The government is being urged by small businesses to create 5,000 graduate internships at Britain’s small and medium-sized enterprises, as job offers for graduates have dropped dramatically.
The call from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), came after official figures published last week showed a rise in unemployment of 281,000, the largest quarterly rise on record.
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Peter Mandelson, will meet with banking chiefs this week, to urge them to do more to help struggling small businesses and homeowners.
The country’s newly appointed business minister will discuss measures to protect small businesses, which according to a government source; will include an extension of the export credit guarantee scheme, in order to protect firms [...] CONTINUE
Small businesses could be missing out on a rate reduction of up to £2500 if they are one of the 450,000 businesses who have not yet applied for Small Business Rate Relief.
A survey by the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed that only a quarter of eligible North West businesses have taken advantage of the [...] CONTINUE
