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Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:13 PM

Budget implications for small businesses: round-up

Reactions to the budget implications for small businesses are somewhat mixed - here's a round-up of what industry bodies are saying. Overall the budget does not appear to have been particularly well received although there are some nuggets for small businesses.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:18 PM

Budget summary at a glance

Quick post today - need to digest the budget properly before we can analyse the pros and cons for small businesses. Take a look a the BBC summary here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8011882.stm Drinkers and smokers are hard hit again - an obvious
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Monday, April 20, 2009 10:34 AM

Advice for coping in a recession

The first glimmerings of positive economic news are beginning to appear - the number of mortgages being granted is up, the BBC is quoting a report saying the UK economy will grow in 2010 (although elsewhere it's quoting 2012), and it looks as though local
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Monday, December 08, 2008 11:44 AM

Mega Monday

Today is apparently the busiest day for online shopping , when we've all been round the shops and failed to find that crucial present for husband/wife/Auntie Mavis. The forecast to be spent online is for somewhere in the region of £320 million - and that's
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:46 AM

Financial help for small businesses

News today on the BBC business site : Lloyds TSB and HBOS, which are in the process of merging, have both announced packages to help small businesses. Lloyds has a new six point charter that includes promising to pass on future interest rate cuts to its
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 2:07 PM

Implications of the reduction in VAT

While we're all trying to work out the implications of the reduction in VAT earlier this week, the obvious implications for invoicing need to be addressed pretty quickly. As fellow blogger Nick pointed out on Tuesday, in his True Business blog post VAT
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:59 AM

Biggest financing mistakes by first-time entrepreneurs

To use an American phrase - ‘Cash is the gas that keeps every entrepreneurial engine running'. When companies run out of cash from investors, lenders, or customers - they go out of business. It's that simple. This makes the person managing your finances
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:47 PM

Focusing on women in business

The budget focus on encouraging women to take on a more entrepreneurial role in the workforce, especially after taking time out to have a family, has – as you would expect - prompted positive and supportive reaction from women-focused websites and organisations.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:00 PM

What will 'zero-carbon' mean for small businesses?

In last week's budget, one of the ‘green' measures announced by the Chancellor was the plan to make all business premises carbon neutral by 2019. How this strategy will be implemented isn't yet fully clear, but it's a point worth considering if you're
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Friday, March 14, 2008 12:10 PM

Budget implications for small businesses

It looks like there are a few nuggets of good news for small businesses in the budget. Aside from the welcome delay in increasing fuel duty, there are several features of note. A particularly interesting one is the capital fund of £12.5m to encourage
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