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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...

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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 businesses feel pinch

The Czech government had turned its back on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The sector not only faces increased foreign…

#security#small businesses#smes


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


Banks squeezed to lend more

Bankers reacted negatively to the government's move to prod lenders to free up loans to consumers and small companies. A…

#bank#cash-flow#liquidity


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


SMEs should treat new tax-free incentive for filing returns...

The Inland Revenue's offer to small employers of up to Ј825 over the next four years for filing their returns…

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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


Lib Dems say name and shame persistent late payers

Big firms that persistently make late payments to suppliers should be named and shamed on a register, according to a…

#late payment#payment practices#small businesses


Business fears over email invoicing wide of the mark

A new European directive does not require small businesses to send and receive invoices by email, despite fears that firms…

#i#invoice#small businesses


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

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

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