The Prime Minister was in Leeds on Monday to announce the Government’s latest scheme to give small firms and start-ups a helping hand.
We were at the event to see David Cameron launch the ‘Business in You’ campaign, unpinned with the announcement the Government is to to open up vacant or under-used workplaces to SMEs at [...]
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While this week’s announcement is a step in the right direction from government, there’s more work to be done if the private sector is to drive and grow the economy in to the future.
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For many, this week will have been the first back after the Christmas break, during which many small business owners will no doubt have pondered what the New Year has in store.
Few will have spent too much time mourning 2011’s passing but, realistically, many know 2012 is very likely to pose similar challenges and difficulties [...]
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The Government must do more to tackle the issue of late payment in the New Year if it wants to see real economic growth.
That was our message in a letter to Mark Prisk – the Government Business Minister – this week. Several other leading organisations also put their name to it – Lloyds TSB, the [...]
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Generations coming together in a family business can create problems and have a negative impact on the continuity of the firm’s operations.
It is recognised that siblings often have a different view from each other, but this can be nothing compared to the differing viewpoints of parents and their children.
As advisors we are often faced with [...]
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The news is full of the latest youth unemployment figures which are at a record high, with unemployment among under-25s now over a million.These are the highest figures since records began in 1992, so what has been the Government’s solution to this growing problem?
In a recent breakfast summit at Downing Street, David Cameron sought to [...]
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Small business owners may well have been celebrating Monday’s announcement that health and safety red tape is to be cut by the Government.
In fact, if the Government goes ahead with the proposed reforms, it’s going to be more of a mass bonfire with in excess of half the current H&S legislation being removed from [...]
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The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement takes place today against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty for UK small businesses.
These are unpredictable times for business owners and expectations are high that measures set out today can finally deliver a breakthrough in the lending impasse.
Ensuring the right solution is found to this on-going problem is [...]
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All eyes will be on the Chancellor at 12.30pm next Tuesday when he makes public his Autumn Review statement.
Small business may well be hoping for an early Christmas present from Mr Osborne, but just how deep is his Treasury sack? He has a fine line to tread and not much wriggle room in which to [...]
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