UK Business News

On a day like today with flood, storm and tempest all about us, it’s a good time to consider
 disaster recovery plans
Disaster Recovery Planning, Business Continuity Planning, Business Resumption Planning
 - call it what you will, one in five UK businesses have no detailed plans in place with which
to maintain business normality in the event of disaster, [...]

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With the minimum wage set to rise by 3.8% in October, concerns abound for those already being denied the legal minimum by unscrupulous employers.
18-21 year-olds will receive £4.77, up from £4.60 with 16-17 year-olds getting an extra 13p on their current rate of £3.40. The full rate will increase from £5.52 to £5.73 per hour.
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Owners of start-up firms prefer to talk to their banks when it comes to professional advice, rather than government’s dedicated SME support service, Business Link.
This is the government’s own admission: Just 5% of entrepreneurs feel the need for Business Link’s advice whilst 16% head for their financiers. This from a poll of 10,000 small businesses, carried out [...]

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Recent research has revealed that in the UK, Family businesses account for 65% of private sector companies and an amazing one in three jobs.
The report from the Institute of Family Business (IFB) says that Family run businesses also account for 30% of  the UK GDP.
There are a staggering 3 million family run businesses in the [...]

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