Small businesses owed £10bn in outstanding payments
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Small companies in the UK are owed £10bn in outstanding payments, according to a report by Barclays Local Business. The report reveals that on an average day small businesses are left £2,440 out of ...
Inflation in the UK slowed in April as energy and food prices continued to decline, according to figures recently released by the Office for National Statistics.
In the last year 63% of businesses in the UK have reduced their workforce and 60% have introduced recruitment freezes, according to new research by Croner Reward.
Over 50% of consumers believe that shopping online is as safe as in purchasing goods in a store, according to a report by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
Over 50% of small businesses to use cloud computing by 2010
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The majority of the UK's small and medium-sized businesses will be using 'cloud software' solutions in some form by the end of 2010, according to a survey by Gooroo Software.
FSB: firms that pay late should be ‘named and shamed’
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The UK's biggest businesses should sign up to the Government's Prompt Payment Code and those that pay small firms late should be named and shamed, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)...
Organisations across the UK are in danger of becoming ‘rudderless’ and stale, according to figures released today. There are signs to suggest that business leaders know how to tackle the problem ...
Shop rents in the UK have been cut by almost a third as landlords attempt to keep their existing customers, according to a poll by property consultant firm DTZ.
Number of failing companies declines 27% in first quarter
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The number of companies going into liquidation in England and Wales dropped 27% in the first three months of this year compared to the last quarter of 2008.
