Business and Other Briefings
10DS: In his second report to the PM, Growing your Business: A report on Growing Micro Businesses, the PM’s enterprise adviser, Lord Young, highlights the increasing importance that micro businesses (which have less than 10 employee) have on the, success of the economy.
Making up 95% of all businesses, he identifies steps the Government can take to help them develop their confidence & capability to grow.
Making up 95% of all businesses, he identifies steps the Government can take to help them develop their confidence & capability to grow.
HMRC: HM Revenue & Customs has launched a video on YouTube aimed at helping small businesses with income tax. It is the first in a series of short videos that will provide an overview of two optional schemes, Cash Basis and Simplified Expenses.
WAG: Economy Minister, Edwina Hart, has launched the next phase of a project aimed at helping businesses in West Wales and the Valleys become more sustainable & support the low carbon economy.
The WISE Network is a collaborative project between Aberystwyth, Bangor & Swansea universities that enables businesses across the region to take full advantage of the growth in the green economy.
The WISE Network is a collaborative project between Aberystwyth, Bangor & Swansea universities that enables businesses across the region to take full advantage of the growth in the green economy.
WAG: The second round of the Business Rates Scheme is now open for applications with more than £4m available in the current financial year. The Enterprise Zone Business Rates Scheme is a discretionary grant scheme for SMEs within the 7 Welsh Enterprise Zones. The scheme will help to lower businesses’ operating costs by providing a grant to offset their Business Rates for up to three years.
Defra: UK businesses and the public are being asked to send ideas on how environmental rules & regulations can be made more straightforward. Businesses could save more than £1bn over 10 years if environmental guidance were easier to find and follow, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said last week.
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