The BCC has written to the Chancellor with a revised economic forecast & its recommendations for encouraging business growth.
It expresses the need for government to instigate the innovative policies & changes that are vital to promote the growth in enterprise it purports to support.
Among its recommendations it proposes that the government discontinue or put [...]

After inviting comments & feedback from small businesses on the problems they’ve experienced in procuring contracts with them, the government has introduced a range of measures designed to make it easier to do so.
The Government considers small businesses vital to the growth of the economy & wants to optimize their ability to tender for billions [...]

Earlier this week the chancellor – George Osborne - announced a deal between the coalition government & the banks with regard to bonuses, taxation & lending – Project Merlin.
The deal has been met with strong criticism from the Labour Party, many economists & the unions, as well as members of the coalition with the [...]