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Small firms 'working free for the Chancellor'
Businesses can spend up to one whole day a week on financial admin such as VAT returns, monthly accounts and tax issues, research finds.
Most employees steal from workplace
Over three quarters of employees, or 76 per cent, admit to stealing from their place of work.
Small business owners call for transparency from utilities providers
Small business owners want greater protection from utilities providers rolling over their contracts without their knowledge.
Office parties could hit productivity
Companies holding a Christmas party should be mindful of the cost of distracted employees.
Small businesses face challenges when exporting
Red tape and volatile exchange rates are the main challenges facing small businesses when exporting, a report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) finds.
Business owners won't switch off over Christmas
A survey of 160 UK business owners finds that one third will work on Christmas or Boxing Day this year.
Tiredness hinders workers
Many UK employees struggle to keep their eyes open in the office, a study reveals.
UK workers hooked on internet
British employees spend the equivalent of almost one day a week surfing the internet at work, research finds.
Happiest Britons work for themselves
Self-employed Britons are the happiest workers in the country, research finds.
Businesses should avoid holiday HR headache
Companies must ensure they don’t leave 2010 staff holiday calculations to the last minute, a business support group advises.
HR teams ill-equipped to face industrial action
More than half of HR teams have no experience of dealing with trade union action, a study says.
Price of going green too high for SMEs
Small businesses find cost too big a deterrent to adopting green practices.
Managers say no to home working
More than three quarters of small business managers are rigidly opposed to flexible working for their employees.
Green plans on hold for frugal firms
A focus on consolidation has stalled businesses’ efforts to improve their green credentials.
SMEs lax on call monitoring
Businesses fail to implement quality control measures for telephone calls.
