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Planes finally take to the sky, but for how long?
Flights from northern UK airports at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle were finally being given the green light to take off from 7am today, but passengers in the rest of the country faced confusion as airtraffic controllers backtracked on plans to reopen runways further south.
Small business backs Conservative plans on NIC
The Conservatives have declared victory in the battle for the support of Britain’s business after the number of companies backing their position on national insurance rose to over 500
First round to Clegg in TV debate
Nick Clegg has drawn first blood as the winner of the inaugural televised leader’s debate ahead of the general election, according to polls.
Lord Sugar’s £400,000 sweetener for the Labour Party
The Businessman and enterprise tsar Lord Sugar has confirmed that he has donated £400,000 to the Labour party.
Copycats never prosper
You’re never going to be market leader, copying the market leader. That’s a fact.
Employees give scathing report on bosses management
Half of the UK workforce thinks the dominant management style within their organisation is negative, putting the UK’s economic recovery at risk. The finding comes from figures published today by the Chartered Management Institute.
Dim & Dimmer – the SMEs View of Business Secretaries
Research of UK based business owners, published today, shows an alarming disconnect between the main parties and UK small businesses. The majority of those questioned were unable to name the Secretary of State for Business Peter Mandelson (75%) – or his shadow colleague Ken Clarke (89%).
Labour set to offer a month of leave for new fathers
Labour announce that Fathers would be given a month off when their wife or girlfriend gives birth, under plans in their manifesto for business.
Labour to propose ‘Cadbury’s law’ in Manifesto
We understand that when the Labour’s election manifesto is unveiled it will include plans to restrict takeovers of British firms on public interest grounds.
Coca-Cola becomes majority owner of Innocent smoothies
Coca-Cola has taken a majority stake in the British fruit smoothie maker Innocent, but Innocent’s three founders said that they would keep running the firm.
Green Party learn to canvas the Obama way using email tactics
Prepare Spam filters as voters are to be bombarded with personalised emails urging them to back the Green Party as part of a drive to help the party win its first seat in Parliament.
Labour candidate sacked over Twitter rants
A Labour election candidate has been sacked after posting a string of highly offensive comments about voters, politicians and celebrities on his Twitter account.
VAT increase looks a done deal, despite all the Government’s denials
It isn’t normal to hear a major retailer arguing for a rise in the rate of VAT, but that is precisely what Sir Stuart Rose, chairman of Marks & Spencer, did on the BBC radio “Today” programme on the first full day of the election
Brown ‘rattled’ by business leaders NI backlash
As more business leaders create a backlash over Government plans to raise National Insurance Gordon Brown, and the Labour party, has looked “very rattled” in the run up to the General Election, David Cameron has claimed
















