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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.

Job hunting workers cost employers

UK employees spend 14 million working hours a week job hunting, costing employers more than £250 million, research finds.

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FPB: Be wary of copyrighted images

Small business owners are being urged to check the images they are using on their websites in order to guard against costly copyright claims.

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BCC: Merlin figures ‘disappointing’

The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has said that banks need to reconsider how they communicate with business customers following today’s ‘disappointing’ lending data.

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Business Startup: Doug Richard urges SMEs to be profit-minded

In an impromptu speech at Business Startup 2011, entrepreneur Doug Richard stressed the importance of small business owners focusing on profit over revenues.

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Public sector employees take more sick days

Research has uncovered a significant discrepancy in absence trends between the public and private sectors.

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FSB: Flexible parental leave will hurt small firms

Government plans to extend flexible working rights and introduce a new system of flexible parental leave will hurt small firms, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.

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Students seek workplace education 

Students want universities to better explain how to develop important workplace competencies, according to a survey.

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Stressed employees fear being sacked

Workers who admit to their managers to feeling stressed or depressed fear being forced out of their jobs, research finds.

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Students seek workplace education 

Students want universities to better explain how to develop important workplace competencies, according to a survey.

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Stressed employees fear being sacked

Workers who admit to their managers to feeling stressed or depressed fear being forced out of their jobs, research finds.

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Multilingual trade could be key for UK exporters

Four out of five European consumers are less likely to buy goods online unless they are sold in their own language.

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Degree holders better paid than non-graduates

Degree holders earned an average of £12,000 a year more than non-graduates over the past decade, research finds.

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Employee absence costs economy £17 billion

The UK economy lost 190 million working days to absence last year costing the economy £17 billion, new research finds.

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SMEs losing out on Small Business Rate Relief

More than £400 million in Small Business Rate Relief is going unclaimed each year, according to an accountancy firm.

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