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Local Enterprise Partnerships or Local Enterprise Politics? (02 Aug 2010)
Business leaders, local authorities and trade organisations are holding discussions with the Government on how best to form new Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) but it is still not clear how they will work in practice and how they will be funded... read more

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Your idea's stupid, you're an idiot and you'll fail (29 July 2010)
People will tell you that your idea is daft, but if you do your research, stick to what you believe in, think outside of the boundaries that are set by others, and take calculated, measured risks, then you can put yourself on the right path towards making your idea happen... read more

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Tax system to be simplified for small firms (26 July 2010)
Chancellor George Osborne has launched the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), a new body which he claims will "simplify the UK tax system with a focus on small businesses"... read more

Business secrets your adviser forgot to tell you (22 July 2010)
"Every successful enterprise requires three types of people - a dreamer, a businessman and a son-of-a-b*tch."... read more

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Small business owners don't understand their insurance coverage (19 July 2010)
Small business owners should improve their awareness of what their insurance policies cover after a recent survey showed that many business owners do not know what their commercial policies actually cover... read more

What you need first before starting up (15 July 2010)
When you started your business, or if you're in the process of starting one now, what do you think is (or was) the first and most important thing you needed to have before you made the decision to start? And if you've had some "expert" advice, what did they say you needed first?... read more

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Property sector welcomes Government review of planning system (12 July 2010)
Representatives from the construction and property sectors have welcomed a Government review which recommends reducing the red tape involved in planning permission and non-planning consents for new projects... read more

What's an entrepreneur? (08 July 2010)
Many entrepreneurial people start up in business - often several times - and end up failing every time. Not because they aren't entrepreneurial enough, but because they don't know how to run a business... read more

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Prisk hints at abolition of IR35 (05 July 2010)
Small Business Minister Mark Prisk has given his strongest indication yet that the IR35 tax rules, which affect freelancers, could be scrapped after a review over the summer... read more

'Must haves' for small business support (01 July 2010)
In the last few days Business and Enterprise Minister, Mark Prisk, has been reported as saying that the regional Business Links will be closed and their contracts wound down... read more

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