Company administrations rocket as the credit crunch bites The latest figures released by The Insolvency Service show that the number of businesses being forced into Administration or Receivership by their creditors has surged in the first three months of 2008.
VAT Cash Accounting Scheme Guide As the credit crisis continues, many small businesses are finding that creditors are taking longer to pay their bills. If your business qualifies, you could greatly benefit by using the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme.
How to hire employees when you don't have any cash How can you get a business off the ground if you don't have the cashflow yet? Bytestart examines the pros and cons of taking on staff when you've just started out in business.
Entrepreneur's toolkit - an A to Z Guide - Part 1 Written by Alan Gleeson, some essential online and offline tools to help your new business get started. Includes links to a wide variety of web resources.
Successful networking and new business survival Why successful networking could hold the key to survival for new businesses. Includes tips on how to implement an effective networking strategy.
Turn your website into a deadly selling tool Every business needs a website. And not just for the sake of having one. With a little investment of time and energy you can turn your website into a deadly selling tool, no matter what kind of business you have.
Work experience under threat, warns FSB Paper rounds and work experience for school pupils are being threatened by complicated and expensive new checks on employers, the FSB has warned.
Adam Hart-Davis joins FSBs Keep Trade Local Campaign The Federation of Small Businesses Keep Trade Local campaign today received the backing of the scientist, social historian and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis.
Grocery sector inquiry is a failure, says FSB The Federation of Small Businesses said that small, independent shops have been let down by the Competition Commission in its inquiry into the grocery sector.
FSB calls for town centre parking rethink The Federation of Small Businesses has called on local authorities to rethink town centre parking policies ahead of local elections in England and Wales in May.
FSB urges local authorities to protect their communities The Federation of Small Businesses has launched a Small Business Manifesto to press local authorities to champion small businesses ahead of local elections in England on May 1.
Government ignores its own rules on better regulation The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says that government is failing to meet its commitments to common commencement dates and to reducing the regulatory burden.
Post Office closures will hit local communities, says FSB Ahead of todays House of Commons vote on the future of local post offices, the Federation of Small Businesses has called on politicians to take every possible step to retain the post office network.
FSB urges Minister to avert nursery school crisis The Federation of Small Businesses has written to Beverley Hughes MP, the Minister of State at the Department of Children, Schools and Families to warn of a looming crisis in nursery care.
FSB Chairman wants to Keep Trade Local Tomorrow sees the beginning of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Annual Conference at the Hammersmith Novotel. The Conference will be opened by National Chairman, John Wright when he will tell Conference delegates that yesterday’s 4p raise on beer will hit community pubs.
Government loses trust of small businesses An overwhelming majority of small businesses have said that their confidence in the Government has diminished since the 2007 Budget.
Fuel costs affect us all, says FSB The Federation of Small Businesses is urging the Government not to go ahead with a fuel duty increase of 2p per litre, planned for April 1 2008.
FSB calls for Peers to save small retailers The Federation of Small Businesses today called on Peers to support the Retail Development Bill, which will receive its second reading in the House of Lords tomorrow (22 February).
FSB asks Government to lay off small firms The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the Government to lay off small businesses in the 2008 Budget. In its annual submission to the Treasury on behalf of its 210,000 members the FSB recommends action to curb the proposed fuel rise charge. It is also firmly opposed to the Government’s draconian attack on the tax arrangements of family firms.
FSB Conference 2008 attracts big speakers Boris Johnson (Conservative), Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrat) and Sian Berry (Green Party) will all undergo a grilling in a London Mayoral Question Time session at the Annual Conference of the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB). Present Mayor Ken Livingstone has also been invited and is expected to attend. The Mayoral Question Time will be independently chaired by the former news presenter, Moira Stuart.
FSB urges integrity of Camden Market re-development With up to three hundred small businesses having suffered in last weekend’s catastrophic fire at London’s famous Camden Lock Market the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is warning that the subsequent re-development needs to retain integrity and loyalty to the small business owners affected.
FSB welcomes revisions to capital gains tax plans The Federation of Small Businesses has welcomed the Governments changes to its plans to reform capital gains tax. But the UKs biggest business organisation warned that small businesses trust in the Government has been damaged by the original proposals and the uncertainty over revisions to them.
US court orders online advertiser to use 'negative keywords' No Orion, Orion No
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Big Blue, Intel chat up little guys online I'm feeling bored today - wanna buy some software?
Intel and IBM are trying to drum up more trade in the small and mid-sized (SMB) market by separately launching online offerings that they hope will lure the little people.
Google sued for ad fraud What does a blank box mean?
Google has been hit with a class action suit in California over its AdSense system.
eBay software faker jailed for ten months A++ sentence! Would use judge again!
A UK eBay scammer has been jailed for flogging 46,000 of counterfeit software on the world's favourite online tat bazaar.
New York lawmakers approve 'Amazon tax' 'A radical departure'
The New York legislature has approved an ingenious new law that would force Amazon and other big-name online retailers to collect sales tax on all goods shipped to the Empire State.
eBay forces Aussies to use Paypal It's that or pay in person, mate
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Amazon smacks little people with BookSurge On-demand Battle of the Bulge
Amazon has told print-on-demand book publishers that they better start using the retailer's print-on-demand service if they want their books sold on its website.
Credit crunch hits finance sector - small biz next? Bankers slash IT spend
The much-embarrassed finance sector will keep a tight rein on IT spending this year as it prepares to jettison as many as 10,000 workers, according to the latest research from the CBI.
Adobe to remove Photoshop pic pimping clause Freetards rejoice
After complaints from freetards everywhere, Adobe has agreed to revise the photo pimping clause that accompanies its new freetard-friendly <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/27/adobe_photoshop_express/">Photoshop Express service</a>.
Amazon's cloud now less prone to failure EC2 adds more elasticity and zonality
Amazon's utility computing-style EC2 service just got more muscular. Thanks to a pair of new options, customers can take steps to ensure their applications keep running when system failures or network disruptions occur.
US court protects Craigslist from housing suit Don't call it immunity, though
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Dell quads up single-socket rockets SMB sampler
Dell today is selling two new single-socket servers with speedy quad-core chips and copious memory capacity for small businesses.
Google's riches rely on ads, algorithms, and worldwide confusion 'Please ignore the cash machine behind the curtain'
Special Feature Why did millions of money-making post-holiday clicks suddenly disappear from the world's largest search engine? It depends on who you ask. Some people blame a soft economy, insisting that Google is well on its way to piddling quarterly revenues. But Google disagrees. CEO Eric Schmidt and company claim that they planned the whole thing - that this dip in paid clicks indicates that both Google and its advertisers are richer than ever.
Online banking payment system aims to reduce fraud Cunning Aussie fix for online payments
Online shoppers in the UK will be able to pay direct from their online bank account rather than via a credit or debit card, thanks to a new service.
eBay dumps ValueClick ValueClick pays FTC $2.9m over misleading ads
eBay is dropping ValueClick's Commission Junction as the manager of the affiliate programs for eBay's auctions and Half.com sites. Monday's announcement came as the Federal Trade Commission announced ValueClick would pay a record $2.9m to settle charges it engaged deceptive advertising and failed to secure sensitive customer data.
Small biz groups give Darling Budget a wary sniff Chancellor takes 'credible first step'
Business leaders have broadly welcomed Alistair Darling s first Budget, but said the government still has a way to go to rebuild trust after last year's CGT debacle.
A third of online shops undermine consumer rights OFT slams non-compliance with regs
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Google tests ad platform and inventory manager Big ideas for small.biz
Google is beta testing Ad Manager - the software aimed at making running ads on websites easier for smaller businesses.
Chancellor props up SMBs with loans, gov work Helps the medicine go down
Budget 2008 The UK government will temporarily increase Small Firms Loans Guarantee funds by 20 per cent in the next year to help small businesses (SMBs) that are feeling the pinch from tightening credit conditions.
1&1 says sorry to one in ten Another outage, another apology
Web hosting outfit 1&1 suffered another outage yesterday, but told us this time it only affected ten per cent of customers.