Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
News and analysis on excesses in bureaucracy that are hindering UK SMEs.The Red Tape small business archive.
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Dozens of cuts to red tape are set to come into force in response to issues raised by businesses.
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Experts respond to the 2013 Budget and explain what it means for small businesses.
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Thousands of small companies are to be spared from red tape after a government shake-up on business regulations.
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Cutting red tape should be the most important business priority for the government, according to small and medium-sized enterprise owners.
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Small business minister Mark Prisk has announced that small businesses and start-ups will be exempt from new UK regulation for three years, starting in May.
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Red tape and volatile exchange rates are the main challenges facing small businesses when exporting, a report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) finds.
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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has launched a review of the Local Better Regulation Office.
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The government's deficit reduction measures will stall recovery resulting in a post-recession peak of nearly 3 million unemployed, an industry body has warned.
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Red tape has cost European businesses a cumulative 1 trillion (£0.87 trillion) over the past 11 years, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
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Removing red tape will encourage SMEs to grow and budding entrepreneurs to start their own businesses, claim industry experts.
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Leading small business group the Federation of Small Businesses has expressed its support for the Legislative & Regulatory Reform Bill, designed to cut red tape for small firms.
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Relief from the perennial burden of red tape could be in sight after the Cabinet Office announced a project to measure and then reduce the paperwork and administration faced by small businesses.
Employing & managing staff
In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade
Partner content
As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?
Business Technology
Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings