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+ Industrial growth rises for first time in over a year + The UK experienced its first growth in industrial output for more than a year in April, according to official figures released by the ...

+ New ruling means workers will accrue holiday while on sick leave + Employees on long-term sick leave will be entitled to take all holiday that they have accrued when they return to work, the House of ...

+ Small businesses owed £10bn in outstanding payments + Small companies in the UK are owed £10bn in outstanding payments, according to a report by Barclays Local Business. The report ...

+ UK inflation rates fall again + Inflation in the UK slowed in April as energy and food prices continued to decline, according to figures recently released by the ...

+ Minimum wage rising to £5.80 an hour from October + The government have announced that the minimum wage in the UK for workers over 21 years old will rise by 7p to £5.80 an hour from ...

+ 63% of businesses reduce their workforce + In the last year 63% of businesses in the UK have reduced their workforce and 60% have introduced recruitment freezes, according to ...

+ Consumer confidence in online shopping rises + Over 50% of consumers believe that shopping online is as safe as in purchasing goods in a store, according to a report by the Office ...

+ 'Obsessive optimism' the key to entrepreneurial success + Obsessive optimism is the key to being a great entrepreneur, according to a poll by O2. The survey of 500 business leaders found ...

+ Over 50% of small businesses to use cloud computing by 2010 + The majority of the UK's small and medium-sized businesses will be using 'cloud software' solutions in some form by the end of 2010, ...

+ FSB: firms that pay late should be ‘named and shamed’ + The UK's biggest businesses should sign up to the Government's Prompt Payment Code and those that pay small firms late should be named ...

+ Can you learn to lead? + Organisations across the UK are in danger of becoming ‘rudderless’ and stale, according to figures released today. There are signs ...

+ Shop rents cut by almost a third + Shop rents in the UK have been cut by almost a third as landlords attempt to keep their existing customers, according to a poll by ...

+ Number of failing companies declines 27% in first quarter + The number of companies going into liquidation in England and Wales dropped 27% in the first three months of this year compared to the ...

+ Going bust at breakneck speed + By the end of his day in court, no wonder the barrister representing Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has nearly lost his voice. ...

+ Weekly pay drops 6% in a year + Wages in the UK have declined 6% in just 12 months, according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The average ...

+ Rate of job losses declining sharply + The rate of job losses fell steeply from around 47,000 to 7,000 from the start of 2009 to mid-April, according to data compiled by ...

+ 33% of small companies neglecting their website + Small and medium-sized companies are neglecting their websites in the recession, according to new research by web hosting company ...

+ Increasing numbers of UK companies facing insolvency + The number of firms facing County Court Judgements of £5,000 or more or wind-up petitions in the first quarter of this year increased ...

+ 70% of UK companies plan to cut or freeze pay + The majority of businesses in the UK are planning to freeze wages this year, according to research conducted by the British Chambers ...

+ Leading entrepreneurs warn that tax rise could damage UK economy + Leading entrepreneurs have warned that the Chancellor's new 50% tax on those earning more than £150,000 could lead to an exodus of ...

+ What the Budget means for your small business + Chancellor Alistair Darling's Budget had a strong focus on the creation of jobs, although some business groups such as the Federation ...

+ Technology holds the key to Darling's budget plans + Standing at the dispatch box, Alistair Darling said he believed the UK could replicate the success of North Sea oil in the coming ...

+ Quarter of small firms report improvement in market conditions + More small businesses experienced an increase in demand for their services and products than those that saw this decline, according to ...

+ 70% of small firm owners not altering lifestyle in recession + Small and medium-sized businesses owners are not radically altering their lifestyle or cutting back on business essentials because of ...

+ Sir Alan 'could set a bad example' + Managers tempted to take a leaf out of Sir Alan Sugar's book should pause for thought before they start running around pointing the ...

+ Governments 'must innovate to beat recession' + Governments around the globe should innovate in order to beat the financial crisis, according to a new study. A report published ...

+ Do you have more spare time and are you using it effectively? + In the current economic downturn, some small business bosses have found themselves with more time on their hands than they are used ...

+ The real value of staff feedback + Getting your entire workforce contributing to your business strategy could be the key to surviving the economic downturn, says ...

+ Large companies are ‘worst offenders’ for late payments + Large companies are ‘worst offenders’ for late payments By newbusiness Created 14/04/2009 - 10:58 Over one million small and ...

+ VAT cut ‘boosted consumer spending by £2bn + The government's cut in VAT is working and has led to an increase in consumer spending, according to research by economic consultancy ...

+ Only 25% of small firms view IT security as a 'priority' + Spending on IT security is only viewed as a priority by a quarter of small and medium-sized companies, according to a report by ...

+ How to keep your cash flow healthy + How to keep your cash flow healthy Seeking additional funding from banks or investors isn't the only thing you can do to improve ...

+ Why you must debrief staff when they return from training + Meeting with staff after training is a great way to get new business ideas to improve your company When sales figures are ...

+ Bank of England holds interest rates at 0.5% + The Bank of England has held interest rates at 0.5% following a succession of cuts in recent months. Since October last year the Bank ...

+ Only 17% of workers plan to apply for flexible working + Over 60% of eligible workers do not intend to make a flexible working request, according to new research commissioned by employment ...

+ Staff spend ‘25% of working day' on internet for personal reasons + Employees spend around a quarter of their working day using the internet for personal reasons, according to research by law firm ...

+ Costs rise for eight out of ten small firms in rural areas + Over 80% of small rural businesses have seen their costs rise and half have experienced a decrease in trading, according to a poll by ...

+ 40% of firms say Train to Gain had ‘no impact’ on their business + Business in the UK are unimpressed with the government's free training programme Train to Gain, according to a survey by the ...

+ Over a third of UK companies cut staff and freeze wages + UK companies are trying to fight the credit crunch by cutting staff and freezing pay, according to a survey by the Hay Group ...

+ Small firms view internet as critical tool during recession + Small and medium-sized businesses would cut investment in IT hardware, software and support before they would reduce the quality of ...

+ New reports reveal UK businesses are gaining confidence + New reports by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and BDO Stoy Hayward have indicated that business confidence in the UK is ...

+ UK car sales decline 30% in March + UK car sales declined by 30.5% in March compared to the corresponding month, according to figures released by the Society of Motor ...

+ Capital allowance extension would ‘benefit small firms’ + Capital allowances for small and medium-sized firms should be extended, according to the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA). ...

+ Companies House filing deadlines shortened + The following applies for accounting periods starting on or after 6th April 2008 For financial years beginning on or after 06 April ...

+ Google will make recruits less frugal with the truth + Over 11 episodes Tre had succeeded at tasks including selling sexy photographs of fish and designing products for dogs, but on Week 11 ...

+ SEC to streamline reporting for non-US companies + The Securities and Exchange Commission will propose dropping a requirement that companies using International Financial Reporting ...

+ The nuts and bolts of Business Intelligence (BI) + As David Carter explained it, business intelligence takes the multitude of transactions generated by an organisation, and summarises ...

+ VoIP - A moving experience + 13 June - One of the benefits discussed with the client before switching to VoIP was the ability to cope much more easily with office ...

+ An accountant's guide to remote working + Remote working will mean different things to different people. “Remote” can mean accessing data from practically anywhere in the ...

+ IT gremlins cost small business big + UK businesses are wasting over 20 hours a month solving IT problems, spending around £5000 a year trying to fix them, research from ...