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  <title>Help offered to smaller firms facing £2.4 billion employment red tape bill</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Employment law is the costliest bureaucratic burden faced by small businesses in the UK, losing them almost &pound;2.4 billion (bn) per year, according to the latest research from the Forum of Private Business (FPB).]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small construction firms to suffer from change to payment terms</title>
  <description><![CDATA[A FTSE-listed construction company that claims one of its 'core values' is to make its suppliers more profitable is doubling the time in which it pays them.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Health and safety compliance costs smaller businesses more than £2 billion</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Britain's smaller businesses are spending over &pound;2 billion every year complying with health and safety regulations, it has been revealed.<BR>]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small firms in the UK's service industry face £4 billion bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Smaller businesses in Britain's service industry lose well over &pound;4 billion every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.<BR>]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in manufacturing face £1.2 billion bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Smaller businesses in the manufacturing sector are left more than &pound;1.2 billion out of pocket each year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small construction firms face £1.1 billion bill for regulation </title>
  <description><![CDATA[<P>Smaller businesses in the construction sector lose more than &pound;1.1 billion every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.<BR></P>]]></description>
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  <title>Prepare for success with lenders, says business group ahead of summit on finance</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Amid calls for the Government to replace its temporary lending guarantees with a long-term plan to secure finance for the future, the FPB&nbsp;is working to help small businesses access the funding they need.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in Yorkshire and Humberside face £707 million bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Small businesses in Yorkshire and Humberside lose more than &pound;700 million every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in the East of England face £923 million bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Research carried out by the FPB has found that firms in the region spend around &pound;923 million each year complying with legislation.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in Northern Ireland face £284 million bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Small businesses in Northern Ireland lose almost &pound;300 million every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Welsh small businesses face £402 million bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Recession-hit small businesses in Wales lose more than &pound;400 million every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Scottish small businesses face £634 million bill for regulation.</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Recession-hit small businesses in Scotland lose more than &pound;600 million every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in the South West face £873 million bill for regulation.</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Recession-hit small businesses in the South West lose more than &pound;800 million every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in the North East face £277 million bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Small businesses in the North East lose almost &pound;300 million every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in the East Midlands face £660 million bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[<P>Small businesses in the East Midlands lose more than &pound;600 million every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.</P>]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in the West Midlands face £800 million bill for regulation </title>
  <description><![CDATA[<P>Small businesses in the West Midlands lose more than &pound;800 million every year due to Government red tape, new figures have shown. </P>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in the North West face £1 billion bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Small businesses in the North West lose more than &pound;1 billion every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in London face £1.2 billion bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[London's small businesses lose more than &pound;1.2 billion every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses in the South East face £1.4 billion bill for regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Small businesses in the South East lose more than &pound;1.4 billion every year due to government red tape, new figures have shown.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title>Small businesses buckling under the burden of regulation</title>
  <description><![CDATA[The FPB is urging the Government to step up its efforts to reduce the burden of regulation on small businesses, following new research showing that red tape costs the UK's smaller business employers almost &pound;12 billion per year.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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