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  Workers lose £85,000 in pay over a lifetime as two thirds never ask for a rise

  17th May 2012 12:11

  British workers are too anxious or embarrassed to ask for a pay rise but the survey found their fears were apparently misplaced: eight out of ten pay rise requests succeeded, with only five per cent of requests causing negative career consequences.

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  Santander and Lloyds withholding loans to to firms despite signing up to cheaper 'credit easing' funding

  16th May 2012 06:06

  The Government guarantee enable banks to raise money more cheaply - but some banks are failing to pass on cheaper deals to firms

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  Revenue & Customs targets unpaid VAT bills: Number of firms closed down leaps by 161%

  2nd May 2012 11:51

  Firms with unpaid VAT bills are increasingly at risk of having their business assets seized by Revenue & Customs, official figures have revealed.

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  'Business deaths' back to highest level for two years as 68 firms fold every day in lending drought

  1st May 2012 07:07

  Researchers found that 2,112 businesses became insolvent in March, equal to 68 per day and nearly two-thirds were small firms employing between one and 50 staff.

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  My recession: After two redundancies I'm making money from baking cupcakes

  30th April 2012 10:11

  Annie Price has not let two redundancies in the past two years knock her confidence. Instead the young entrepreneur has turned what could have been a disaster into an opportunity and set up her own cupcake bakery business.

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  Access to funding is vital to help smaller businesses enter export markets

  29th April 2012 15:00

  The recently appointed head of the Government department that helps firms on to the international stage, Nick Baird, believes more funding is needed.

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  Hope that worst may be over for small firms as the number of business insolvencies steadies

  25th April 2012 14:42

  The latest figures from data information provider Experian show the overall rate of businesses failing in March was 0.11 per cent, the same level as recorded in March 2011.

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  Quality UK brands with a heritage please Japanese

  23rd April 2012 09:35

  While Japan has seen faltering economic growth over the past two decades, it offers significant opportunities for British firms looking to expand into new areas.

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  Exports push delivers results for small businesses

  23rd April 2012 09:33

  Owners of small businesses are increasingly optimistic about the future, with half of them saying they expect to expand their company this year.

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  Cold callers lay siege to new firms over fuel bills

  23rd April 2012 09:32

  Small businesses are increasingly being targeted by aggressive, cold-calling salesmen attempting to push them into signing up to new energy deals.