Archive: Small Business Service

Comment: The burden on small businesses needs action now

John Walker is national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses

Lord Young's appointment as enterprise tsar is to be welcomed, but cuts in regulation and red tape cannot come soon enough for small businesses.

Support growing for automatic small business relief

Opposition not sweet on Sugar

Govt high on CBI's entrepreneurship blame list

Opposition not sweet on Sugar

Lord Sugar, appointed to small business taskforce

Lord Sugar has been appointed to a task force to help small businesses get credit from banks

Support growing for automatic small business relief

Peter Luff hopes to help small businesses with his private member's bill

Pressure is growing on the government to support a private member's bill making business rate relief automatic.

Govt high on CBI's entrepreneurship blame list

"Political decisions" have damaged the UK's reputation as a haven for entrepreneurs, Confederation of British Industry (CBI) head Richard Lambert said today.

Darling climbdown on capital gains tax

Darling confirms ten per cent "entrepreneurs' relief"

Alistair Darling has conceded a £200 million climbdown on capital gains tax (CGT).

Brown pays tribute to 'pioneering' Anita Roddick

The prime minister described Roddick as one of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs.

Gordon Brown has paid tribute to Anita Roddick, saying she was one of the country's "true pioneers".

Cameron: Bring down barriers to business

Conservative leader David Cameron has been defending his party's reputation as the party of small business at a launch of a new scheme designed to encourage entrepreneurs.

Tories take bed tax campaign to the sea

Tories launch pre-emptive strike on bed tax proposals

Proposals to impose an extra tax on Britain's hotels and B&Bs could have a major impact on the country's tourist industry and must be resisted, the Conservatives argued today.

Corporate manslaughter bill finally published

New bill would make it easier to prosecute firms for gross negligence resulting in death

A new law to ensure companies whose negligence leads to the death of employees or the public has today been published after nearly a decade of planning.