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Federation of Small Businesses RSS feedSir Alan Sugar facing backlash over rant at small firm 'moaners'
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Gordon Brown's business tsar Lord Sugar faces calls to be fired after reportedly branding some small firms as 'moaners' who live in 'Disney World'2009-11-04T09:04:48ZShops braced for tough Christmas as cautious consumers turn to Net
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High street is set for one of its toughest Christmases as consumers rein in spending and desert shops for online bargains, research for the Evening Standard reveals2009-10-27T08:45:43ZHome borrowers to face questions on Christmas spending
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23758123-home-buyers-must-give-income-details-in-loans-shake-up.do
Home buyers will provide details of their income and spending before being granted a mortgage2009-10-19T08:37:59ZTransport shake-up a 'massive kick in the teeth for Londoners'
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23757101-transport-shake-up-a-massive-kick-in-the-teeth-for-londoners.do
Boris Johnson's plans for price increases and a £10 congestion charge are a "kick in the teeth for Londoners", it was claimed2009-10-15T12:45:47ZHow can we persuade them to lend us more?
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2009-09-18T13:13:36Z'6,000 small firms could fail in capital as banks squeeze loans'
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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 claimed2009-08-27T08:56:12ZMandelson puts pressure on banks over business loans
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Downing Street stepped up pressure on banks to give struggling industry a lifeline of cheaper loans2009-07-27T08:13:59Z'Tentative recovery' by small firms hit by credit crunch
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23713764-tentative-recovery-by-small-firms-hit-by-credit-crunch.do
Small firms hardest hit by the credit crunch a year ago are starting to report a "tentative recovery", new research showed2009-06-30T11:12:48Z1p-a-minute mobile calls in shake-up of charges by Ofcom
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Mobile phone bills could be slashed under new rules being considered by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom2009-05-20T09:06:53Z'Future bleak' for traders at historic market
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Shops in one of London's oldest arcades warned they could close if landlords do not help during the recession2009-04-14T07:30:58ZBusinesses scorn Brown loan scheme
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Businesses were today queuing up to condemn the Government's new scheme to persuade banks to lend2009-03-12T09:41:44ZTories and firms attack Brown's £500m jobless aid
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Gordon Brown's plans to counter the recession came under fire from business and the Tories today as thousands of redundancies coincided with Labour's "jobs summit"2009-01-12T09:36:28ZFirms could be outed over low pay for women
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Companies face being shamed into closing the pay gap between men and women2009-01-06T14:24:46ZMinisters are urged to shame employers into closing gender pay gap
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23612206-ministers-are-urged-to-shame-employers-into-closing-gender-pay-gap.do
Companies face being shamed into closing the pay gap between men and women2009-01-06T09:26:39Z10,000 demand scrapping of Dartford crossing tolls
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The Government is coming under growing pressure to reverse the 50 per cent increase in the Dartford river crossing charge2009-01-02T08:51:30ZLondon workers to get Friday off as bosses save money
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London's great shutdown is set to continue on Friday, despite it being the first official working day of the New Year2008-12-31T09:36:47ZThousands of small businesses face bankruptcy
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More than 4,500 small businesses in London will go bust next year as Britain plunges into recession, campaigners warned2008-12-31T09:52:41ZSmall shops struggle as sales bring chain stores huge profits
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23608692-small-shops-struggle-as-sales-bring-chain-stores-huge-profits.do
Independent retailers told how they fear for the year ahead as they struggle to match the big discounts of major high street chains2008-12-29T09:12:30ZBrown 'broke pledge' on pay for small firms
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Gordon Brown was accused of breaking a pledge to protect struggling small firms from slow-paying government departments2008-12-18T09:40:19ZCameron calls for loans boost to help small firms
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David Cameron called for a major expansion of the scheme to get banks lending to small businesses again2008-11-28T14:30:23ZMr Darling, forcing the banks to treat us better is a good idea but we need tax cuts
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<strong>Analysis:</strong> Small businesses are demanding that the Chancellor takes urgent action to ease their plight2008-11-20T10:44:15ZSmall firms ‘need £1bn lifeline’
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Business chiefs have begged Chancellor Alistair Darling for a £1billion lifeline to stop hundreds of thousands of small firms going bust2008-11-19T09:36:10ZBrown: I'll get banks lending
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New action to make it easier for small firms and homeowners to borrow from banks will be in the mini-budget next week, Gordon Brown indicated2008-11-19T13:58:13ZHundreds of firms 'to go bust by Christmas'
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Hundreds of small firms will go bust by the end of the year if ministers fail to deliver quickly on their pledge to increase bank lending, business leaders have warned2008-11-06T09:41:38ZPressure builds for Bank Rate to be cut by a point
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23578216-pressure-builds-for-bank-rate-to-be-cut-by-a-point.do
<strong>Credit crisis:</strong> 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 recession2008-10-27T09:12:06ZTax relief waiting to be claimed, traders told
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Small traders in London are being urged to claim an "invisible" tax relief that can save them £1,100 a year2008-10-21T11:43:05ZHard times on the high street
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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 coping2008-10-10T07:47:48ZSqueeze 'will kill off 300 small stores'
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At least 300 small shops in the capital are likely to close this year as the global credit crunch takes hold2008-08-05T07:55:45ZComment: Help small shops
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When town centres are given new shopping malls, the inexorable result of the face-lift is that the price of renting shop space goes up2008-07-31T08:51:44ZElection Diary
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