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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.

Small businesses ‘far more vulnerable’ to distributed denial of service attacks

Cyberattacks of the kind that resulted in last week's global internet slowdown are capable of destroying small businesses, warn tech entrepreneurs.

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Hull leads the way as more businesses report promising growth

The number of businesses reporting strong year-on-year growth is on the increase, finds research from Experian.

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Copyright information ‘Hub’ set to be launched to educate on intellectual property 

A one-stop-shop website about rights ownership and copyright licences has been announced by the government.

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Companies get innovative in response to tough times for business

Two thirds of small businesses in the UK have been forced to overhaul how they work in reaction to poor economic conditions, according to a new report.

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Small businesses want to see late payers named and shamed 

Cash-strapped British businesses have declared their support for business minister Michael Fallon's proposals to name and shame the members of the FTSE 350 refusing to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code.

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Enterprise Finance Guarantee not opening the floodgates for small business lending

Lending to small businesses under the government’s lending scheme, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG), has fallen to a new record low amount.

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Small businesses neglecting marketing, finds research

The SME sector is losing out on up to £122 billion in sales by allowing marketing to slip off the radar, according to a study.

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Budget 2013: the reaction

Experts respond to the 2013 Budget and explain what it means for small businesses.

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Small businesses neglecting marketing, finds research

The SME sector is losing out on up to £122 billion in sales by allowing marketing to slip off the radar, according to a study.

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Budget 2013: the reaction

Experts respond to the 2013 Budget and explain what it means for small businesses.

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Budget 2013: 450,000 small businesses ‘will pay no jobs tax’

In a dramatic move, the Chancellor George Osborne has promised to take the first £2,000 off the national insurance bill of all employers, meaning that almost half a million businesses will pay no national insurance contributions at all.

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Employment tribunal process in shake-up to make it easier to navigate

New rules have been announced in an attempt to streamline the employment tribunal process to make tribunals more efficient and easier to understand.

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Cable launches UK Retail Industry International Action Plan

A two-year government initiative that aims to assist retailers to grow internationally has been launched.

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Call for more exporting assistance for small businesses

Government agencies have been called upon to ensure small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) know where to go for exporting help.

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