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According to a recent report from the FPB, one of their members said: “I used to count my bank manager as a personal friend, but now I don’t even know who he or she is – the only contact I really have with my bank is generally of the negative variety. It’s almost as though [...]

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The FSB urges the Chancellor not to raise taxes on small businesses in the Pre Budget Report
Raising taxes for small businesses would ultimately cost the UK billions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of jobs, a new independent report for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found.
The report, by the influential Centre for Economics [...]

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The regional lending intermediary service, which is available via Business Link, provides intensive support for businesses encountering problems accessing finance once a need has been identified. The free guidance and support is available to help forge stronger relationships between small businesses and banks.
According to the FPB’s recent Economic Downturn Panel survey, 66% of respondents said [...]

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Hopes for an end to recession were dashed today after new figures showed the economy shrank for a record sixth quarter in a row between July and September.
The shock 0.4% third-quarter fall takes the total loss of output since the recession began last year to 5.9%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Commenting on growth [...]

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The CBI is calling on the Chancellor to ensure his Pre-Budget Report delivers a credible plan for balancing the public finances by 2015-16, two years earlier than planned, in order to boost investor confidence and get the UK on the path to recovery. But it is warning that the government will need to take an [...]

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Enterprise mobile workers will make up 73 per cent of the workforce in Europe and the US by 2012.
Workers who only have a wired network access point feel they are restricted, the company explained.
Alex Donnelly, portfolio manager at Damovo UK, said: “We communicate socially through, voice, SMS, email, and social network updates on our mobiles.
“People [...]

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Almost a quarter (23%) of respondents to the survey selected late payment and subsequently poor cash flow as their ‘key issue’ – more than those who voted for a lack of sales (20%), and complying with health and safety regulations (11%).
Even declining bank lending was deemed to be less of a concern than poor payments. [...]

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