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Small firms urged to examine pay systems
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Trust in management falls in times of adversity
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Lease lengths for small businesses at lowest recorded levels
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Concerns over energy waste in offices
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Forms must be filed correctly to avoid penalties
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‘Café Culture’ campaign to encourage good practice among employers
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Late payments from debtors causing most money shortages
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Fall in confidence indicates slow-down in economic recovery
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Research reveals one week’s holiday is as good as two weeks for employee efficiency
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Survey reveals men and women won’t be paid the same until 2067
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Research reveals that only one in 10 small firms update website daily
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Keep interest rates low despite inflation figures, warns BCC
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Study shows small companies are too reliant on web consultants
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Insufficient security leaving small firms stung by credit card fraud
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Rise in calls to helpline from puzzled business owners
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New report finds strength-perception gap among UK business leaders
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Quality not quantity, say small business owners
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New adjudicator to be set up to deal with disputes between supermarkets and suppliers
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After enforced ‘detox’, employers bring back longer working hours
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Government plans to cancel fixed retirement age next year
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One in three small businesses are using multiple banks
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Funds needed to help train and equip athletes for 2012
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Good communication is crucial trait for small business success
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No escape for Britain’s workforce as many work during holidays
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Financial prudence is most important leadership trait
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Business owners believe skills are vital for economic recovery
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The postal service still not up to scratch
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Small enterprises are wasting internet opportunities
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Small firms not benefitting from 10–day payment initiative
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Business owners dismiss workers for tardiness
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Small firms urged to do more to tackle cashflow problems
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Small business bosses vow to stay on call while on holiday
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Businesses respond with mixed reactions to government plans for removal of default retirement age
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Companies say the current talent pool is inadequate, despite being larger
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Small firms put environment concerns on back burner while trying to survive recession
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Increase in candidates results in more time and energy spent filtering applications
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One in four employees work right through the day, research shows
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Public wrongly believes sector relies on donations and grants
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Employees take average of 6.4 days off sick per year
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Bosses warned to play fair when it comes to time off for England games
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Research suggests bosses are resisting new employee legislation
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New research finds direct link between staff satisfaction and financial health
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New e-Bulk system eliminates need for postage or paperwork
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Study suggests recession recruitment freeze is over
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Half of business owners want us to return to the polls within six months
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Report suggests only 4% of businesses are prepared for changeover
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HR departments advised to study contracts carefully over pay for stranded employees
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Next Parliament must focus on improving management and leadership quality in the UK, CMI insists
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New Statement of Fitness will be more trouble than it’s worth, according to UK employers
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Benefits would outstrip cost to Treasury, report claims
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Research suggests fathers favour flexible working over leaving office for six months
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BCC urges government to reassess ‘relentless flow of complex employment law’
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Business Springboard events aim to help business owners make the most of recovery
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Research suggests the move out of official recession has made businesses more optimistic
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Poll reveals employees would rather turn to books, the internet or colleagues for guidance
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The British Retail Consortium urges the Chancellor not to increase business taxes
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Study shows recession has increased rather than lessened managers’ desire to move on
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Doctors can now advise bosses on a patient’s capacity to work while ill
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Survey suggests 10% of companies plan to move some jobs abroad in 2010
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All employers must now file PAYE accounts via the web
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Government report says skills programme has helped businesses survive downturn
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Changes to paternity leave receive mixed response
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Study finds recession has made firms more employee-centric
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Businesses urged to prepare for planned legislative changes
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Companies warned they must be insured before taking on temps or apprentices
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The new legislation stipulates employers must give agency staff the same rights as permanent employees
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FSB calls on government to scrap it completely
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Pay restraint needed to support long-term youth employment measures
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Study finds employees less likely to save energy in the workplace
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Research suggests festive celebrations form important part of employee recognition
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Businesses told the real sales increases come from happy workers
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Lobby group requests package of small business measures in pre-Budget report
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Workers feeling despondent and gloomy about the year ahead, research suggests
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Mixed response for Tory leader's attempts to court the business community
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Premier League football clubs join forces with local employers to offer a new scheme designed to get people back into work
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A third of women believe their career prospects have been harmed after they return from maternity leave
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Most staff work overtime but never get paid more
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Businesses want to introduce green measures but more than one in ten are worried about the expense
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Business owners warned there could be more equal pay claims in wake of public sector cases
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Kwik-Fit founder says freelance workers played a part in the success of his business
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Report suggests a million jobs would be created if 10% of budding entrepreneurs set up businesses
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A third of business owners are working longer hours than a year ago, new report finds
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Research reveals business aspirations as Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off
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Big drop noted in number of employers with a ban on taking on new staff
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Research reveals half of employees have left a job as a result of their boss
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Latest labour market review suggests economy is fragile and could still relapse
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Survey suggests a third of parents don’t feel able to take advantage of their right to request flexible working
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Environment secretary urges businesses to take note of ‘Saving money – it’s your business’ message
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Businesses get back £5.30 for every pound they spent on graduates, new report claims
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Department of Work and Pensions launches Health Work and Well-being Challenge Fund
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Government research suggests people with ethnic minority names are less likely to get application responses
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Study suggests businesses get more out of staff who are happy outside the office
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Companies claim downturn has made them more efficient
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New report calls for more support on retirement planning
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FPB says NI break works as one of a ‘raft of measures’
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Government urged to give more support to employers to take on young workers
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Employers warned they must address the issue of employee engagement
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Lobby group calls for urgent reform to tackle unemployment
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New paternity leave rules given mixed reaction by business groups
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New figures from REC reveal most promising results for 17 months
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