Tag Archives: Credit Crunch
Gordon Brown’s Business Loan Scheme is a Flop
Despite the Prime Minister hailing it as a success, it emerged over the weekend that only about £12 Million of the £1 Billion government loan guarantee scheme has actually been lent to companies. Last week Gordon Brown sought to defend the government’s record on helping business by repeatedly citing the £1bn loan guarantee scheme as [...]
Full StoryHas Gordon Brown Lost the Plot?
Well there are a few people like me who think he never had the plot to start with. In all honesty since the moment he got into 11 Downing Street as Chancellor the man has been nothing but a total disaster zone. I really found it hard to credit how the media could promote him [...]
Full StoryUniversities Offer Help to SMEs in Credit Crisis
A New Publication – Standing together: universities helping business through the downturn, has been put together by Universities UK, as the major representative body for the higher education sector, with the assistance of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). It sets out the kind of support universities and colleges can offer employers, both [...]
Full StoryHow to Protect Yourself Against Firms Going Bust
Today it was announced that two of the major retailers in the UK have gone into insolvent administration. If Woolworths and MFI are in such serious trouble what hope is there for other High Street and out-of-town retailers like Dixons, Currys, Staples, PC World etc? The problem for small businesses and consumers is that [...]
Full StoryWhat do the Changes in VAT Mean for You?
Amid much hype and to no-one’s surprise, yesterday Alistair Darling cut the standard rate of VAT to 15% with effect from the 1 December 2008. The cut is temporary and so on 1st January 2010 the standard rate will return to 17.5%. The 15% rate will apply to the supply of goods and services currently [...]
Full StoryCameron Calls for a Cut in Red Tape for Small Businesses
David Cameron has called for Gordon Brown to cut the red tape surrounding government contracts to allow smaller, newer firms to win business. The Conservative leader says less than one in five contracts from the government goes to small firms and this should be changed as it is responsible for buying goods and services worth [...]
Full StoryA Government in Denial?
I enjoy watching Question Time on the BBC each Thursday. It can be amusing and entertaining usually because of the crass stupidity of some of the panellists. I don’t object to politicians and celebrities displaying their ignorance and political bias as at least it helps us make an informed opinion about them, but sometimes they [...]
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