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| 01/01/2000 |
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Most UK employers are in the dark about government plans to make i
compulsory for some companies to offer basic pensions to their employees, jus
6 weeks before the first such pensions become available.
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Nokia Chairman Jorma Ollila describes how the growth of the Internet
will create a new world of business.
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Operations managers in south-east England with plans to expand will
have their eyes on Workspace, the leading supplier of space to English small
businesses with 6 million square feet under management to 3,000 tenants.
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With just three days to go before the first 'stakeholder pensions'
become available, many small businesses are still unaware that they may be
legally obliged to arrange one on behalf of their staff.
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British public opinion has decided that French SMEs are 'over here'
to avoid being over-taxed. The truth of the 'exode' to Kent is more compex than
that as Myles Neligan reports.
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Low-cost, no-frills airlines may finally be eating into the
long-captive market for European small-business travellers but swathes of the
corporate continent remain untouched by competition for the
flag-carriers.
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Small businesses in the eurozone will be cascaded within 15 months by
56 billion new coins and 13 billion banknotes yet most admit they are entirely
unprepared. Need they be? Tim Jones reports.
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Two of small businesses' three greatest concerns are taxation and what they believe to be government over-regulation.
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Higher ocean and air freight rates in the pipeline will eat into the
margins of small and medium-sized exporters to America and Asia, especially
British companies that don't have the cushion of the euro's competitive exchange
rate
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The fate of British Airways' planned merger with KLM could be decided
during negotiations early next month over a US/UK 'open skies' air
agreement.
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, carries a sting
in the tail. Four years after BSE was first identified as the probable cause of
a fatal human neurodegenerative condition, triggering the worst food scare in
living memory, UK government scientists two weeks ago revealed that apparently
healthy cows, pigs and sheep may also be carrying contagious forms of the
disease.
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Online banking has been hailed as the future of banking, but with
recent cases of card fraud, system crashes and criticism on the usability of
the sites, why are customers still flocking to bank this way?
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The French government's attempted capitulation to militant fishermen
and truckers may all be in vain.
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Expect a decline in Europe to Asia freight rates in the coming weeks as competition on both air and sea routes intensifies. In the Netherlands, meanwhile, private railroad operator Shortlines has snatched a lucrative contract from under the nose of its giant publicly-owned rival Railion.
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With less than 500 days to go before euro notes and coins replace
national currencies in the 11-member eurozone, the European Commission has
voiced concerns that the SME sector hasn't done enough to prepare for the
changeover. Those left behind will find themselves at a competitive
disadvantage, the institution is warning.
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Europe's small and medium-sized airports are notching up double-digit
growth rates as they lure passenger and cargo business from gridlocked major
hubs.
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The European Commission's speedy intervention in this week's blockade
of ports by French fishermen protesting against high fuel prices reflects the
institution's determination to prevent a recurrence of the mayhem that
traditionally accompanies French strike action.
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The UK Labour party has successfully shaken off its reputation for
high taxes and public spending during its first term in office, but it hasn'
lost its traditional penchant for over-regulation, according to small business
leaders.
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John Temple Lang's resignation as the EU's competition policy 'fair
play' officer may be the first piece of good news Microsoft Corporation has
heard from Brussels for many a year.
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Despite the inroads made by cheap airlines, large parts of Europe
remain the protected domain of national flag carriers - to the cost of business
travelers, as Tim Jones reports from Brussels
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Within the next five years, the European Union will almost certainly
adopt some of the world's toughest anti-pollution laws and any firms not
prepared for them could find themselves in very hot legal water.
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