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Businesses may be investigated over card charges
by Josh Hall | 11 Feb 2011
The “murky practice” of credit and debit card surcharges is to be the subject of an Office of Fair Trading ‘super-complaint’.
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Parliament engulfed by small business bank lending row
by Josh Hall | 10 Feb 2011
Parliament has seen angry exchanges and a resignation following yesterday’s announcement on Project Merlin.
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Small businesses 'to get £76bn' under Project Merlin deal
by Josh Hall | 09 Feb 2011
Details of Project Merlin, the deal between government and the banks, finally materialised this afternoon.
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Retailers suffer shaky January, housing market stutters
by Josh Hall | 08 Feb 2011
High Street sales enjoyed an early boost in January, before employment and inflation fears kicked in again.
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Apprenticeship Week begins with plea to business
by Josh Hall | 07 Feb 2011
The government is calling on businesses to support their push to create 100,000 new apprenticeships.
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CBI chief comes out in favour of banks
by Josh Hall | 04 Feb 2011
The new head of the CBI, John Cridland, has said he opposes a break-up of the banks – in a move that risks putting him out of step with small businesses.
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'Victory' in pub TV football battle
by Josh Hall | 03 Feb 2011
An advocate at the European Court of Justice has said that pub landlords are free to use foreign satellite receivers to broadcast Premier League football.
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IFS casts doubt on spending cuts
by Josh Hall | 02 Feb 2011
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has cast doubt on the feasibility of the government’s planned spending cuts, saying they will be “formidably hard to deliver”.
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Intern survey suggests Parliament's double standards
by Josh Hall | 01 Feb 2011
A survey of unpaid Parliamentary interns working in Westminster has claimed that many MPs are failing to stick the laws they have passed.
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750,000 to enter higher tax bracket
by Josh Hall | 31 Jan 2011
Around three quarters of a million people will enter the higher tax bracket in the new financial year, according to figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
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