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Retailers hit as business rates soar
[March 29, 2005] This week around 1.7m bills will be issued to businesses in England detailing their rates liability for the new financial year.

UK start-ups reach new peak
[March 24, 2005] Barclays has released new figures showing that the number of start ups during 2004 outstripped anything recorded since it began tracking the new business market in 1988

Business consultation begins on Revenue & Customs merger
[March 21, 2005] As part of the drive to reduce the amount of red tape in the business world, The Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise are to integrate to form a new Department called HM Revenue and Customs. The consultation process runs from mid-March to the end of June 2005

Budget 2005 - FSB gives a small business reaction
[March 17, 2005] The Federation of Small Businesses gives its reaction to Gordon Brown's ninth budget speech.

Budget 2005 - Businesses could lose out, despite "neutral" appearance
[March 17, 2005] Businesses that saw the Chancellor's Budget speech yesterday as a lukewarm affair that's unlikely to do much to help or hinder them should think again, warns PKF accountants and business advisors.

Budget 2005 - Small business inspectorate cull, but many missed opportunities
[March 16, 2005] The government has slashed the inspection burden on small businesses and outlined its committment to continued economic stablility. However, a leading small business pressure group highlights the many missed opportunities.

New service launched giving SME's big buying power
[March 15, 2005] This month, a free dedicated SME member association has been launched that provides small to medium sized businesses with easy access to the UK’s leading business suppliers at prices normally only made available to large corporations.

Small business survey - Bosses want red tape & tax slashed
[March 15, 2005] A pre budget survey of 5000 small firms is revealing overwhelming support for tax cuts among business owners.

Small Business Tools - Tax Alerts, Statement of Employment released
[March 8, 2005] Businesslink, the government website that provides small business advice, has launched three new tools - tax key date alerts, create a written statement of employment, and regulation updates.

Chancellor must "lance taxation burden" on SMEs
[March 8, 2005] A leading business pressure group is calling on the Chancellor to relieve the taxation burden on small businesses in his forthcoming budget on 16th March.

What keeps small business owners awake at night!
[March 7, 2005] A recent Barclays small business study found that the biggest worries keeping owners awake at night were cash flow (43 per cent) and employee issues (31 per cent).

What do small businesses want from Budget 2005?
[March 2, 2005] National Insurance exemption, 100% first year capital allowances and a freeze on other new tax legislation for two years is what small businesses really want from this year's Budget

FSB calls for radical action on red tape
[March 2, 2005] The Federation of Small Businesses has warned the main political parties that only radical action will convince businesses that politicians are serious about tackling red tape

Ebay UK - Small businesses flock to sell online
[March 1, 2005] It clear from recently published site statistics that eBay UK is becoming the marketplace of choice for small and medium sized businesses. Why so many SME's have decided to set up a business on ebay.

Free advice on acquisitions for growing businesses
[February 28, 2005] A free seminar explaining how companies can use acquisitions as a means to grow is being held by PKF accountants and business advisers at its London offices on 22 March.

Lie for me not to me says UK bosses
[February 25, 2005] A new survey has shown that while the vast majority of company directors and senior managers believe it is wrong for their employees to lie to them, almost half are comfortable with those same employees telling untruths on their behalf to their customers.

Report show strength of female-led small businesses
[February 22, 2005] A major quarterly report of nearly 12,000 small to medium sized businesses reveals the strength of female led small businesses.

Taxation the key to the small business vote
[February 20, 2005] Last week, The Federation of Small Businesses called for the main political parties to commit to a variety of tax reforms which would help small businesses - including the abolition of IR35, a resistance to EU tax harmonisation and VAT free movement of goods between registered traders

Fraudsters Target Companies House Database
[February 14, 2005] Early Warning, the online scheme that helps UK retailers to prevent CNP (card-not-present) credit card fraud, has issued an alert announcing the existence of a new scam which specifically targets the Companies House Database.

Small businesses neglect IT housekeeping
[February 14, 2005] An interesting article in The Register today looks at how SME's tend to manage their IT needs, and how this often leads to problems down the line.

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