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Small businesses 'disappointed with Budget'
28 April 2009A significant majority of UK businesses are disappointed with the government's latest Budget measures, with most believing little or nothing has been done to offer them f...
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Small businesses 'need help from export scheme'
27 April 2009The Export Credit Guarantee Scheme (ECGS) should be made more accessible to small businesses, it has been argued. According to the most recent figures from the Office fo...
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Insolvency law changes 'to benefit small businesses'
27 April 2009British small businesses are set to benefit from the planned changes to insolvency laws laid out in last week's Budget. Under the new proposals from the Treasury, busine...
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Budget offers business support package
27 April 2009An additional £5 billion worth of trade credit insurance will be made available to UK businesses under the proposals laid out in the chancellor's new Budget.
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Chancellor should have done more to help self-employed
23 April 2009The chancellor should have taken more action in the Budget to provide support to self-employed people and small business owners, one financial services provider has claim...
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CIOT 'cautiously welcomes' new HMRC powers
23 April 2009The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has cautiously welcomed changes to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) powers outlined in the Budget. According to the CIOT, the n...
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Budget must show commitment to business
22 April 2009The Budget needs to strengthen the business sector to ensure the UK's economy recovers, one industry network has claimed. According to the British Chambers of Commerce (...
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SMEs 'want more support to win contracts'
22 April 2009Small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) are looking to the Budget to provide them with more support to win contracts, one campaigning group has claimed.
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No more business tax increases, CBI says
21 April 2009The government needs to avoid making further business tax increases in this week's Budget, one economic expert has claimed. Speaking to the Herald, Jim Gorie, the Foru...
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Contractors 'need more than technical skill'
20 April 2009Successful contractors need more than technical ability if they are to remain in business during the economic downturn, one business expert has advised.
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Facilitator between business and banks needed
17 April 2009The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called for a number of initiatives to be included in the new Budget, including the creation of an intermediary regulator betw...
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Lending for businesses 'set to improve'
08 April 2009The worst of the lending conditions are over for a while, something that businesses "should take heart from", one professional services organisation has claimed...
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Self-employed on the increase in financial sector
07 April 2009The number of self-employed contractors working within the financial services sector is increasing, a new survey has claimed. According to the latest financial services...
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HMRC sets up tax calendar
06 April 2009HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced it is introducing a new tax deadline calendar for 2009-10 to help sole traders and limited companies remember their tax deadli...
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Brits paying more tax than they need to
03 April 2009New research from Abbey revealed that Brits are paying more tax than they need to on their savings by not making full use of their tax-free savings allowances.
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Fuel duty increase 'should not have been allowed'
03 April 2009The government's second increase to fuel duty within five months should not have been given the go-ahead, one industry organisation has claimed.
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HMRC publishes new guidance on tax appeals
02 April 2009HMRC has published new documentation aimed at helping taxpayers understand the changes to its appeals and review system. The guidance, available here , aims to explain h...
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FSB calls for rate relief for SMEs
02 April 2009The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the government to provide more support to contractors, sole traders and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the...
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'Businesses need to know their tax rights'
01 April 2009Sole traders and contractors need to be aware of how to act when a tax inspector from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) visits, one business advisor has claimed.
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Chancellor limits business rate rises
01 April 2009The chancellor Alistair Darling has cut the proposed five per cent rise in business rates allowing sole traders and self employed contractors to spread payments over thre...
