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Business support ‘complex’ and ‘out of control’ say Tories

torytree The Conservative Party’s Small Business Task Force, chaired by Doug Richard, has attacked the government’s business support system and proposed a series of key recommendations.

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Investment fund aims to boost renewable sector

windfarmThe renewable energy fund of Triodos Bank, Triodos Renewables, is to launch a new share issue in the hope of raising £8.5 million to invest directly in renewable energy projects and companies. Returns on the Triodos Renewables last share issue in 2005 averaged of 7% per annum.

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Northerners make more successful entrepreneurs than Southerners

angelnorth If it’s ‘grim up North’, it’s not hindering the success of its entrepreneurs who are out-performing their soft southern counterparts according to research from the Hull University Business School, Cranfield School of Management and the University of St Andrews.

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Company Liquidation Statistics - Q1 2008

outofbusiness The number of companies entering into liquidation during the first quarter of 2008 in England and Wales rose by 2% on the previous quarter and by 4% on a year-on-year basis, according to the latest official statistics.

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Always on SMEs win new business

Nearly half of the UK’s small business owners (48%) say they’ve won a piece of new business thanks to being connected while on the move, according to research released today by Research In Motion.

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