Vince Cable meets Entrepreneurs’ Forum for a second meeting Business Secretary Vince Cable is set to chair the second meeting of his Entrepreneurs' Forum, the group which provides informal and personal advice on new business and enterprise policies today.

SMEs are having facilities converted to loans to boost bank figures High street banks have admitted they are incentivising staff to sell more expensive “alternative” credit products to small business customers as industry lending to these businesses fell 3pc in February.

The best of British business celebrating Royal recognition Over 150 businesses are celebrating winning Queen’s Awards today, with 102 companies having won awards for international trade, 44 for innovation and 10 for sustainable development.

Small businesses have a job feeling cheerful at the moment Small businesses are allegedly regaining confidence. However, it is claimed that this is not resulting in an increase in staff numbers.

The CBI warns that future UK investment is at risk The CBI is today calling on the Government to bolster the UK’s attractiveness to investors, warning that without action, investment and jobs will be lost to other countries.

SMEs are reporting a year of high levels of optimism and growth Over the past six months the UKs small and medium sized businesses have grown on average by six per cent despite the broader UK economy still struggling.

£20m management training fund unveiled to help small business The Skills Minister John Hayes has called on senior leaders in SMEs to take advantage of funding that will support leadership and management training to help them grow their businesses.

'Red Tape Challenge' launched to remove unnecessary regulation Members of the business community are being invited to give a real boost to growth by ripping up some of the 21,000 rules that are getting in their way.

Government launches 'Red Tape Challenge' to remove unnecessary business regulation Members of the businesses community are being invited to give a real boost to growth by ripping up some of the 21,000 rules and pieces of regulation that are getting in their way.

Disappointing economic results highlight challenges ahead says BCC The British Chambers of Commerce’s latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES), released today suggests that while the UK economy has returned to positive growth, the disappointing results highlight the fragility of the recovery.

Santander named 'Business Bank of The Year' Santander was named ‘Business Bank of the Year’ at the annual Business Moneyfacts Awards last week. This prestigious award strengthens Santander’s strategy to become the ‘SME bank of choice’ and was among four awards the Spanish bank took home on the night. It was the third consecutive year Santander has won the award for ‘Business Bank of the Year’.

David Cameron wants this to be one of the most entrepreneurial decades ever The Government has today set out a series of measures to help inspire, support and grow business as David Cameron stated his aim that "this decade one of the most entrepreneurial decades ever"

Entrepreneurs given multi-million pound boost with Start Up Britain People looking to start their own, or grow their fledgling business has been given a major boost with 60 leading brands have pledging millions of pounds worth of support under a major new campaign launched by the Prime Minister and some of the UK's leading business leaders today.

Addison Lee's Business is booming despite economic climate Addison Lee, the UK’s largest minicab company reported strong financial results for 2010-11 with bookings up 24 per cent and turnover up by 19 per cent.

Enterprise zones announced to boost urban economy Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled plans in the Budget for 21 enterprise zones in a bid to boost all parts of the country.

Budget 2011: Chancellor George Osborne focuses on business Chancellor George Osborne's speech was billed as a Budget for Growth and presented as the Budget for Business and he pummelled the point home with the word "business" featuring 37 times in his hour-long speech.

Chancellor reviewing range of radical tax changes to help small business The Chancellor George Osborne is currently reviewing a range of options to tackle the UK’s “dysfunctional” system of small business taxation in next week’s Budget.

Government set to reduce fuel duty to battle against rising costs The Chancellor plans to use the Budget to respond to anger over soaring fuel prices and help fleet and company drivers battle against the rapidly rising costs.

Enterprise Zones to be re-introduced to cut taxes and boost regional growth George Osborne is plotting a UK SME and manufacturing revival with recreation of 'enterprise zones' and £100m business tax cuts.

UK’s entrepreneurs becoming keen to start expanding their business again New research published today signals a strong focus on growth amongst UK’s small businesses and an ambition to take their business onto the next level is returning after recent negative.