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Theresa May urged to rethink Met cuts

18.08.11
Business chiefs today urged ministers to halt cuts to police funding before the Olympics as they warned that further disorder will inflict lasting damage on the capital's international reputation... more

Government to announce cuts to regulation for small firms

18.03.11
Small firms in Britain would benefit from a three-year moratorium on new regulation under a plan the government is set to announce to cut business red tape and boost the economy... more

New retirement rules 'will help young and old'

13.01.11
Scrapping compulsory retirement at 65 will boost the economy and end 'discrimination' against older workers, a government minister claimed... more

City Spy: Poll dashes hopes for future CEOs

07.12.10
Note to Matthew Cousens, Kevin Murphy, Rose Chamberlayne, Manvir Nijhar, Emily Porter-Lynch and Karen Ward: be afraid. The Sunday Times has named you 'The CEOs of tomorrow'... more

Economy freezes with two in five unable to get to work

02.12.10
The economy suffers a huge blow with millions of people unable to work because of the snow... more

London works at home to beat Tube strike amid walkouts

29.11.10
Thousands of Londoners stay at home as large sections of the Tube are shut down by the fourth 24-hour strike in as many months... more

Business confidence down again with South-East small firms facing battle

20.07.10
Small businesses in the South-East are still facing a struggle towards recovery with business confidence worsening, a survey finds... more

Biggest companies are the real winners from Budget

23.06.10
Budget: George Osborne’s debut was presented as good for business, but it benefits the biggest companies most of all, say experts... more

Capital gains tax move cheers small firms

12.05.10
Entrepreneurs welcome the new Government’s decision to exclude “business assets” from the new capital gains tax regime... more

Business chiefs back Cameron coalition's first moves

12.05.10
Business leaders unite behind the coalition Government, welcoming many of its early commerce announcements... more

Lord Sugar to head new business task force

01.04.10
Enterprise Champion Lord Sugar will head up a new task force to advise the Government on how to ensure small businesses are treated fairly, Gordon Brown announced... more

Snows melting but big freeze predicted to return

15.01.10
Ice and snow covering swathes of the UK continue to melt away - but the thaw may not herald the end of the bitter weather, forecasters said... more

Fears over food supplies as crops suffer

11.01.10
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Tory czar to stop supermarket 'bullying'

05.01.10
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Employers' anger at rise in national insurance

09.12.09
Business leaders reacted with fury to plans to increase national insurance by even more than first planned... more

Firms lose out as bank loans cost ‘an arm and a leg’

24.11.09
Banks were accused of ripping off businesses by charging firms “an arm and a leg” for lending... more

Home borrowers to face questions on Christmas spending

19.10.09
Home buyers will provide details of their income and spending before being granted a mortgage ... more

'6,000 small firms could fail in capital as banks squeeze loans'

27.08.09
Up to 6,000 small firms in London could go bust by the end of the year as banks are failing to fund them, it was claimed... more

'Tentative recovery' by small firms hit by credit crunch

30.06.09
Small firms hardest hit by the credit crunch a year ago are starting to report a "tentative recovery", new research showed... more

Businesses scorn Brown loan scheme

12.03.09
Businesses were today queuing up to condemn the Government's new scheme to persuade banks to lend... more

Firms could be outed over low pay for women

06.01.09
Companies face being shamed into closing the pay gap between men and women... more

Ministers are urged to shame employers into closing gender pay gap

06.01.09
Companies face being shamed into closing the pay gap between men and women... more

London workers to get Friday off as bosses save money

31.12.08
London's great shutdown is set to continue on Friday, despite it being the first official working day of the New Year... more

Brown 'broke pledge' on pay for small firms

18.12.08
Gordon Brown was accused of breaking a pledge to protect struggling small firms from slow-paying government departments... more

Mr Darling, forcing the banks to treat us better is a good idea but we need tax cuts

20.11.08
Analysis: Small businesses are demanding that the Chancellor takes urgent action to ease their plight... more

Small firms ‘need £1bn lifeline’

19.11.08
Business chiefs have begged Chancellor Alistair Darling for a £1billion lifeline to stop hundreds of thousands of small firms going bust... more

Pressure builds for Bank Rate to be cut by a point

27.10.08
Credit crisis: Bank of England urged to slash interest rates by a full percentage point as central bankers around the world face mounting pressure to tackle the global recession... more

Tax relief waiting to be claimed, traders told

21.10.08
Small traders in London are being urged to claim an "invisible" tax relief that can save them £1,100 a year... more

Hard times on the high street

10.10.08
The Government has begun a massive rescue operation to prop up the crumbling pillars of the City but big institutions are not the only victims of the credit crunch. Ellen Widdup heads to Islington to see how ordinary businesses are coping... more

Comment: Help small shops

31.07.08
When town centres are given new shopping malls, the inexorable result of the face-lift is that the price of renting shop space goes up... more

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