It’s just not working… The Federation of Small Businesses has hit out at the Government’s response to the economic crisis by saying that they view the measures that have been taken as a failure. Through the economic downturn the Government has fallen back on their interest rate blanket as well as provided funding for firms [...]

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…or not? The majority of us love snow.  It falls softly, smothering the streets and cars in a white blanket of peace and tranquillity.  However, the flakes may be the worst news a small business could have wished for. The first business day of the month saw [...]

Companies have been warned that the cost of redundancy is far more serious than firms would initially think, as the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s has discovered that the cost of letting an employee go and then hiring someone else averages at £16,375. The Institute is aware that many firms fall back to redundancy [...]