Almost a quarter (23%) of respondents to the survey selected late payment and subsequently poor cash flow as their ?key issue’ ? more than those who voted for a lack of sales (20%), and complying with health and safety regulations (11%). Even declining bank lending was deemed to be less of a concern than poor payments. [...]

Despite calls for a cut, eight out of ten (84%) Finance Directors who were surveyed fear the rate of corporation tax will either stay the same or increase after the next general election, despite calls for a cut, potentially leaving UK PLC hamstrung, according to new research from leading business and financial advisers Grant Thornton. However [...]

Small businesses are vital to tackling graduate and youth unemployment, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) will tell delegates at the Labour Party Conference next week. Youth unemployment has reached nearly 950,000. Graduates and school leavers are entering the job market at one of the worst times since 1992. The FSB believes that the Government must [...]

Research carried out by the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has found that almost half of its members (47%) expect to see an increase in trade over the next year. The business support and lobby group found that 13% of the firms it surveyed are already seeing an upturn in their order books, while a further [...]

The Low Pay Commission is to decide early next year whether apprenticeships should be brought under the national minimum wage rules. But the CBI has said that any minimum wage for apprentices should be realistic and cautious if it is not to deter firms from offering apprenticeships in the first place. Currently, the minimum weekly wage for [...]