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London has yet another new dialing code
[June 8, 2005] Despite having added or modified London's dialing codes three times already over the past 14 years, yet another code has been introduced as the capital runs out of telephone numbers.

Google becomes the biggest media company in the world
[June 8, 2005] An interesting piece in last night's Evening Standard shows that Google, the friend all small business websites depend on more than any other, is now the world's biggest media company.

Who will back your business plan?
[June 6, 2005] More women are setting up businesses as they seek autonomy and a better balance between home and work. But they often struggle to find the money needed to start and develop a firm.

Business Link proves a massive success in its first year
[June 2, 2005] The Government small business website has had 8 million visits in its first year!

Euro businesses slam working time directive 'opt out' curb
[June 2, 2005] UK and Polish business leaders have condemned the EU’s latest attempt to scrap the ‘opt-out’ of the Working Time Directive.

New service to help small businesses "get on the map"
[June 1, 2005] A new service has been launched which provides route planning and mapping technology to help small businesses.

Why small businesses fail
[June 1, 2005] Starting a business from scratch is not easy. In fact, more than half of all new ventures in Britain close within three years of opening - that's a scary thought... a decent article on the Motley Fool site this week

Most SME's find it hard to trust "home alone" staff
[May 30, 2005] New research, which questioned the attitudes of over 400 HR managers at SMEs across the UK, found that 44% of managers do not trust all staff to work from home effectively

Businesses want resort yob crackdown
[May 26, 2005] The FPB, which represents 25,000 small to medium-sized firms across the UK, 10 per cent of which are in a coastal town, said businesses should work with police forces to identify yob hot spots where dispersal orders could be enforced.

Business groups call for greater red tape reduction
[May 25, 2005] Welcoming the Chancellor's intentions to cut business red tape, business groups have called for a complete culture change across Whitehall, saying that an across-the-board attack on red tape was needed.

Bytestart reader hit by bank risk assessment charges
[May 24, 2005] We received an email from the director of a small company who feels he has been penalised with higher bank risk charges, when many much larger companies are treated very differently by the major high street banks

New breed of entrepreneurs enters Parliament
[May 23, 2005] Over a quarter of the new MPs elected to the House of Commons have run their own business according to the FSB.

Businesses urged to hang up on cold call scams
[May 19, 2005] Small businesses are being urged by the OFT to hang up on cold callers selling advertising in publications that they claim support the emergency services or charities.

Crazy like an entrepreneur - Telegraph series
[May 19, 2005] Senior international business figures have agreed to share their experience in a series of filmed interviews with Fifty Lessons. This week: Anita Roddick, founder of Body Shop International talks in The Telegraph.

Small businesses greet Royal Mail bonuses with disdain
[May 17, 2005] Small business bosses will react with disdain to reports that six Royal Mail directors have received £1m pay and bonus packages says the FPB.

Britain’s smallest firms have no plans to grow up
[May 17, 2005] Britain’s micro businesses are happy as they are, according to new research. The majority are run by lifestyle-focused business people who are more interested in a quality of life than growth.

Business group welcomes renaming of DTI
[May 16, 2005] The Institute of Directors have welcomed the Government's decision to give the DTI back its original name!

Out-of-towners 'lack broadband touch'
[May 16, 2005] The Telegraph reports that rural businesses may be more backward in making the best use of new technology than their urban peers following a research paper from Brunel University.

Business Startup 2005 at Birmingham this June
[May 12, 2005] The Business Startup Exhibition, now in its fifth year, is the UK's largest exhibition for anyone looking to start a new business. It opens on 3rd June at the Birmingham NEC.

Small businesses could suffer from Euro Working Time Directive
[May 12, 2005] A leading business pressure group says Labour MEPs should 'hang their heads in shame' after they voted to scrap the UK's opt out of the Working Time Directive yesterday in the European Parliament.

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