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Small businesses should brush up on their employment practices after latest figures show that nearly half of all cases of discrimination in the workplace are brought against firms employing less than 24 staff.
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There has been a "substantial increase" in the number of company directors disqualified between March and September last year.
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Small businesses in the UK are treating the introduction of the euro in physical form on 1 January with indifference at best and dismay at worst.
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Pensions minister Ian McCartney wants to encourage firms to "put ability before age" when employing staff.
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Smaller enterprises are less likely than their larger counterparts to report a crime because of the increased business costs that it involves, according to a survey just published.
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Small businesses stand to gain much from a planned restructuring of the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Government proposals to allow around 3.8 million working parents to request more flexible working hours from their employers, were announced by the Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt this week.
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British smaller companies who send unsolicited marketing e-mails, popularly known as 'spam', look to have escaped a blanket Euro judgement that could have restricted their practices.
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Government proposals to allow around 3.8 million working parents to request more flexible working hours from their employers, were announced by the Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt this week.
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British smaller companies who send unsolicited marketing e-mails, popularly known as 'spam', look to have escaped a blanket Euro judgement that could have restricted their practices.
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Small business owners are being shown the way to get more from their staff as the Government's Share Incentive Plan takes to the road.
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The Government, financial institutions, and a host of business bodies are being called on to provide greater support to women entrepreneurs, in a new report published by The Industrial Society.
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Small businesses may have to put their growth plans on hold when changes to employment rules come into force later this month.
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New e-businesses in the very early stages of business development will now have access to ten newly launched incubators, which will focus specifically on the internet sector.
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