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The news section on Small Business UK allows you to keep up to date with the latest news, economic trends and regulatory developments affecting new and established UK small businesses.

Employee law a burden for SMEs

Small businesses feel strangled by employee law and legislation finds a survey.

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FSB: SMEs to be hit hard by pension reform

Automatic enrolment into a pension scheme will cost small businesses £2,550, the Federation of Small Businesses warns.

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HR teams ill-equipped to face industrial action

More than half of HR teams have no experience of dealing with trade union action, a study says.

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Overdrafts most popular form of funding

Bank overdrafts remain the single most popular form of business finance for small businesses despite year-on-year term lending decreasing by £269 million on 2009.

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Business owners not so sweet on Sugar job

The majority of SME owners would not accept a job working for Alan Sugar.

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Managers say no to home working

More than three quarters of small business managers are rigidly opposed to flexible working for their employees.

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London benefits most from SMEs

The Capital has emerged as the area where small businesses make the biggest contribution to the local economy.

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Cameron’s rallying cry to businesses

Prime minister David Cameron has stressed the importance of backing the ‘big businesses of tomorrow’ in a speech focussed on how to boost economic growth.

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London benefits most from SMEs

The Capital has emerged as the area where small businesses make the biggest contribution to the local economy.

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Cameron’s rallying cry to businesses

Prime minister David Cameron has stressed the importance of backing the ‘big businesses of tomorrow’ in a speech focussed on how to boost economic growth.

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FSB calls for SME growth plan

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the government to install a growth programme to support smaller companies.

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Businesses turn to credit cards for funding

Entrepreneurs look to use credit cards for business funding in difficult times for securing capital.

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Health and safety law a bugbear for business

Small businesses wish to see a shake up in prohibitive health and safety laws.

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Online advertising nears £2 billion

Online advertising in the UK was up 10 per cent in the first half of 2010 to £1.97 billion.

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