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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.

£36m start-up plan for Wales

Welsh entrepreneurs will be encouraged to start their own businesses in a new initiative launched by the Assembly Government.

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New law stops 31 types of scam

Regulation is about to come into force to protect consumers from 'unfair trading practices'.

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Risk management ‘essential’ for small firms

Small businesses need to ensure that they have effective risk management strategies in place, it has been claimed.

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Work experience ‘under threat’

The government's policies on child workers are putting work experience opportunities for youngsters under threat, according to the Federation of Small Business (FSB).

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Extended parental leave bad for business

Over half (58 per cent) of SMEs believe that extending parental leave would have a negative commercial impact and parents agree, says a study.

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Queen’s Award for Moneypenny

A company that answers over five million calls per year for British businesses has won a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

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Chancellor Darling’s Budget offers no support to small businesses

Chancellor Darling's Budget was an inevitably dowdy Budget, which totally missed the opportunity to offer support to the small business owners that contribute so much to the economy.

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Small company workers feel more ‘valued and involved’

People working for smaller companies 'have higher engagement levels', according to the Institute of Employment Studies (IES).

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Chancellor Darling’s Budget offers no support to small businesses

Chancellor Darling's Budget was an inevitably dowdy Budget, which totally missed the opportunity to offer support to the small business owners that contribute so much to the economy.

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Small company workers feel more ‘valued and involved’

People working for smaller companies 'have higher engagement levels', according to the Institute of Employment Studies (IES).

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Tax system ‘can be more difficult for the self-employed’

Self-employed businesspeople should be especially careful about their financial affairs, according the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT).

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Sexual discrimination rules to change

From 6 April amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 will come into force regarding discrimination and harassment.

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NFEA: ‘Business world open to all types of people’

Television programmes such as Dragon's Den and the Apprentice have shown that a wide variety of people of all abilities and backgrounds can form successful businesses, according to business experts.

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Major emergency ‘would put seven out of ten new firms out of business’

Lack of planning for the unexpected has left most firms in a vulnerable position, according to the government and the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

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