, 2006]

Small businesses vote Conservative MEP as their champion
Conservative MEP, Malcolm Harbour has been voted the UK's Small Business Friendly MP/MEP. [May 22, 2006]

Tackle Tax Avoidance through System Reform, says IoD
Comprehensive reform of the tax system is the only effective solution to tax avoidance, business leaders claimed this week. [May 18, 2006]

New business guide helps push sales and bring efficiency
Business Link has launched a new guide, Improving your Business Performance, aimed at helping businesses meet their goals and achieve success [May 12, 2006]

The secret to securing a start-up loan
Every week hundreds of would-be entrepreneurs meet their bank managers in the hope of getting a loan to start a business. Only about half of them succeed. So how can you tip the odds in your favour? Great article to read from Times Online. [May 11, 2006]

Small business ignored by Blair in cabinet re-shuffle
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has reacted angrily to the Prime Minister’s cabinet reshuffle, which once again snubbed small business. [May 10, 2006]

Good candidates are hard to find for small businesses
Small and medium-sized businesses across the UK are struggling to recruit staff with some 172,000 reporting that they receive no applications for some job vacancies. [May 8, 2006]

Make small business tax less taxing says pressure group
The Forum of Private Business is calling on MP’s to lift the burden of confusing and time-consuming tax returns. [May 5, 2006]

everywoman invites entries for 2006 awards
everywoman, a resource for women in business, has just announced that it is now accepting nominations for its 2006 Awards. [May 2, 2006]

Small Businesses see a strong start to 2006
SME's enjoyed a strong start to 2006 as domestic demand picked up, confidence improved and the end of the financial year encouraged customers to make purchasing decisions, according to the PKF SME Index [April 26, 2006]

‘Apprentice’ fever - Entrepreneurs urged to take the plunge
With ‘Apprentice’ fever sweeping across offices throughout the UK, would-be entrepreneurs are urged to seize the opportunity to start their own businesses [April 25, 2006]

Business reeling under complexity of taxation
Two thirds of UK companies think the tax system has become more complicated over the last five years, a poll of business leaders released last week reveals. [April 24, 2006]

World Cup could see rise in "work shyness"
New evidence confirms that football fever could be responsible for a surge in sickies, as high as one in seven young men, when June’s World Cup kicks off! [April 21, 2006]

Deadline nears for Start-Up Stars awards
The deadline for entries for the Start-Up Stars competition for businesses under three years old is the 28th April 2006. Entries are welcomed from sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. [April 19, 2006]

UK SME's urged to get a "step ahead" in 2006
Shell Step has begun its search for forward thinking SMEs to join its 20th annual programme and get a key business project completed by a talented undergraduate this summer. [April 19, 2006]

Google's latest addition - the Calendar
The latest addition to Google's application armoury is an online calendar tool which connects to Gmail, Google's mail system. The calendar allows users to create separate electronic work and personal datebooks. [April 18, 2006]

Self-Employed work longer hours, but are happier
Self-employed male Britons have been found to work longer hours for lower wages than those of their employee counterparts. This is attributed to them facing greater uncertainty and so working harder as a way to insure their future livelihoods. [April 18, 2006]

Entrepreneurs put family and lifestyle before riches
When it comes to starting and running a business, the dream of riches seems to be a thing of the past. These days, business ambition has given way to ‘fambition’, which puts the spotlight firmly on lifestyle issues such as family time [April 13, 2006]

Dirty work habits are making UK workforce ill
A survey by computer cleaning specialists Durable researched the cleanliness of office desks nationwide. [April 10, 2006]

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