The two main speakers at the Labour Party Conference left small business representatives reserving judgement on whether the future policy being outlined would be of any real benefit to the sector.
Financial and legal experts have warned that the government's effort to halt the rising tide of business fraud is failing because of ineffective legislation and insufficient resources.
Small- and medium-sized businesses are set to win more contracts from central and local government.
The UK economy grew twice as fast as previously thought in the second quarter of 2003, official figures have shown.
Many smaller companies may be assuming that International Accounting Standards (IAS) will not affect them, but, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), they are wrong.
From the period 10 January 2002 to 30 June this year, Ultimate Finance reported sales of Ј485,117, with a pre-tax loss of Ј663,083. Operating loss was Ј655,000, in line with expectations.
Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are to be encouraged to take advantage of the protection offered by Customs and Excise against unfair competition from counterfeit, pirated or patent infringing imports.
The deadline for student FDA Certificate course registrations is fast approaching for the second and final registration period of 2003.
The deadline for student registration is the 30th of November.
Insolvency practitioners are facing an overhaul in the way licences are granted after a review of the licensing system proposed by their professional body last week.
A long awaited decision was made today by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case of Bosal Holdings, a Netherlands-based steel manufacturer.
