SME Business News

Groups representing small retailers have attacked Mastercard over plans to increase membership charges and the introduction of a new ‘development’ fee.
Lobby groups including the British Shops And Stores Association (bssa) and British Retail Consortium (BRC) have taken on the fight for their members, calling for the increases to be withdrawn.
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Gordon Brown has led the cavalry charge to help out Britain’s cash strapped banks, on behalf of the country and the tax payer of course, helping out high street banks Royal Bank Of Scotland, HBOS and LLoyds TSB to ease the financial crisis.
Brown seems to have taken notice of recent polls that showed the nation [...]

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The Federation Of Small Businesses (FSB) is about to embark on a photography tour around the UK, in a bid to raise awareness of it’s Keep Trade Local campaign.
The FSB aims to educate the public and businesses alike about the need to safeguard the future of small independent shops and the communities that they sustain.
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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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Actress and entrepreneur Jane Asher shares her experiences of setting up a business during a recession, offering tips and advice to small businesses on surviving an economic downturn.
Jane Asher set up her business Jane Asher Party Cakes in 1989, on the back of her best selling cake decorating book. It has since grown to become [...]

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Government proposals that new out of town supermarkets should be prevented if they negatively impact on smaller shops, have been welcomed by small business groups.
However there is concern that the scrapping of the current ‘need test’ is unnecessary until the new system is proven, with businesses sceptical whether the new policy will afford them the same robust [...]

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