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‘Student Loans’ for budding entrepreneurs!

By Andrew Pearce | Published January 24, 2012

You may or may not have heard the cries from UK entrepreneurs over the past week, all of whom are calling for the government to introduce a new funding scheme for young entrepreneurs based on the student loan system.   Unsurprisingly, these calls have been led by jack of all trades and general business provocateur [...]

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Coalitions New Tax Inspectors Won’t Help, Right?

By Andrew Pearce | Published September 20, 2011

The Lib-Con, or should that be Con-Lib coalition and the Treasury are set to crackdown on tax avoidance by the UK’s wealthiest people by recruiting 2,250 more tax inspectors. In 2011/2012, most will start paying 20% tax at £7,475 and 40% tax at £42,475 and 50% on earnings above £150,000, regardless of whether you earn [...]

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Posted in Advice for SMEs | Also tagged Coalitition, Mr Buffet, Philip Green, Tax, Treasury 2 Comments

National Small Business Week, and then some.

By Andrew Pearce | Published May 26, 2011

Last week was National Small Business Week in the ‘States, aimed at recognising the contributions of small businesses to the economic well-being of America. Backed by the Small Business Training Network, SCORE, and the U.S Department of Commerce amongst others – there were awards, talks and panels aplenty. Buzz and discussion focused on a couple [...]

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Posted in Advice for SMEs | Also tagged cameron, enterprise, National Small Business Week, quora, small business, smes, The Small Business Jobs Ac, The Young Entrepreneur Summit, White House Leave a comment