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British businesses flushing £10 million down the pan
Government-backed group encourages businesses to save water and money with the launch of its Rippleffect initiative.
CBI forecast shows UK economy stabilising
UK economic recovery predicted with a return to growth expected early in the new year and accelerating later in 2010.
Internet retail sales strong in March 2009
Online retail sales continue to grow, although not quite as quickly as earlier in the year.
Retail sales hold steady as internet sales push ahead
Internet retail sales jump and high street sales remain stable as shoppers look for good deals online and off.
‘Staggering’ rise in business failures recorded in Q4 2008
Huge rise in business failures for final quarter of 2008 accentuates gloomy outlook for 2009.
Business failure up as more firms go bust
All sectors and all regions suffer as more UK firms go bust.
Boom in new business births continues – VAT registrations up
Official figures for 2007 reveal an ongoing boom in the creation of new businesses.
UK sees internet sales boom, but are SMEs missing out?
2007 sees online shopping boom as UK businesses turnover £163 billion in sales, but many SMEs are missing out.
Female entrepreneurs – fitter, more ambitious, better funded?
Research shows that when it comes to starting a business, they have more ambition than they’re male counterparts and could be better placed to survive recession.
Small businesses say government needs to do more
Cmypitch.com survey highlights small business dissatisfaction with government action.
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