Truss to review visa schemes to ease labour shortages
PM Liz Truss wants to review visa conditions to make it easier to recruit key roles, such as broadband engineers
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PM Liz Truss wants to review visa conditions to make it easier to recruit key roles, such as broadband engineers
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announces raft of measures to boost business growth, including scrapping planned corporation tax and National Insurance rises, raising the limit on Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme investment, and creating low-tax investment zones to encourage new industry
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Businesses that import are being offered an extra month to move over to the Customs Declaration Service. Here's how to adopt the new system
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A mid-term survey of firms trialling the four-day work week reveals that the majority believe the pilot is going well
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will unveil details of business emergency energy support package in next week’s emergency mini Budget
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Energy firms warn that government has just days to finalise details of how business energy package will work if companies are to benefit this winter
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FSB chair Martin McTague says small firms are “crying out for a comprehensive response” including tax cuts and direct cash support
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Energy grants could be offered to small businesses using Covid support mechanisms to head off thousands going bust
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FSB chair Martin McTague says small firms are “crying out for a comprehensive response” including tax cuts and direct cash support
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Energy grants could be offered to small businesses using Covid support mechanisms to head off thousands going bust
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According to research, droves of organsations are missing promised financial support to help navigate Covid, with less than a third of funding being given out
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As well as sales struggles for small retailers, the late payment problem is getting worse for small businesses across the board.
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Ministers urged to provide Covid-style support for smaller businesses to head off 'cost-of-doing-business' crisis as energy costs predicted to rise fourfold
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Small firms are struggling to secure fixed business energy deals as suppliers become hesitant in taking on new customers
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