The budget: what is means to your small business… The budget has been unleashed upon the country and not many people are happy – the outlook is grim as Britain is expected to be paying off debt for plenty of years to come.  But what does it all mean for small businesses? The country will [...]

Don’t close our Post Offices! The Federation of Small Businesses has hit out at the news that more Post Offices could be forced to close their doors, claiming that the actions are ruining small business chances for surviving through the recession. In a survey conducted for the FSB it was uncovered that around 80 per [...]

Government plans could cost small firms £800m a year. After blaming the Government for not doing enough to aid the floundering economy, the Federation of Small Businesses has now called for the Government to hold back on their plans to implement new legislation that could eventually cost the industry around £800 million a year. The [...]

The Federation of Small Businesses has released figures showing how calls to their small business hotline have risen by a staggering 214 per cent a the country plunges further into a recession and more small businesses are being forced out of business.  The FSB have claimed that the calls are relating to concerns and issues [...]

Barclays has got big plans for your small business in 2009 as they announce that they will be increasing their lending to SMEs by £1.5 billion. This means that the pool available by Barclays for lending to small businesses will go from £15 billion to £16.5 billion.  The news follows weeks of pressure from the [...]

Banks have vowed to make it easier for small businesses to gain access to credit after pressure from the Government led to talks between the two sides. The news follows a recent uproar by small business representatives as banks have seen an injection of funding from the European Investment Bank, however none of this funding [...]

HSBC has announced that they will be raising the amount of money they set aside for mortgages in 2009, up by 20 per cent to a generous £15 billion.  The news comes after great efforts by the Government to see to it that banks in the Britain continue lending to customers despite the current economic [...]