Despite recent encouraging unemployment statistics, parts of the country are bracing themselves for major job losses as the spending cuts bite. This is particularly the case in areas of the country where the public sector played a prominent part in the local employment make-up and this seems to be the case in much of [...]
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The government has announced that the post of the Enterprise Czar has been scrapped following Lord Young’s recent resignation from the position over his comments about the recession.
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The British Bankers Association (BBA.org.uk) have recently announced a new initiative called their Business Finance Taskforce. Released on 13th October it is designed to help business thrive and grow. The task force has amassed the support of a number of key banks all committing to 17 actions in 3 broad areas to help businesses thrive [...]
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The new Basel rules on bank capital had been introduced to impose a minimum cushion of capital a bank must keep to absorb losses on their loans.
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So the election is over, deals have been done and we now have a coalition in peace time for the first time I believe since 1931. With very uncharacteristic speed for governments, statements have been made, spending cuts announced and now a programme of legislation introduced through the Queen’s speech to parliament covering a multitude [...]
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Last week, I gave a short speech to a group of 15 or 20 aspiring young business people who were putting themselves forward for Prince’s Trust funding. The event provided these young people with a few days of training and some tips from hard seasoned campaigners like myself.
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As a long term business resident of Clerkenwell, (we first came here in 1989 when it was little more than a ghost town), I have watched the area develop beyond all recognition over the last few years.
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Microsoft has confirmed as of 6 November that it will cease distribution and sale of its accounting package Microsoft Office Accounting.
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1 October 2009 saw the implementation of the final stages of the 2006 Companies Act. Heralded as one of the largest statutes on record, the changes to company law have been gradually introduced over the last 2 years and 1 October was the final stage.
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A radical alternative, proposed by the CBI, recommends that workers whose firms are suffering a fall in demand be paid to remain at home. The proposal states that staff should be paid a nominal weekly wage of £130 to which both the Government and the employer would contribute. The employees would then stay off work [...]
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