UK Business News

The Newcastle Trading Standards Office has ended an ongoing dispute between SaaS accounting businesses, Kashflow and Sage.
The long-running spat between Kashflow and Sage has subsided, with an agreement by the SaaS vendor to remove pricing comparisons with Sage from its website. The resolution followed the intervention of Newcastle Trading Standards, which was contacted by Sage [...]

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Carphone Warehouse are to go ahead with plans to purchase the UK assets of Italian internet provider Tiscali, a deal that will make the  telecommunications company the largest residential broadband provider in the UK.
The deal is expected to be finalised by June, but is subject to approval by competition authorities and Tiscali obtaining formal approval [...]

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Fashion and homeware retailer Next have surprised themselves and financial experts by reporting better than expected sales for the first quarter of 2009, raising it’s profit estimates by £15million for the year.
While the company has suggested that the ‘good weather’ and people staying in the UK because of the weak pound have boosted sales during [...]

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Small business owners are being offered the opportunity of  financial training for key accounts staff in the latest government initiative aimed at SMEs.
“Accounting staff really are the unsung heroes of the small business community,” said Adam Harper, Director of Professional Development at the AAT.  “Keeping on top of developments in legislation is a technical challenge [...]

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