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A skills shortage is having a negative impact on small business recruitment, with more than half of small businesses claiming that a lack of applications is resulting in bad hires, research finds.
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Reforms to street trading rules will make them both stronger and fairer, a government minister has said.
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SME owners are skeptical about the value of a university education when taking on staff, research finds.
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Nearly one in four small businesses are looking to develop apprentice schemes to compensate for skills shortages, research finds.
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Small business costs have continued to rise during 2014 despite falling inflation, research finds.
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Products labelled 'Made in Britain' command a considerably higher premium when sold abroad than those with no declared country of origin, research finds.
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Company owners feel that young people are not ready for the workplace upon leaving the education system, finds research.
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Britain lacks the kind of education that facilitates entrepreneurship and innovation, a research report finds.
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Company owners feel that young people are not ready for the workplace upon leaving the education system, finds research.
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Britain lacks the kind of education that facilitates entrepreneurship and innovation, a research report finds.
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More than half of workers find the term auto-enrolment confusing and could not say what it relates to, research finds.
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UK businesses are increasingly 'micro' in size while the proportion of high-growth companies has fallen considerably in recent years, research finds.
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The uncertainty surrounding Scottish independence leaves a question mark hanging over the future of public data access, a debate critical for businesses either side of the border, says Chris Oatts, operations director at Graydon UK.
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The number of companies setting targets for their employees has risen by 17 per cent on last year, research finds.
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