Financial Mail’s special indepth report on what the 2011 Budget means to you – at work and at home.
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Ministers told: Let fastest growing firms into the fold
Sunday, March 20th, 2011EXPERTS are calling on the Government to ensure high-growth businesses are given the support they need to thrive, ahead of this week’s Budget.
Ofgem told to ‘step up’ to protect SMEs
Friday, March 18th, 2011A consumer watchdog has called on the energy regulator to do more to protect small businesses against energy brokers with poor practices
‘Keep banks feet to the fire…’
Sunday, March 6th, 2011SMALL business minister Mark Prisk last week urged small firms that believe they have been unfairly turned down for bank finance to use the appeals process to hold the banks to account.
Asset finance gives new lease of life
Sunday, February 20th, 2011Despite an agreement by the banks to boost lending to businesses, growing numbers of firms are looking to alternative options, such as asset finance.
Finding a sponsor is a great courier move
Sunday, February 20th, 2011WITH bank finance still tough to access, finding a sponsor can be a key way to help take a business to the next stage. And as London Fashion Week kicks off, one design company has done just that.
Apprentices are the way forward
Monday, February 7th, 2011BUSINESS secretary Vince Cable is expected to announce today that a further 100,000 apprenticeships are to be created, in a move to ease rising unemployment among younger people.
Debate on women in the boardroom hots up as Davies Review nears
Friday, February 4th, 2011As the Davies Review comes ever closer to publishing its views, Aviva chief marketing officer Amanda Mackenzie and Baroness Kingsmill join the debate.
