Establishing a growth culture where small firms can thrive – can Scotland do better?
Having an environment that encourages start-up companies and provides assistance to early-stage enterprises is vital to any economy.
Having an environment that encourages start-up companies and provides assistance to early-stage enterprises is vital to any economy.
Reflex sells video-conferencing equipment and plasma screens to the Ministry of Defence and the education and corporate markets. It has a turnover of Ј9m.
Further evidence of the improved atmosphere for small firms is revealed in a survey by the Bank of Scotland (BoS).
Manufacturers' export order books were fuller in December than for nearly three years and output is expected to grow for the first time in almost a year, according to the latest CBI monthly industrial trends survey published yesterday.
Britain's small businesses are to get a Ј400m boost to their cash flow over the next three years and access to a new US-style enterprise capital fund to help bridge the "equity gap" for innovative start-up firms.
The “Best Factor and Invoice Discounter of the Year” has been awarded to leading business finance firm Bibby Financial Services for the second year running at the 2003 Business Finance Awards.
Businesses are unknowingly handing bin loads of personal and company information to criminals which is being used to fuel a boom in identity fraud, according to new research by Experian® in partnership with the London Borough of Camden.
Gordon Brown attempted to woo small businesses in his pre-Budget report yesterday, promising measures to address the financing gap, encourage innovation and cut red tape.
The Better Payment Practice Group (BPPG) has advised businesses that the interest rate for companies wishing to apply the late payment legislation will remain at 11.75% for the period 1st January to 30th June 2004.
Business faces a big increase in the administrative burden of dealing with tax law after Gordon Brown signalled the government would push ahead with changes on intra-company transactions and financing structures.