New payment reporting rules demand more from large UK business
From April 2017, larger UK firms will have to publish twice annually details about the average time taken to pay the invoices of smaller suppliers. more»
Department for Business
Anna Soubry asked to apologise for Pubs Code fiasco
The Pubs Code must have been in place by 26 May this year, but apparent drafting errors in the legislation has caused the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) to miss the deadline, putting it in breach of primary legislation. more»
Alan Sugar reappointed as government’s enterprise tsar
On top of championing entrepreneurialism and the value of apprenticeships, Sugar will encourage small business owners across the country to take on an apprentice themselves. One of the best known names in British business Sugar will participate in a series of roadshow events across the country where hell speak with local business owners and school leavers. more»
Should Argentina be the next export destination for your micro firm?
With trade and investment minister Lord Price using the UK government's first trade mission to Argentina in a decade to speak out in favour of a free-trade deal between the EU and Latin American economies, opportunities in the region small business owners could be substantial. more»
Government measures to keep British pubs in the hands of local owners
To improve relations between pub landlords and their tenants, the government has appointed chartered surveyor Paul Newbry as independent Pub Code Adjudicator, responsible for governing relationships between pub-owning businesses and tied tenants, whilst enforcing the statutory Pubs Code. more»
Only 20 per cent of small firms export to the EU, but all are constrained by red tape
Energy and climate change minister Andrea Leadsom has called for small business leaders to reconsider the benefits of staying in Europe, pointing to the high costs that red tape inflicts on small enterprises. more»
BIS committee slams government productivity plan and weak ministerial engagement?
A Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) select committee has lambasted the government's June 2015 Productivity Plan arguing that the document represents more of an assortment of largely existing policies collected together in one place than a new plan for ambitious productivity growth. more»
Majority of workers want training to help them get to grips with new software
Almost two thirds of workers want better training to help them understand how to use new computer programs, according to new research by accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson. more»
Government’s 1trn export target “pie in the sky and unachievable”
Iain Wright, chairman of the BIS committee, has called the government's target of 1trn exports by 2020 pie in the sky? and unachievable, as UK Trade and Investment faces scrutiny from a panel of MPs to see if it's doing all it can in the way of boosting British exports. more»
