SMEs speak out against “crippling” tax system
Bad news for Cameron and Clegg: more than half of small firms think the Coalition has made the UK tax system worse.
Why is HMRC going after the small fish first?
Charlie Mullins wonders why the first businesses named and shamed on a recent HMRC list of tax dodgers are all SMEs, rather than the big corporations we all know about.
Competitors have “immunising effect” on your business
It may seem nonsensical, but a healthy dose of competition is beneficial to your business in the long term. Academics at Cranfield look at the science behind it.
Which fashion retailer is king of online?
With the UK's £44bn fashion market predicted to grow 3.4 per cent this year, which is Britain's most visible fashion retailer online?
Work-life balance is out of kilter
The pressures of work and the British office culture are hurting employees' health and home lives, new research shows. What can you do to improve your employees' work-life balance?
“Britain should decentralise its economy away from London”
Earlier this week the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, delivered a keynote speech arguing that Britain should decentralise its economy away from London, pledging to award 20 cities greater control over their economic future.