Over 65,000 businesses have been set up with backing from the New Enterprise Allowance.

Next week sees the end of the Growth Vouchers scheme but it seems few businesses have taken advantage of the Government scheme despite its widespread promotion.

SME business owners are fed up with supply chain abuse and the fact that big businesses “hold all the aces” according to the results of a new survey by the Forum of Private Business (FPB).

Our round-up of other small business stories making the headlines this week...

Our round-up of other small business stories making the headlines this week...

The Government has launched what it calls “the most wide-ranging review of national business rates in a generation”.

George Osborne had promised a “no give-aways, no gimmicks” Budget. Even so, he has unveiled a number of new measures including the abolition of the annual paper tax return as well as confirming a “major review” of the business rates system.

Business groups have broadly welcomed the measures announced by George Osborne in his Budget speech, including cuts to corporation tax and the long-awaited review of business rates.

The Government has announced the largest real-terms increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) since 2007, set to benefit more than 1.4 million of Britain’s lowest-paid workers.

Up to two million sole traders and small companies are missing out because they have no online presence.