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Drinks giants criticised over payments to SMEs
A business group has criticised two major drinks suppliers for lengthening their payment periods for SME suppliers. The Forum of Private Business (FPB) claims that Diageo, the brewer behind...
Direct Debits reach £1 trillion in 2008
The value of electronic payments in the UK totalled £3.85 trillion during 2008, according to the body that processes them. And just over three billion Direct Debits were processed, with a combined...
January sees 'unexpected' rise in retail sales
Retail sales rose by 0.7% between December and January, official statistics have shown. The rise, reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), was higher than experts had predicted, and...
HR groups launch recession survival guide
Personnel specialists have launched their own staff-focussed guide to surviving the recession. The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) and the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration...
Business groups welcome Tory devolution plans
Plans by the Conservative Party to transfer more power to local authorities have been warmly welcomed by business groups. The Conservative Green Paper, Control Shift - Returning Power to Local...
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