Official statistics have shocked experts, by revealing that UK retail sales remained unimproved on August’s figures, with zero growth for September. This failure in the increase of retail sales has occurred for the second month in a row. The expectations have been raised recently, with experts predicting that the UK was on course for economic [...]

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 [...]

The prime minister has stood by his plans to increase government borrowing in order to “support economic activity”.

BERR – the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – has said that if companies improved the health and safety information available to small firms, it could save them £300 million in total. The government body believe safety in work environments could be improved with the provision of advice, which could be given over [...]