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SMEs face fines over illegal employment

John Williams - Thursday 28.02.08, 16:41pm

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has hit out at the government over the complexity of the legislation on employing foreign workers in the UK.
Parts of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act, which come into force tomorrow (Friday February 29), will require small employers to understand and verify up to thirteen different forms of identification […]

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Tags: Employment · Europe · Small Business · UK Economy

Grocery sector tinkering ‘Will not help independents’

John Williams - Monday 18.02.08, 13:47pm

For many years in the UK, we have witnessed the massive growth of supermarket chains decimate the competition from small businesses. By being allowed to develop massive stores out of town, High Street trade in some towns is practically non existent. Not content at that the stores have in a short time turned grocery shopping […]

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Tags: Europe · Small Business · UK Economy

Enterprise Europe Network for SMEs

John Williams - Wednesday 13.02.08, 06:46am

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), Europe’s largest network of small business support organisations has been launched, the European Commission announced this week.
The EEN is designed to support and help small business owners and entrepreneurs, on a wide range of business issues, including  expanding into other EU countries, launching new products and accessing funding.
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Tags: Europe · Small Business