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ISME responds to Budget

ISME, the Independent Business Organisation, is disappointed that the Budget contains very little with respect to the promotion of enterprise, the encouragement and rewarding of risk-taking and will not improve the overall position of indigenous business. The significant increase in...

#Paid#risk#small businesses

Europeans ready to support small business in Russia

The European Commission, the supreme executive body of the European Union, is ready to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…


Finnish exports up after a six-month slide

Finnish exports made an upwards turn in September after a six-month period of dormancy and decline. According to monthly figures…

#exports#trade


Electronic signatures gain legal status

Electronic signatures will carry the same legal weight as written ones, when a new law comes into force in 2005.…

#digital#e-commerce#security


Parliament approves corporate tax reduction

The Portuguese parliament has approved the government’s Budget Bill for 2004 that slashes corporate taxes amid growing economic instability. The…

#Boost#exports#GDP


Consumers keep SMEs buoyant in slump – but big...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have come through three years of global investment slump relatively unscathed, closing the profitability gap…

#bank#cash-flow#economic outlook


Poll shows environment worsening for SMEs; access to bank...

The Czech business environment is increasingly confusing, corruption among government clerks is growing and the work of the courts is…

#bank#banks#guarantees


National Bank raises base rate by 3%

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) raised the base rate, which is equal to the key two-week depo rate, by…


Banks and government hammering out cooperation on EU project...

Government representatives announced last week that intense negotiations were under way with all the major Czech banks to provide low-cost…

#banks#Clear#funding


Leasing activities boost leading bank’s nine-month bottom lines

Leasing is a growing activity and has helped leading banks compensate for continuously shrivelling lending margins, according to recently released…

#bank#banks#Boost


Alex Lawrie Factors incentive helps fledgling businesses take flight

Alex Lawrie Factors, part of the Lloyds TSB Group, has joined forces with Lloyds TSB Business to help new businesses…


Small firms show signs of confidence in the future

Confidence about the economic outlook for small- and medium-sized business (SMEs) is returning, a new survey commissioned by mobile phone…

Experian says Scotland’s economy exceeds expectations

Scotland's economy grew at double the rate originally thought between 2000 and 2002, according to latest estimates from Experian®. These…

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