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The news section on Small Business UK allows you to keep up to date with the latest news, economic trends and regulatory developments affecting new and established UK small businesses.

Government launches scheme to support apprenticeship recruitment

A new scheme to place apprentices in small and medium-sized quoted companies has been announced.

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Businesses experience skills shortage and increased competition for talent

Three quarters of companies have reported recruitment difficulties in the last year, research finds.

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SME employees seek training and development opportunities

Nine in ten UK professionals would be less likely to seek new employment if their current employer offered them training and development, finds a study.

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Starting a business on the side a popular choice in UK

Would-be entrepreneurs seek to mitigate the risk of going it alone by launching their new company while still in employment, research finds.

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Excuses for absence revealed by employees

Almost one in six working Britons admit to 'faking it' for a day off work, research finds.

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Entrepreneurial Britain bristling with business brains

Britons generate more than 13,000 new business ideas per hour, according to a study.

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Prompt payment still a problem for customers of small businesses

UK micro-businesses are owed over £16.9 billion by their customers, research finds.

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Assistance from family and friends crucial to early stages of business

The majority of micro-business owners in the UK have received hands-on assistance from their family members and friends when starting up, saving on average £1,036 in wages during this crucial period, research finds.

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Prompt payment still a problem for customers of small businesses

UK micro-businesses are owed over £16.9 billion by their customers, research finds.

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Assistance from family and friends crucial to early stages of business

The majority of micro-business owners in the UK have received hands-on assistance from their family members and friends when starting up, saving on average £1,036 in wages during this crucial period, research finds.

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Women show greater entrepreneurial ambition than men

Almost half of female entrepreneurs claim they are interested in starting another business in the next three years, compared to just one in five men, research finds.

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Manufacturing confidence falls to lowest level in two years

Britain's manufacturing firms reported the biggest decline in optimism this month since March 2013, research finds.

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Employee engagement low in SMEs

Just over a third of British staff are highly engaged at work, while 48 per cent claim to be only moderately engaged with the remainder having no or low engagement, research finds.

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London trumped for innovation by other regions of the UK 

London and Manchester are way behind Oxford, Liverpool and Teesside in a league table of UK areas creating new goods and services, according to research.

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