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FSB backs small firm help
The Federation of Small Businesses has backed proposals by both the government and Conservative Party designed to help small firms survive the economic downturn. The government has pledged to settle invoices with small businesses within 10 days and to postpone plans to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of older children. ... more

Delay in criminal checks could affect businesses
Industrial action at the Criminals Record Bureau (CRB) in Liverpool could result in a CRB check taking twice as long as usual to be completed. Any businesses that wish to carry out a CRB check on employees are being advised to allow more time than normal for the process. Staff at the CRB are protesting due to only receiving a 0.5% pay rise, and members are refusing to work overtime and excee... more

Fall in online recruitment
Online recruitment fell for the fourth quarter in a row in September, according to Monster. Its quarterly employment index fell by eight points to 159 and revealed year-on-year decline for the first time. ... more

HSBC in talks to buy back London tower
HSBC is engaged in talks to repurchase its UK headquarters for up to £300m less than it sold the property for last year. The financial institution sold the London tower, based in Canary Wharf, to Spanish property company Metrovacesa in a £1.1bn sale-and-leaseback deal last summer. The deal made the London tower Britain's most expensive property and the Spanish company have recently been fo... more

SMEs require more support to bid for government work
Almost three quarters of SMEs never bid for government work, a detailed survey of over 500 small businesses has revealed. The survey was carried out by the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). It found that the majority of small businesses believe that it is difficult to find o... more

UK recession ‘already here’
The UK economy is already in recession and will shrink by 1% in 2009, according to the Ernst & Young Item Club. The survey is significant as it uses the same criteria as the government to gauge the health of the economy, and joins the British Chambers of Commerce in claiming a recession is already here. ... more

Company pension payments fall
The number of people paying into employer pension schemes fell in 2007, figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown. The figures revealed that 8.8m people paid into such schemes, down from 9.2m the year before. ... more

Pensions reform minister to speak at industry event
From the 19-20th of November the Professional Pensions show is being held at ExCel, London. The industry's largest two day conference and exhibition will open with a speech from pensions reform minister Mike O'Brien, who will place special emphasis on the progress of the Pensions Bill, due to be enacted this autumn. There will follow a live debate between Mr O'Brien and his two direct politi... more

Owner-managers concerned over pensions
The majority of business owner-managers feel that they will be forced to postpone retirement and work longer due to concerns over the state of their pensions and growing business fears. A survey by Clifton Asset Management (CAM) of more than 1,000 owner-managers found that those postponing retirement had increased from 56% three months ago to 65%. "Clearly the economic downturn is already ha... more


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