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Minister: Regional cities "crucial" to economic recovery
Friday, 18 May 2012

Cities in the North, Midlands and West of England will be "crucial" to the UK's economic recovery, decentralisation minister Greg Clark has said.

Businesses hammered by 60% surge in energy costs

Friday, 18 May 2012

Companies already struggling to maintain profitability in a tough economic environment have seen energy costs surge by a 60 per cent in a single year, according to new research.

Poll: Less than half of mid-size firms ready for auto-enrolment

Friday, 18 May 2012

Less than half of medium-sized businesses are fully prepared for Government reforms requiring them to automatically enrol staff into a workplace pension, according to new research.

MPs call for expansion of New Enterprise Allowance to boost entrepreneurship
Friday, 18 May 2012

The Government's New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) should be increased and extended to encourage more budding entrepreneurs to set up in business, a cross-party group of MPs has said.

Financial services jobs head to the regions
Friday, 18 May 2012

More than half (55 per cent or 24,667 posts) of all new financial services jobs are based outside of London, up from approximately 20 per cent before the credit crunch, according to research from specialist financial services recruiter BrightPool.

Government plans "deferred prosecutions" to tackle economic crime
Thursday, 17 May 2012

Companies facing prosecution for economic crime could avoid court if they agree to "come clean" and "mend their ways" under new Government plans.

Government scheme to connect entrepreneurial students with SMEs
Thursday, 17 May 2012

Around 4,000 entrepreneurial students and graduates are to be given the opportunity to network with small and medium-sized enterprises as part of a new Government scheme.

Internet failures "cause most workplace stress"
Thursday, 17 May 2012

Technical cock-ups including email and internet failures have been voted the most stressful office conundrum, according to a new poll.

Bank cuts growth forecast
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

The Bank of England has cut its 2012 growth forecast for the UK from 1.2 per cent to 0.8 per cent, with governor Sir Mervyn King warning that the eurozone crisis remains the biggest threat to the country's economic recovery.

UK unemployment falls by 45,000 - but full-time jobs remain scarce
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million between January and March, marking a second successive quarterly decline, according to official figures.

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