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Pre-Budget Report 2009 – small businesses and the Christmas Chancellor

What will small businesses end up getting from their fiscal wish list dispatched to a decidedly unfestive, Christmas Chancellor in next week’s Pre-Budget Report?

By | 4th December 2009 at 5:09 pm | Read more ...

Alan Sugar, boring banks & the myth of the small business lending crisis

As Lord Sugar dismisses small businesses who can’t get loans from their banks as ‘moaners’, Alex Bellinger asks, is the small business lending crisis a myth?

By | 4th November 2009 at 6:43 pm | Read more ...

Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme – spinning out of control?

SmallBizPod cuts through the spin to see who’s really lending what to cash-strapped small businesses.

By | 13th July 2009 at 10:19 pm | Read more ...

Budget 2009 – what small businesses really want

Will Alastair Darling deliver real support to Britain’s SMEs when he announces the 2009 Budget on Wednesday? Small businesses certainly know what they need.

By | 20th April 2009 at 4:05 pm | Read more ...

Ready-to-go project management with Teamwork

Not all collaborative workspaces need to be highly social. Especially when strangers are being thrown together. Could Teamwork Project Management fit your needs?

By | 23rd March 2009 at 12:03 pm | Read more ...

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