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New redundancy pay rules to add $190m to SME’s...

More than 540,000 small businesses, for the first time, will be forced to provide redundancy pay to sacked workers in a wide-ranging overhaul of the nation's employment laws. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry workplace policy director Peter Anderson described...

#3M#insolvencies#Paid

ISME warns postal disruption will hit small business sector

The disruption to the postal services is already hitting small businesses hard and could result in redundancies within days, the…

#cash-flow#small business#small businesses


Small business fury over tax break 'U-turn'

Gordon Brown closed a tax loophole for self-employed people two years after he created it, in a U-turn that infuriated…

#Deloitte#Paid#small business


Surge in small business happiness

According to the latest quarterly survey by Bank of Scotland's (BoS) corporate banking arm, net optimism - the balance of…

#bank#economy#small business


The search for the British Small Business Champion of...

The national hunt for the 2004 British Small Business Champion is about to kick-off for its third year. The competition…

#awards#small business#small businesses


EU unveils start-up commitments

The European Commission (EC) has published its blueprint for the future of enterprise in Europe. The Enterprise Action Plan describes…

#Access to Finance#Boost#European Commission


Money laundering laws to hit small businesses

New regulations on money laundering came into force on 1 March and those affected need to be aware of them…

#financial services#risk#small business


SME business loan demand rise, a sign of growing...

A survey by the US Federal Reserve (The Fed) reveals that a net 22% of US banks saw increased loan…

#banks#receivables#small business


Cashflow a problem for small business

Cashflow has emerged as the biggest concern for South Australian small businesses, according to a survey carried out by Intrinsic,…

#bank#management#small business


Small business to get loans worth US$1bn

Vneshtorgbank will lend small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) US$1bn this year, said bank head Andrey Kostin after a meeting with…

#bank#interest rates#small business


EU aims to make life easier for cross-border SMEs

Despite making up the bulk of service providers, many small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are at the moment failing to…

#European Commission#financial services#security


Improved access to finance for small businesses

The government has announced a series of measures to help small businesses overcome barriers to raising and accessing finance. Measures…

#Access to Finance#debt finance#guarantee

Weak dollar squeezes small US importers

Since hitting its lowest point in November 2000, the euro has shot up by more than 50 per cent against…

#exports#interest rates#international

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