Business Matters

National Insurance tax holiday to begin on September 6

2010-09-02 20:48:20

The one year National Insurance holiday for start ups, announced in the budget, is set to begin on September 6 but now the Government has now said that some sectors as well as regions of the country will be exempt.

BlackBerry Remote Employer award winners announced

2010-09-02 15:28:44

Amanda Potter, from Coulsdon, Surrey, has won The BlackBerry Remote Employer Award in a prestigious ceremony to celebrate The Remote Worker Awards, held in association with BT Business, at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London.

Envestors acquired by Braveheart Investment Group

2010-09-02 11:29:04

Envestors, the London based investment company which also has offices in Manchester, Jersey & Dubai, have announced that they have been acquired by the AIM listed Braveheart Investment Group.

Advertising Standards Authority gets online & social media power

2010-09-01 11:54:37

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm, and so online marketing and ads will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media.

From the catwalk to the boardroom - Caprice

2010-08-31 08:38:42

It isn’t often that we interview an entrepreneur so globally famous that they are known by just their first name, but Caprice talks to Paul Jones about what it is really like moving from the catwalk to the boardroom and why she makes every single decision herself in her business.

Bannatyne: The musical!

2010-08-27 13:00:00

The entrepreneur, philanthropist, TV dragon, and Business Matters columnist Duncan Bannatyne is set to see his rags-to-riches life turned into a musical.

National Business Awards: Focus on Easi-drive

2010-08-27 11:05:43

Business Matters is a proud business media partner of the National Business Awards, dubbed the business Oscars by ex-chancellor Alistair Darling, and over the next few weeks we are going to be highlighting some of the businesses who have made it to the prestigious shortlist ahead of the judging process in September and the glittering ceremony in November. Today we focus our attention on the SME category and Easi-drive.

Getting to know you: Stuart Murray

2010-08-25 15:37:37

We talk to Internet entrepreneur Stuart Murray, founder of gatszu.com, the UK’s fastest growing online recruitment marketplace, to determine the source of his motivation, his ambition, and extract real-world advice for those wishing to follow in his footsteps.

Businesses are having to pay more to borrow than last year

2010-08-23 14:42:43

Bank fees and costs for SMEs have risen sharply since the end of last year according to a report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The report also says that many small businesses are unable to borrow from banks, because their lending criteria are too restrictive.

Beware the Dragons!

2010-08-19 17:49:42

An interesting story has been published on the negotiations between one of the most successful candidates for investment to appear on Dragon’s Den and two of the Dragons, James Caan and Duncan Ballantyne, who together agreed to invest £80,000 in Sharon Wright’s business, Talpa Products. And she had only asked for £50,000!

When, some time after her session in the den, Sharon signed up to a contract with very onerous terms without reading the contract she had been given.