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Third of charities have no financial safety net (16 Aug 2010)
One in three charities is "without a financial safety net" and is under threat from closure in the wake of public sector spending cuts, according to research carried out by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)... read more

Local Enterprise Partnerships or Local Enterprise Politics? (02 Aug 2010)
Business leaders, local authorities and trade organisations are holding discussions with the Government on how best to form new Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) but it is still not clear how they will work in practice and how they will be funded... read more

Emergency Budget 2010 Special (23 Jun 2010)
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his first Budget yesterday, which he said was "tough but also fair". He also called it "unavoidable"... read more

Coalition sets out Government spending cuts and measures to "boost enterprise" (24 May 2010)
The Government has outlined its planned spending cuts and has published its final coalition agreement, in which it sets out a range of measures designed to "boost enterprise"... read more

Coalition Government announces plans for business (17 May 2010)
The new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition Government has wasted no time in announcing its proposed plans for the next parliament... read more

Government must exclude banking levy on small business lending, says bank (17 May 2010)
The new coalition Government must exclude lending to small businesses from its proposed banking levy, a representative from Aldermore bank has claimed... read more

Call for regional stock exchanges as alternative to banks (10 May 2010)
The Government should introduce regional stock exchanges across the UK as a viable alternative source of finance for small businesses, according to commercial credit referencing agency Graydon UK... read more

Taxman may target tradesmen, says expert (04 May 2010)
A tax expert is predicting that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) may start targeting tradesmen for undeclared tax next year as part of its bid to boost the Revenue's coffers... read more

Get tough on Tesco, say trade bodies (27 Apr 2010)
Representatives of small and rural retailers have warned that Tesco's growing dominance of the UK grocery market is threatening the survival of thousands of small and rural retail firms... read more

What a business support agency can learn from its clients (22 Apr 2010)
This EnterQuest article asks what a business support agency can learn from its clients and asks its readers for comments... read more

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