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New report reveals SMEs in crisis
- 01/02/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A new report by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) has highlighted the challenges around innovation, net zero and skills facing small businesses in the vehicle repair sector and beyond. The 10th annual State of Small Business Britain report draws on a decade of research and found that a third of small [...] -
UK firms ask for flexible rates
- 18/06/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK’s SMEs are overwhelmingly calling for business rates to be made both simpler and more flexible, research from Close Brothers Asset Finance reveals. Overall, the figure stands at 71%, with businesses at the larger end of the scale feeling particularly frustrated (see table, below). Business Rates are a tax [...] -
Business backed by new Enterprise Bill
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The government has published an Enterprise Bill that aims to back business to drive growth, create more jobs and ensure economic security for all. The bill will help tackle the scandal of late payments holding back many small businesses, ensure high quality apprenticeships, and make further cuts to burdensome red [...]