SME Business News

The Financial Times reports that chancellor Alistair Darling is set to introduce new measures aimed at helping small businesses secure finance during the economic downturn.
The report suggests that Darling is preparing measures that will underwrite  new loans to small business and by extending tax payer guarantees to the banks that lend money to SMEs.
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Government plans to simplify it’s business support system in the UK by reducing the number of separate schemes that are currently in operation from 3000 to ‘less than 100′, is on course for introduction in October.
It has been revealed by Janice Munday of the British Support Simplification Programme (BSSP) however, that the new programme will run for [...]

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Small Businesses in London are being urged to open their private loos to the public. New mayor Boris Johnson has introduced a cash initiative to business owners in the capital worth between £600 and £1000 per year.
There has been a sharp decline in the number of public lavatories across the UK, but since 1999 the [...]

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The Federation Of Small Businesses is calling on the government to maintain and improve a successful scheme that rewards local authorities for supporting SMEs and entrepreneurs.
The FSB says that the government should recognise the success of the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme by extending it’s life span.
Instead there are plans to bring in a [...]

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Funds of £115million, set aside by the government to help SMEs with staff training, has now been transferred to other budgets because of the lack of take up by small companies.
The money has been taken from the governments Train To Gain programme and switched to education and other training schemes, skills minister John Denham revealed.
“We [...]

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