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 Government, [...]

A new poll taken by the smallbusiness.co.uk website has shown that concerns are growing throughout small businesses in Britain that the Christmas period will be a very dreary one indeed.
The poll revealed that over a third of small businesses claimed that they had seen the worst Christmas trading ever, while a further 28 per cent [...]

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 seems [...]

The FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) has brought in an academic to add its parcel of practical support to small businesses all through the economic slump, as latest findings show that half of small business owners risk losing everything if their venture fails.
A recent FSB survey has uncovered that 49 per cent of people surveyed [...]

According to the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA), 31% of small businesses will opt out of their private pension schemes once the new Personal Accounts are introduced.
394 small businesses were questioned and the results revealed that 40% of companies with fewer than 250 employees are likely to withdraw from the Personal Accounts scheme because they [...]