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Over one third of UK small businesses say that they now use Facebook to drum up new customers – more than local directories such as Yellow Pages and Thomson and substantially more than print or online advertising.

The Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor has shown an increase in professional job opportunities across the London financial services sector in April 12

UK funds could be set for a €5 billion (£4 billion) tax windfall after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled against a withholding tax on dividend payments from French companies to funds domiciled outside the country.

Whilst the main news for many employers is simply that the deadline for filing the Employers’ Annual Return Form P35 is little more than a week away, there are some businesses who risk receiving automatic late filing penalties even when a Form P35 isn’t actually due

An initiative designed to help freelancers comply with ‘IR35’ tax avoidance rules has been strongly criticised by business groups.

Responding to today’s publication of the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on the Regional Growth Fund (RGF).

As a small technology entrepreneur in London, how do you stand out from the competition and secure between £100k and £500k investment from Business Angels?

The Bank of England is expected to call time on the latest round of quantitative easing on Thursday following signs that inflation is proving more “sticky” than expected.

The head of a leading educational charity has said more science and engineering companies need to invest in actively engaging with education if they are to avoid a recruitment skills gap in the short and medium term.

Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk is today leading the call for more organisations to sign up to the Mentorsme portal and join the national mentoring network.

n a UK first for higher education, Lancaster University Management School is supplementing its teaching capabilities with expert soft skills learning content from Video Arts, to provide core practical skills for students on its business, management and marketing programmes.

British retail sales posted their biggest fall in more than a year last month and growth in the number of people placed in permanent jobs in Britain slowed

Despite the gloomy economic outlook caused by the UK’s slip into a double dip recession, 60 per cent of bosses believe their organisation will grow its output over the next year with almost a fifth expecting it to grow significantly, according to research published today by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).

The Angel CoFund has today announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to SMEs. Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk joined some of the first businesses to receive funding.