Government figures have recently revealed that nearly 2,000 small businesses are facing high energy bills for gas & electricity because inaccurate estimates issued last year have left them with revised invoices.
In 2010 the helpline Consumer Direct was called by 1,848 small businesses to complain that they had received backdated bills.
Audrey Gallacher – head of energy [...]

Small businesses are not doing enough to protect their ideas & creativity according to recent research.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) - an executive agency of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) - is the official government body responsible for Intellectual Property rights in the UK. This covers designs, trademarks, copyright & patents.
The IPO [...]

Credit requests from small businesses fall.
As part of its remit to “contribute to protecting and enhancing the stability of the financial systems of the United Kingdom”, the Bank of England needs to be aware of current & changing credit conditions. In order to do so it regularly carries out a survey for lenders the most [...]

Over 800 members of the Federation of Small Businesses – the FSB – who took part in a poll have indicated an overall feeling of indifference to the recent budget.
‘The Voice of Small Business’ survey panel felt that the budget would have little effect on the day to day management of their businesses. In [...]