Gordon Brown’s election campaign took a massive blow on Wednesday, but what caused it? Labour’s refusal to abandon their planned National Insurance hike, despite negative feedback from the small business sector? Brown’s position on Greece’s failing economy? No, it was … Continue reading
While the country may be out of recession and consumer confidence may have increased since last year, the fact remains that for many small business and company formation owners, market conditions remain tough. This will not be helped by the … Continue reading
On Tuesday’s Newsnight, author and political commentator, Jeanette Winterson said that it was the first time in over fifty years that the Liberal Democrat party has a real chance to win the general election. While this remains to be seen, … Continue reading
According to many political pundits, the election has been distinctly ‘uneventful’ so far. Indeed, despite the high profile advertising of a glossy televised debate, much of the media has defined this election as the most boring they have ever seen. … Continue reading
When the government first announced the country had emerged from what had been the worst economic downturn for sometime, it was expected that growth would be slow; however, as reports from the first quarter of the year have come in, … Continue reading
Last month saw an overall increase in sales revenue for the retail sector. This has been helped in no small part by the fact that Easter fell a week earlier this year. However, while this is positive many small businesses … Continue reading
Last week’s debate gave an overall view of what each of the main parties wants for the future of Britain; Clegg, Brown and Cameron each articulated their party’s policies on defense, the economy and enterprise, among other things. Thursday’s debate … Continue reading
Each party’s election campaign is well under way and interestingly ‘small business’ has been positioned high up on the political agenda for the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat party. But is any party truly listening to what small business really … Continue reading
If someone had told us a couple of months ago, that an Icelandic volcano would ground all planes in and out of the UK and Europe, causing thousands of Brits to be stranded abroad and widespread disruption to business and … Continue reading
During the televised debate last week, Gordon Brown mentioned the fact that, like Nick Clegg, he too wanted electoral reform. Indeed Mr. Brown seemed keen to emphasize the similarities between the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties at every available opportunity. … Continue reading
