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What insurance do I need?
Each fortnight, our newsletter ‘businessGO’ answers one of your questions about small business.
Insurance solutions underway?
Small business insurance and employer liability problems are on the government’s agenda after mounting pressure from small business and insurance groups.
Keep your insurance costs down
Small businesses can lower their insurance costs by weighing the value of some of their business activities against the costs of insuring them, says SME group the Federation of Small Business (FSB).
Free advice on how to save energy
Small businesses can save money and help the environment at the same time thanks to an initiative set up by the Government offering advice on saving energy.
Guide to renting property
A code of practice released last week aims to help small businesses deal with the "significant and complex undertaking" of commercial property leasing.
Meeting the disabled access law
Although the new law on ensuring disabled access to premises doesn’t come into force for over two and a half years, on 1 October 2004, small businesses need to prepare well in advance to comply with the new rules.
Property guide opens doors for small businesses
Small businesses can now access free professional advice on property issues via a recently launched online service run by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Property guide opens doors for small businesses
Small businesses can now access free professional advice on property issues via a recently launched online service run by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Small business gives thumbs down to local improvement scheme
Small business owners have voted against the Government’s proposal to charge all businesses, whatever their size, an additional levy on business rates to fund local improvements, which would be on top of the essential services already provided by local authorities.
Government helps to get business up and running
Five million pounds is being pumped by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) into a new scheme by UK curry giant S&A Foods Ltd to spend £31.
Welsh high-tech start-ups get special treatment
Knowledge-driven, high-tech fledgling enterprises with the potential for rapid growth are being given easy access to good technological and research links, through a new Welsh Development Agency (WDA) initiative - Technium Centres.
New incubators to focus on internet start-ups
New e-businesses in the very early stages of business development will now have access to ten newly launched incubators, which will focus specifically on the internet sector.
Regional boost from central Government
Government support for the regions looks set to increase during the rest of the current Parliament, following recent announcements from both the Department of Trade and Industry and Gordon Brown in his pre-Budget report.
Making the right property decisions
Business premises account for the second largest outgoing for small firms after staff, yet many are missing out on potential savings through inefficient use of office space, says the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).