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Green Issues Not a Priority for SMEs
[March 26, 2007] 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

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

80% of employees work 7 extra hours a month without pay
[March 13, 2007] 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.

Tax change hits funding for high risk start-ups
[March 8, 2007] 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.

Companies Act - FSB welcomes implementation plans
[March 5, 2007] The FSB has welcomed the announcement of a timetable for the implementation of the Companies Act, which will simplify procedures with Companies House for small businesses.

Government must help us go green, say UK entrepreneurs
[February 23, 2007] UK owner managers are calling for stronger government incentives to encourage green behaviour

Worker lateness costs business £66million every year
[February 16, 2007] Monday is the day when most of us are late for work; and 7 in 10 of us will lie and blame public transport. Lateness appears to have become a national epidemic, and bosses need to act sooner rather than later to minimise it.

Valentine "advances" could cause compensation nightmare
[February 14, 2007] St Valentines Day is traditionally a romantic interlude which brightens up a fairly dull time of year. However when this event is transferred to the workplace it can often quite easily cause problems.

CIPD and BCC to explore benefits of flexible working for small businesses
[February 7, 2007] The benefits of flexible working to small firms is to be explored in a joint study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the British Chambers of Commerce.

Avoiding the small business hard shoulder
[February 2, 2007] Adrian Waters offers some tips for SMEs running business vehicles on how to comply with imminent corporate manslaughter legislation, whilst streamlining the costs of both breakdown policies and fleet maintenance.

Unfair public sector procurement process stacks odds against leading entrepreneurs
[February 1, 2007] When it comes to winning public sector business, resources required to merely make an application leaves small to medium businesses out of the game, according to the Tenon Forum.

Company car owners driven mad by congestion
[January 31, 2007] Twenty per cent of company car drivers spend more than 11 days a year sitting in congestion according to a new survey.

Last minute self assessment filers could be hit by tax office strike!
[January 29, 2007] For those small business people who like to hand in their self assessment tax returns at the very last minute, industrial action at tax offices has been threatened on 31st January 2007.

Employment red tape impacts potential of small companies
[January 29, 2007] Increases in workers’ entitlements could mean 300,000 less jobs created by small businesses in the UK, according to a recent survey.

Accountants see Cameron as small business red tape hero
[January 25, 2007] New research has revealed that nearly 40% of accountants believe that the greatest barrier to growth of small businesses is red tape and predict David Cameron is the best person to fix the issue.

Calls for Bank stability after 3% inflation figure revealed
[January 18, 2007] Commenting on this week's inflation figures, which show that annual CPI inflation rose to 3.0% in December, the BCC has urged the Bank of England to refrain from further interest rate rises.

Small firms need help to compete for government contracts
[January 17, 2007] Greater efforts to involve smaller businesses in the procurement of goods and services by government authorities would save public money, create fairer competition, and help the economy, the Forum of Private Business has said this week.

Mates not money make us happy at work
[January 16, 2007] The most important factor in employee happiness is not money but friendship, according to new research released this week.

50% of people believe they have the skills to start a business
[January 11, 2007] A new report reveals some interesting facts about entrepreneurs worldwide.

Fines for employers failing to pay the minimum wage
[January 9, 2007] The Government has announced that employers who fail to pay employees the minimum wage will face prosectution and a fine of up to £5,000. The fine is on top of the wage arrears that must be paid to the employees concerned.

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