Welcome to the Latest News section. Listed here are the ten most recent news items. For previous news items, see the Archived News section.

Tories Attack Support System
13th of May, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Britain's multibillion-pound system of business support is "out of control" and should be radically reformed, according to a study by the Conservative Party's Small Business Taskforce. Some 3,000 individual schemes, delivered by 2,000 different agencies and costing more than £2.5bn a...

Business Start Ups in South Plunge
13th of May, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Entrepreneurial activity in London and the South East has nose-dived, an authoritative study shows. The region recorded 20pc fewer business start-ups last year as the credit crisis took hold. The North and Midlands saw a rise but it was not enough...

Free Prize Draw- Win an Ipod!
8th of May, 2008 (United Kingdom)
To celebrate the launch of the social network- Livewire has a Prize Draw as a bit of fun to get people making friends! The 5 people who appear in the ‘most popular members’ section on 30/05/08 at Midday will be...

Rachel Elnaugh launches her new book- Business Nightmares
7th of May, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Rachel Elnaugh, entrepreneur and star of BBC's Dragons' Den and founder of Red Letter Days announces her new book: Business Nightmares.In her words, Elnaugh speaks about her own business tragedy - when her market leading business Red Letter Days went...

Enterprise Insight to Help Older Entrepreneurs
6th of May, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Enterprise Insight, the government-backed organisation that encourages young people to become more entrepreneurial, has decided to remove its upper age limit in response to a surge of interest in starting up a business from people of all ages. The initiative follows...

Small Businesses Gain Free Access to Public Sector Contracts
6th of May, 2008 (United Kingdom)
A free trial is underway to provide small and medium sized businesses with access to thousands of public sector contract opportunities. From 1 May until 31 July 2008, the www.supply2.gov.uk website will allow new registrants to gain free access to...

Enterprising students in Fife!
30th of April, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Yesterday saw the highly successful 'Big Enterprise Experience' workshop come to the Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland. It saw over 35 students participate, with the support of local enterprise agencies, council representatives and a facinating insight to the...

Government urges EU to make SME’s 'red tape-free zones'
23rd of April, 2008 (United Kingdom)
The Government is pressing the EU to make small businesses with fewer than 20 full-time employees "regulation free" zones. John Hutton, Business Secretary, also wants Brussels to follow the British lead and channel legislative changes into one or two days every...

Social Networking Launched!
18th of April, 2008 (United Kingdom)
Shell Livewire has launched its brand new social network! The network is available by going to www.shell-livewire.com- the Livewire international site- and following the links. You don't need to re-register as your Livewire login will work to login to the...

Sell Yourself Event- Newcastle Race Course 29/5/08
15th of April, 2008 (United Kingdom)
**Esh Charitable Trust Race Evening, Thursday 29th May 2008** The Esh charitable trust holds an annual fundrasing event at Newcastle Racecourse, Tyneside- and this year is to provide a 'shop window' for some of the regions new businesses and young entrepreneurs-...