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News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The prime minister Gordon Brown is set to announce new grants for young apprentices, it has emerged, to include...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. An apprentice from Wrexham has received a nomination for an award because of the levels of commitment and dedication...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A new report has highlighted the real and growing cost of shoplifting to British retailers. According to the findings...

The chasm between the wages of the most senior executives of FTSE 100-listed companies and lower level executives has been highlighted yet again. According to data released by research firm Income Data Services (IDS), which has been owned by Sweet...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New data has highlighted a decline in the number of mortgage approvals for the UK last month. According to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK government has upwardly revised its official statistics recording the number of foreign workers present in the UK....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A number of financial danger levels have been highlighted following the recent release of the Bank of England's Financial...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. House price growth across Yorkshire and the Humber beat London over the course of this month, it has been...

Many small businesses do not adequately maintain their health and safety records, according to Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) president Lisa Fowlie. This could cause problems for these firms if there is ever a breach of standards, Ms...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. In an ideal world, small businesses would be insured against everything, according to a spokesperson at the Federation of...

Awareness of the importance of business insurance has increased following the various natural disasters that have occurred in 2007, it has been reported. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said that owners of small firms are now more likely to...

The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has explained the importance of having employers liability insurance. Lisa Fowlie, president of the IOSH, suggested that employer's liability insurance is "the ultimate", and protects businesses if employees try to sue for...

The number of working-age adults is predicted to increase, new data has revealed. According to recently released figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of working-age adults will rise in the UK, caused by revisions relating to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A majority of Britain's mortgage holders do not properly understand the consequences of interest rate increases, it has been...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - providers of independent business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK Chancellor Alistair Darling has rejected calls to discard his recently-announced modifications to capital gains tax (CGT). According...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - providers of independent business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Several organisations have joined forces in calling for the regulation of sale-and-leaseback schemes, it has been revealed. According to...

The UK's housing market is unlikely to crash, a new report has claimed. According to new data released by Ernst & Young, the UK's property market is not teetering towards a major recession and, despite a possible stall in house...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - providers of independent business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Small and medium sized businesses in Wales are increasingly turning to accountants for more than just accounting advice, it...

New figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) have revealed a fall in gross mortgage lending for last month. According to the CML, last month's total gross mortgage lending slipped to around £30 billion, representing a drop of...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - providers of independent business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages and commercial mortgages. A new survey has found that skilled tradesmen in the UK are not quite so easy to find. According...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has voiced its concerns over the future of the UK housing market. According to reports, the IMF has expressed its worry that property in the UK is overvalued by more than properties in the US...

News by Adfero from Simply Business - providers of independent landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, business insurance, business finance and commercial mortgages A majority of Britons remain confident about the UK's housing market, a new survey has revealed. According to the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - providers of independent business & retail insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages and commercial mortgages. The UK's Christmas Prepayment Association (CPA) has expressed concern over the decision by some retailers to take...

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has criticised the use of quotas on economic migrants. According to comments made by Neil Carberry, head of employment policy at the CBI, the use of quotas in the regulation of migrants is a...

A reduction in interest rates before the end of 2008 is looking increasingly less likely, according to reports. An interest rate cut doesn't seem likely as although inflation remains below the Bank of England's target of two per cent, oil...

The number of mortgage application rejections is increasing, it has been claimed. According to data released by MoneyExpert.com, over the last six months, the number of mortgage application rejections has increased at a rate of 60 per cent to over...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has advised borrowers to be in possession of an exit strategy when opting for a bridging loan, it has been revealed. According to comments made by a representative of the CML, although bridging loans...

Despite recent turbulence, the fundamentals of the UK mortgage market remain secure, it has been claimed. According to comments made by Peter Williams, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), although the recent market volatility has dented confidence...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. According to Equifax, 3% of those who receive phishing emails from phoney banks are responding to requests for private...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Four UK business groups have joined forces in an open letter to the chancellor Alistair Darling, it has been...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Family-run businesses make a valued contribution to the UK's economy, it has been confirmed. However, according to the International...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has criticised this week's pre-Budget report for its impact on small to medium-sized...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. ritain's chancellor Alistair Darling has been criticised for the inclusion of an "unfunded spending increase" in Tuesday's pre-Budget report, it has...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A number of business leaders have voiced their reactions to the measures announced during this week's pre-Budget report. Speaking to the...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages & information for small businesses. According to Alastair Darling’s newly released pre-budget report, skills development is to get a massive cash boost...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses. With the publication of the Pre-Budget Report yesterday, small businesses might have expected some good news to...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages & information for small businesses. The new capital gains tax rate introduced in Tuesday's pre-Budget report is causing wide-spread concern among small...

News for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages & information for small businesses. Businesses are to face the possibility of increased taxation under new measures announced yesterday, the pre-budget report...

Following on from yesterday's pre-Budget announcement by chancellor Alisdair Darling, the government has committed itself to increasing support for flood defences. According to the report, the government yesterday announced a commitment to earmark a total of £800 million for the...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of tradesman & business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages and commercial mortgages. The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning following a fatality in 2003. The HSE is...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of shop & retail insurance, business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses. The online retail sector is taking an increasing share of fair trade retail,...

Bad drivers may find themselves reported by other motorists and shamed online, through a new website betterdrivingplease.com. The website, established by safety campaigner Andrew McGavin, is similar to one used in New Zealand. Liz Voysey, a representative from UK-wide charity...

Non-executive employees should be given the same bonus arrangements as chief executive officers (CEOs), it has been claimed. According to comments made by Cliff Grimes, a representative from productivity specialists Accel-Team, workplace motivation can be improved by the introduction of...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses. The emerging credit squeeze is likely to make its impact felt by all businesses, it has been...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses. The current crisis of credit is not a storm in a teacup, an expert has claimed. According...

Employee stress management can be more important in a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) than in a larger firm, it has been suggested. According to comments made by Neil Shah, director of the Stress Management Society (SMS), stress management is...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses. Financial issues plaguing the US will inevitably spread to the UK, it has been claimed. According to...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of insurance for tradesmen and business, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages and commercial mortgages. Tradesmen operating in and around Eastbourne will soon be obliged to pass on parking costs to their customers,...

Shares in Northern Rock have risen amid expectations of a possible buy-out, it has emerged. According to reports, shares in the mortgage lender have risen by nine per cent during trading today (October 3rd), after news that private equity firm...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages & information for small businesses. Homeworkers do not always receive the same rights and benefits as their office-based colleagues, according to comments...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses A number of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are engaging in a practice known as greenwashing, an...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses. Long-term illnesses suffered by small business owners can be catastrophic and potentially result in a business having...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small and growing businesses. A number of employers in the UK remain uncertain over the motives of trade union...

Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should compete with larger companies to become an employer of choice, it has been claimed. According to comments made by Stephen Alambritis, head of public affairs at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), SMEs can...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the UK are increasingly feeling the effects of the recent crunch on credit, it has...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business finance, business insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages & landlord insurance UK-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should not depend upon one single contract, it has been claimed. According to comments made...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of landlord insurance, buy-to-let & commercial mortgages, business insurance and business finance. A number of new mortgage borrowers have felt under pressure to purchase additional insurance products over the course of this year,...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord's insurance, commercial & buy-to-let mortgages The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued new calls over worker safety following a serious incident involving a migrant worker....