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Industry reaction to the Emergency Budget (28 Jun 2010)
The economic and business measures announced in Chancellor George Osborne's first Budget have sparked mixed reaction from small business representatives... read more

Test your red tape awareness (24 Jun 2010)
It's been aptly stated somewhere before that there are two types of people who know nothing about business. Those people who are in business, and those people who are not... read more

Emergency Budget 2010 Special (23 Jun 2010)
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his first Budget yesterday, which he said was "tough but also fair". He also called it "unavoidable"... read more

Business Advisers' Survey - Business support priorities (21 Jun 2010)
Results of the latest BAD News survey which asked business advisers about proposed Government reform of business support over the next five years... read more

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Retailers call for end to "unjustifiable" bank charges on card payments (21 Jun 2010)
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has urged the Government to force the banks to stop levying "unjustifiable" charges on retailers who accept credit and debit cards... read more

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5 Steps to beat your competitors (17 Jun 2010)
Many small business owners have a tendency to think that their competitors are smarter and more successful than themselves... read more

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Post office diversification initiative should be first of many, says Federation (14 Jun 2010)
The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) has welcomed the Scottish Government's announcement of diversification funding for post offices, but has warned that this must be the first in a series of initiatives to help post offices under threat of closure... read more

Small business winners and losers (10 Jun 2010)
Running a small business is in many ways a form of gambling. Why so? Because people are continually attracted into business with little or no entrepreneurial or marketing know-how , and often encouraged to do so by civil servants and ministers with too much emphasis on the rewards and very little regard for the risks... read more

Mandatory training for pub doorstaff "out of proportion" (07 Jun 2010)
The recently introduced mandatory training requirements for new entrants to the pub doorstaff industry are "out of proportion", according to the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers... read more

The problem of entrepreneurs' 'denial' (03 Jun 2010)
Managing business finance - or more like not managing it - is an area of small business where we see too many entrepreneurs guilty of 'denial' behaviour... read more

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