UK Business News

A new website is bringing the latest research from leading institutions to investors and businesses in the South East.
A new collaboration between five of the South East’s leading research institutions launched today. South East IP brings together the latest research from five research institutions across the South East, making it available to business and investors [...]

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Small business owners are still suffering from the significant worry caused by underhand practices used by so-called business directories and the European Union needs to take action to ensure legislation is in place to close them down and prosecute. Strong words spoken today by Struan Stevenson MEP, Conservative MEP for Scotland.
He was calling for action [...]

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People choose to take the plunge and start their own business for various reasons.  Be it financial gain, frustration in their current role, lack of job opportunities, or the big idea – perhaps they have designed the next best thing to a bread slicer.
In addition to people’s inner drive or motivations, the UK government is [...]

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Following a dip in the number of people in the UK setting up their own businesses between 2008 and 2010 we are now starting to see an increase in the number of people taking it upon themselves to enter into the business world.
If you are thinking about this as the path for you, there are [...]

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Santander is further enhancing support to small business and SME’s after securing its third tranche of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB), enabling it to provide discounted loan rates to qualifying businesses.
The new EIB funding complements Santander’s commitment to UK companies and follows its pledge to increase lending to small and medium-sized enterprises by [...]

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